Family

Jerk

My dad had knee surgery on Thursday. I talked to him last night to see how we was doing and catch up a bit.

Dad: Oh yeah, I think you're rubbing off on me a bit.

Me: Oh really?

Dad: Yeah, the other day, Mom lost a file she made on the computer, and I managed to find it for her.

Me: Oh, I was hoping you would say that you'd been feeling more liberal since the surgery or something like that.

Dad: Nope, they didn't do anything to my brain.

Me: Walked right into that one, didn't I.

On Parenting

Once in a while, someone will ask Erin or me if we're planning to have kids. When we say no, I already know what response we're going to get. Our peers, and the few friends who don't already know where we stand, will usually ask why not, and we'll have a nice chat about it. But among parents, older relatives, and older co-workers, the response is almost always the same: "Well, we'll see."

First off, if you think you know the answer already, then why did you bother asking? And second, why do people seem to think they already know what we want to do with our lives? Read more »

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