Tag: parenthood
member name: Mike Ball
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June 02, 2006 03:50 PM EDT --
This is the What I've Learned So Far... piece that won the 2003 Erma Bombeck award. It was republished today in my print column, so I thought I'd share it with my Gather friends.
The other day . . .
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May 04, 2007 11:55 AM EDT --
Not too long ago I had to wear a suit. Honest, a jacket, a tie and everything.
And socks!
It was my nephew's wedding, and my wife convinced me that the Dockers, golf shirt and dress flip flops . . .
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June 22, 2006 05:26 PM EDT --
This is just a quick note to let you all know that Michigan Radio, the U.ofM. NPR Affiliate, is going to air a piece they did on the Young Poet Incarcerated documentary and the Roots Music Workshop we're . . .
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May 07, 2006 12:25 PM EDT --
First published February 10, 2006
Last week in this column we tackled the use of "blogs" by "Generation Y," or "Generation Z" or "Generation Shrek" or whatever . . .
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May 15, 2006 12:15 AM EDT --
First published May 12, 2006
All right guys, Sunday is Mother's Day. Yellow alert! Go to DefCon 1!
For those of you who are not familiar with A.D.S.D. (Association of Dads, Sons and Daughters) . . .
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March 14, 2007 05:48 PM EDT --
Todd Junior is lying on his belly on the roof of the cabana in the late morning sun with a water balloon in each hand, snickering and waiting for Little Suzie to come around the corner. Little Suzie is . . .
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March 28, 2007 12:22 AM EDT --
I got a haircut this week.
Now to a lot of people this may not seem like a life-altering event but, as a child of the 1950s and 1960s, haircuts have always occupied a very special place in my personal . . .
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March 21, 2007 02:14 PM EDT --
Todd Junior's heartfelt request drifts on the clear Florida morning breeze like the sweet sound of a Chihuahua giving birth to a litter of St. Bernards;
"I WANNA SEE MICKEY AND GOOFY!" . . .
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June 27, 2007 09:21 PM EDT --
First off, I have to set the record straight. In last week's column I wrote an inventory of my father's day gifts, and I mentioned that my son had given me a barbecue apron that said "The . . .
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July 06, 2007 12:21 AM EDT --
We went to a wedding today. The bride was the daughter of a couple who have been our friends for more than thirty years. Looking at this radiant, drop-dead gorgeous young woman in her wedding dress, beaming . . .
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July 18, 2007 10:52 PM EDT --
I was talking with a group of friends at a high school graduation party over the weekend, and the conversation turned to a problem that guest of honor, Jim, was dealing with. It seems that a very pretty . . .
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March 19, 2008 01:19 PM EDT --
"Four lift tickets - two adult, two children. That will be $112.50."
"You don't understand," Dad explains patiently. "We're here on the Mount Feverblister Winter Sports . . .
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November 29, 2007 10:25 AM EST --
Well, the first leg of the Holiday Triathlon - Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year - is over. As usual, my family spent a wonderful Thanksgiving day eating way too much food, drinking what some of us . . .
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April 02, 2008 03:47 PM EDT --
A few weeks ago I described my hair color as "RTG." This, of course, stands for Rapidly Turning Gray, and is a matter of pride for me.
Now I'm not talking about "sexy gray," . . .
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December 24, 2007 03:07 PM EST --
Carlson was not a particularly happy Angel. You see, he wasn't allowed to live in Heaven. He was a Guardian Angel, which meant that he had to hang around on Earth, taking care of his Client, Bob. . . .
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March 05, 2008 05:47 PM EST --
This past week my friend Kitty Donohoe and I wrapped up an eight week Lost Voices program at an alternative high school for kids who have not been able, for one reason or another, to thrive in normal . . .
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August 15, 2007 12:37 PM EDT --
As some of you know by now, there is a benefit concert coming up at our house on Labor Day. If you haven't heard about it, you can get all the details at www.lostvoices.org. To give you the short version, . . .
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March 13, 2008 02:29 PM EDT --
"To-ho-od Ju-hu-hun-ior, pl-he-he-ase st-ho-hop th-ha-ha-hat!"
Todd Junior, who has been rhythmically testing the soles of his new snowboard boots on the back of Dad's car seat for the . . .
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June 20, 2007 03:48 PM EDT --
This past Sunday was father's day. For me this was extra-special, since my birthday always falls within a couple days of father's day, putting me in a league with people born on December 24 and . . .
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June 18, 2008 10:36 AM EDT --
"Wow, some storm out there," says Dad, standing by the window and staring at the dark night sky.
Little Suzie looks up from her pink "My Little Pony" laptop computer "The . . .
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