Chronicle Books, one of the finest publishers of children’s literature, is having a contest. Simply sign up for their monthly kid’s book email (I receive it and it’s not intrusive at all) and you are entered. The winner takes home a gift basket complete with autographed copies of Chronicle’s ‘Best […]
I made great time getting to school last night and as a result, arrived about 50 minutes early for class. So I was sitting on a couch in a common area, listening to my iPod and skimming this week’s City Paper (one of Philly two free weekly rags, which had […]
Check out these cool diaper bagsI am in the market for a new bag for #2. We had a pretty decent, albeit fairly boring, Eddie Bauer bag for #1 but the bottom ripped open around her second birthday. Since then we have taken to carrying fairly rad, white Apple Store […]
I am pretty much zapped right now. I have lost the ability to focus on pretty much anything. Getting even the simplest task done is a struggle. Here are some random thoughts to pass the time: Way behind in my schoolwork. Dozens of half-finished Families.com articles sit on my desktop. […]
Why do kids lie? Where does the ability/desire/faculty to knowingly tell a fib originate? I am not talking about making stuff up, telling tall tales, and other silliness…but rather a slightly, even if it comes from a playful place to start, mischievous and outright lie. I have seen this in […]
Friday evening’s Sixers game was a no go. We got dressed, bundled up with jackets, scarves, gloves and hats and headed out the door only to discover a fair amount of snow (for this winter anyway) on the ground. We had no idea that it had or was supposed to […]
Did you all see the interview with Colin Meloy of the Decemberists on the topic of parenthood, over at Babble.com? Pretty good stuff.Colin became a dad last year, to a son named Hank, and speaks about the creative process and how a baby impacts his songwriting and music.
The 76ers, OWTK’s hometown pro basketball franchise is fairly terrible at the present time. Earlier this season we traded our only superstar player, Allen Iverson, and cut an oft-injured and expensive piece of dead-weight in Chris Webber. However, none of that is going to stop us from taking in the […]
