I called an Apple Store, just for kicks, to see how things were going during the launch, and if he thought they might have any phones ever. He described the line to me, the one outside of his store, as something like a human Möbius strip – a warping tendril folded in, a thing without [...]
Here’s what I’ve learned in the last 11 months:
Having a kid did not magically change me in one instant. This notion that parenthood flips a switch inside one’s head is bunk, as near as I can tell. We came home from the hospital and I was surprised by how little had changed. Dirty dishes: check. [...]
Amen.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jun/12/anthony-bourdain-war-fast-food
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And since then it’s all been about the little girl. Because I am acutely aware of the fact that she’s a blank page, her brain a soft surface waiting for the irreversible impressions of every raised voice, every gaffe and unguarded moment.
I’m not against hamburgers. But I believe that a burger should be made of [...]
Kate and Piper and I were due to drive down to Pennsylvania on Saturday morning, but the fine German engineering of my Volkswagon GTI threw a small logistical wrench into the plans.
Much like I’m considering throwing a wrench into my car.
On Wednesday, I drove the car to the VW dealer for two free (free!) recall [...]
Planning a day off with one’s wife
Arranging for childcare on Friday
Figuring out where to go for a fancy lunch (Telepan, on the UWS)
Hanging out at home on Monday as one’s wife goes for routine dental work
Receiving a call from one’s wife, at the dentist: “I have to have a root canal, stat.”
“The first availability? [...]