Archive for March, 2005
Nostalgia exploitation has jumped the shark
I’d like to take just a brief moment to declare, in no uncertain terms, as a member of the generation that nostalgia exploitation shows like “Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork and Mindy” (airing on NBC next week) are aimed at: I do not care about what happened behind the scenes of a [...]
Making friends
I’m sitting in my office, listening to my daughter play in the next room with a friend. My wife arranged it this afternoon with one of her friends because there aren’t any girls The Girl’s age in the neighborhood. The friend is about a year older than her and their interests don’t quite [...]
When I was a kid…
When I was a kid, I used to yell, “Agh! Soap in my eye!” Kids today yell, “Agh! Speedlight fill flash in my eye!“
Happy Easter
We awoke this morning to find happy children in our bed. They dragged us out of bed to follow the trail of candies down the stairs, into the living room, through the kitchen, around the dining room table, to two easter baskets of goodies and toys and books. And it was good.
And then [...]