Day 4: one step forward, two steps...

Laura and (un)relaxeddad chimed in on yesterday's discussion with some interesting thoughts:Laura wrote:See, now ... that's what we realized we didn't want. The adversarial relationship with our kids. I mean, in a relationship like that, the parents always have the...

Day 3: War Games

When we last left off, the view from the boys' toilet had improved markedly. No clothes on the floor and the new magazines I had so generously placed for them on the stool remained there. The stool had been pulled...

Day 2: It's not Heidegger...

As you may recall, I have a dilemma on my hands. But before I get to the state of the boys' bathroom floor, I thought I'd include some of my favorite readers into the conversation. Alesia wrote:How about not doing...

Day 1: The Prodigal Blogger...

I feel like I am peering into a dark cave or a wild canyon. "Is anybody there...there...there...?"What can I say? I've been busy. But something happened that has just kept pestering me, like a determined three-year-old, to blog.Here's what happened.I...

Thought experiment...

You know how the Dow fell of a cliff this afternoon? In case you missed it, it went something like this: Shocking, right?Now for the bad news. I think this graph perfectly represents what we, as a country, are doing...