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Weathering the storm
A valuable lesson in checking your e-mail on a timely basis: This past Sunday I opened an e-mail from Jabba explaining that her dad had died that Friday night. It seemed both crazy and not at all unexpected. He’s had health issues for some time. I also know that the…
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this is forty
Am I doing everything I can for The Kid? If I were to lose him tomorrow (God forbid) could I live with myself knowing that I did everything I could for him?
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somewhere between a death and a busboy
A random thought from the other day: Several years back, I had gotten into doing the Windsor Pilates workout. There was a bit where Mari Windsor is talking about exercises you glutious maximus (your butt) muscles and she says “Gotta make both cheeks even,”. That stupid line has stuck with…
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Rob Reads: A Dad’s Letter to His Son About the Only Good Reason to Get Married | Kelly M. Flanagan
A good one. I originally planned to share this one a few weeks ago.
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A crisis of the mid-life variety?
As I stated in previous entries, I’ve never been a person to say “this is mature, that is immature,” or “I’m too old for this, I’m too young for that” but it seems as Year Forty draws closer, I’m getting more annoyed at maturity level of – not so much…
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Rob Reviews: Online Dating Rituals of the American Male
Let me get a few things out of the way first: I generally don’t like reality shows. I’ve watched a season or two of “Survivor” and “American Idol” but they’re basically the same stuff year after year. Having said that I absolutely love “Bar Rescue”. I feel that the vast…
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Rob Reads: Daniel Murphy of New York Mets deflects criticism for taking paternity leave – ESPN New York
It’s sad to me that this was even news-worthy.
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Do not go gentle into that good night- Poets.org – Poetry, Poems, Bios & More
This audio reading on this is a little corny, but this poem always comes to mind whenever I’m down and it seems like all hope is lost Do not go gentle into that good night- Poets.org – Poetry, Poems, Bios & More. Personally, I’ve always liked Rodney Dangerfield’s rendition in…
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Rob Reads: If— by Rudyard Kipling : The Poetry Foundation
A great poem that speaks volumes to both fathers and sons.
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OddCrunch
An interesting story about divorce, but maybe not the kind of divorce you’d probably expect me to post here, given the nature of my blog. Click on the link below before you read my thoughts. Spoilers follow. OddCrunch. I’m really torn on this one. I hear A LOT of people…
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