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4
Feb, 2013
Happy

Efram tried to get out of school today by claiming that as a supporter of the losing Superbowl team, he should be entitled to a…

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31
Jan, 2013
Raising Boys

Last week I was in the car with Bennett. Before he had a chance to hijack the radio and force me to listen to some…

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25
Jan, 2013
Combat.

I awoke this week to news that the US military had scrapped its ban on women in combat. I don’t know what took them so…

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14
Jan, 2013
Flu

I have the flu. I got the flu shot, and I still got the flu. Luckily, I had the good sense to have the worst…

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8
Jan, 2013
Football or… bust.

It was pretty clear, from the moment the boys were born, that I’d never have two sons like Doctors Niles and Frasier Crane, no matter…

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7
Jan, 2013
Downton Hangover.

He may not be (sigh) Matthew Crawley, but M really put on quite the dashing display of Solomonic wisdom this morning. Efram usually gets out…

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23
Dec, 2012
Two hundred and one.

I had big plans for my two hundredth blog post. Each time I post, Word Press congratulates me and tells me what number post I’d…

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18
Dec, 2012
The Vagina Necklace (or Why I Love My Husband)

Fifteen years ago, M and I got engaged. It happened to be on the fifth night of Hanukkah, so each year we’ve done something special…

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30
Nov, 2012
The Hanukkah Tampon

I feel guilty about many things. I hate reggae. I find Zadie Smith largely unreadable (too much dialect). I find Homeland largely unwatchable (that Carrie…

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27
Nov, 2012
Just to be clear…

This is the pair of duct-taped crocs. Now they are really waterproof.

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