Earlier this week I wrote a partial list of reasons why children come into the world. Today Enoch posted another one, a new one. Issues of biology, possible infertility and privacy aside, I find it a bit disturbing: would you want to tell your child that the reason you got pregnant was so you could […]
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Should kids come into the world for this?
May 22nd, 2004 · Comments Off on Should kids come into the world for this?
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We’re in trouble now
May 18th, 2004 · 2 Comments
I don’t listen to radio that often, but this afternoon while cleaning the house, I caught a commercial by a bank advertising home-equity loans for weddings. It featured one particularly eager mother-of-the-bride, only too happy to borrow against her home so her daughter could have flowers and a dress. Count ’em – we’ve got one, […]
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Why bring kids into this kind of world
May 16th, 2004 · 4 Comments
After watching the Nick Berg video, Lenn Pryor felt: What an angry angry world. What a deeply disturbing world. No one is right or wrong any more, we are all wrong. Humans suck. Jason Hasner replied in the comments […] But man, you need to get out and do something real. Go play with your […]
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Cutting the cloth
May 8th, 2004 · 5 Comments
What was once principle and pride has become practicality. I’m not happy about it. I like to think that I live what I believe. But sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I can’t. And sometimes I won’t. Many would say I’m making a mountain from a molehill. What’s upsetting me is a simple matter of sanitation. Whether […]
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Learn to drive better – and younger
May 8th, 2004 · Comments Off on Learn to drive better – and younger
As Lisa Williams put it, I’m no Mario Andretti when it comes to driving. Okay, she said this before meeting me, while quoting a piece I had written about my Bad Driving. Come to think of it, when I was in Boston with her, she didn’t let me take a turn at the wheel for […]
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