Archive for March, 2008
Payback comes in small doses
Daughter: Do you know what movie I want to see?
The Lovely and Talented Wife: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying?
Daughter: No.
Wife: The World According to Garp?
Daughter: Daddy!
I’m suspicious of anyone with three or more children. O, that way madness lies.
AdventureDad recently wrote about his four-year-old boy’s request for a younger brother. He asks, “Is it foolish listening to the views and desires of a four-year-old boy?”
Here’s my take: four-year-olds are idiots.
I’m all for whimsy and devil-may-care attitudes. I whole-heartedly endorse and encourage the crazy antics of children. Why, as recently as yesterday I was [...]
Review: Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
I’d read a few bad reviews of this prior to seeing it.1 It doesn’t quite live up to expectations—it’s formulaic and predictable—but it has its moments of charm and grace. The story is really about Molly Mahoney (Natalie Portman) fulfilling her destiny while Mr. Magorium (Dustin Hoffman) and the Emporium take supporting roles. I wish [...]
Boredom, tolerance, movies
Daughter: Once you know how a movie ends then it starts to get boring if you watch it again.
Me: Didn’t you watch the same movie yesterday four times?
Daughter: Yah, but you have to watch it like 100 times.
Me: Why 100 times?
Daughter: So it has a chance to get boring!
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