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Archive for February, 2006

Me and Cookie Monster, that’s how we roll  

I answered the phone today to hear a very young girl on the line. She immediately went into a script to tell me that I had ordered four boxes of Girl Scout cookies, that I owed her $16, and that she would be coming by today to deliver them. It was all so professional I [...]

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Free Flickr Pro accounts  

I’m giving away two Flickr Pro accounts on Tuesday the 28th as a promotion for one of my other sites. More information here. Flickr is the best online photo-sharing application in the world. Entry in the giveaway is free, no strings attached.
Update: Contest is over. There will be another one next month.

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Breakfast negotiations with 5-year-olds  

Daughter: Let’s eat breakfast.
Me: Ok. Let me just take a shower first then we’ll go downstairs and have breakfast.
Daughter: Um. I have an idea. Let’s eat breakfast first and then you can take a shower.
Pause.
Me: Ooook. Fine. I’ll just go potty first.
Yes, I actually said that.
Me, after returning: Ok, let’s [...]

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BloggingBaby.com  

So, I’ve started posting over at BloggingBaby.com. As the name suggests, BloggingBaby is about raising kids. It’s a good blog written by a team of thoughtful and dedicated moms and dads. I’m going to try and contribute one or two pieces a day over there. I hope you’ll stop by.
I will continue posting here, at [...]

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That fetus is 17?  

Almost nothing makes me feel older than the phrase “class of 2007.” We saw it on a sweatshirt yesterday. How can someone born in 1989 be 17 years old? 1989, people! And normally I don’t feel old at all. I feel the same as I did when I was 17. [...]

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