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Dude! You’re 83% from Massachusetts!

Okay, either you come from the western half of the state or from the Boston area. Still, it’s not bad, so I’ll give you the thumbs up. Cool!
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Though, you don’t have to be here to long before you figure out that you can’t actually park [...]

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Enough with the Lists Already

I do not know why my year end retrospection has taken the form of ‹ol ›‹li › ‹/ol › but I think this is probably the end of it.
5 Things I would do differently

Forgo circumcision and leave the kid intact
Breastfeed longer
Lay off the McDonald’s cheeseburgers and the JP Licks milkshakes during [...]

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My wife told me that the dog was jealous that I never blog about her. That’s pretty amazing since I didn’t know she knew how to read. But I am nothing if not accommodating.
For Calliope, here is the rest of the family….
Calliope
Calliope is a purebred princess surrounded by mutts (us). She is a [...]

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First Noel

You didn’t think I was going to forget the Christmas pictures, did you?
Surround by new toys, but fascinated by the screwdriver

But he loved the new car!

Out for a Christmas Drive

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The first thing I want to say is that this is what worked for us. I find the whole mommy war thing disparaging. I really try not to take sides in the go-to-work/stay-at-home breastfeed/bottle feed battles. I am super determined not to have a dog in the fight. So don’t take any of this as [...]

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It’s the year end, and we are close to little guy’s 1 year birthday. I thought I would put together a post of all of the worst pieces of advice I have encountered over the year. Here is my list of the least helpful things that people said to us. I feel the need to [...]

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I got a new client yesterday. I had cinched the deal at a Christmas party. You should have seen me. I was trying to be cool and casual, like, “Let’s see if it would be mutually beneficial to work together.” But really, my knees were about to buckle under, and in my head I was [...]

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Like I mentioned, I was at a party a couple of nights ago. I was seated with my son next to an older lesbian on one side, and the director of the insemination program at the local gay health clinic on my other side. One after another, the lesbian families started arriving at the [...]

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Since we are having such money problems, I am considering doing something drastic. No, I don’t mean putting a ski mask on me and the baby, and then robbing a few local banks. Though, I did consider that. I mean finding a job. A real job with a paycheck and shit. I thought I would [...]

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A time to sleep

I am struggling with my little guy’s nap schedule. He sleeps wonderfully at night. He goes down before 7:00 and then sleeps all the way to morning. We have dropped pans in the kitchen creating a huge racket. He doesn’t even stir.
Totally different in the daytime. He HATES his naps. He acts like we are [...]

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