We made it through graduation sunshine intact today. Maybe too much sunshine. It was about 100 degrees and humid and we’re all sunburned and dehydrated, but it was worth every second. Watching my daughter out there – receiving her diploma as well as performing the Star Spangled Banner in sign language – it was [...]
Archive for June, 2008
looks like we made it
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Uncategorized on June 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
looks like we made it
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Uncategorized on June 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We made it through graduation sunshine intact today. Maybe too much sunshine. It was about 100 degrees and humid and we’re all sunburned and dehydrated, but it was worth every second. Watching my daughter out there – receiving her diploma as well as performing the Star Spangled Banner in sign language – it was [...]
words of wisdom
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Uncategorized on June 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Todd, last night, giving Natalie some last minute advice on after-prom activities:
“Remember, when you are running from the cops, you don’t have to be the fastest. You just have to be faster than your fattest friend.”
It’s probably a good thing he did not raise children of his own.
for the old time crew
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Uncategorized on June 27, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I know some of you who are still reading here have been reading the various incarnations of my blogs for a long time, some of you since the beginning, seven years ago. You guys have basically “watched” my kids grow up. So I thought you’d like to see this. Tonight is prom night. [...]
for the old time crew
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Uncategorized on June 27, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I know some of you who are still reading here have been reading the various incarnations of my blogs for a long time, some of you since the beginning, seven years ago. You guys have basically “watched” my kids grow up. So I thought you’d like to see this. Tonight is prom night. [...]
new PJM article
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gloucester, pajamas media, sex education, teen pregnancy on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A follow up to the Gloucester story, mostly about sex education.
an open letter to people who would ignore it if they saw it
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Uncategorized on June 25, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Dear Parents of the Children Who Sat Next to me at the Academic Awards Ceremony Last Night:
I address this to you, and not your 16 and 17 year old “children” (I call them that because that is how they behaved) because it is obvious that no one has ever addressed this issue with you before, [...]
quote of the day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Uncategorized on June 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
On the world ending in 2012:
“You know, maybe it’s really not that bad that the Netherlands will be destroyed,” Petra Faile said. “I don’t like it here anymore. Take immigration, for example. They keep letting people in. And then we have to build more houses, which makes the Netherlands even heavier. The country will sink [...]
fast times at gloucester high
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gloucester, pajamas media, teen pregnancy on June 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
My latest article, this one on the pact with pack of pregnant teens, is up at Pajamas Media.
It’s not glamorous teen celebrities and their lifestyle who are to blame for the ‘pregnancy pact.’ The problem lays much, much closer to home.
Feel free to leave a comment over at PJM, I’d love to hear your thoughts [...]
gary bettman is an idiot. still.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fire gary bettman, gary bettman, national hockey league, new york rangers on June 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Madison Square Garden LP may lose ownership of the New York Rangers as a result of its antitrust lawsuit against the National Hockey League, according to a proposed disciplinary letter filed in U.S. District Court.
The antitrust? The Rangers did not want their website to be part of the NHL’s conglomeration of team websites.
Official NHL press [...]
