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Okay, I know I am going to get some hate mail for this, but what the hell. Encourage your wife to GET THE EPIDURAL. Not getting it is the equivalent of going into surgery without anesthesia, getting stitches on your genitals without a local anesthetic, or giving yourself a root canal without Novocaine. From what I can tell, the only reason women do this is for a badge of honor. There is no medical reason not to.
Pregnant Again – with Twins!
So after spending tens of thousands on IVF, we ended up using an egg donor this time around. Some close friends of ours did this and it seemed to work out great. The big news: we are having twins! More to come soon…
The Trouble With Getting Her Pregnant – IVF Tips
Having trouble knocking her up? There can be many reasons for this, so don't assign blame too quickly. If you have already made a gallant effort, it is probably time to go to the Obstetrician with your wife to get some answers. Chances are, the Obstetrician will in turn point you to a fertility center to determine exactly what is the problem. Our OB also suggested early on that we might want to freeze some of my wife's eggs, in case we need them for fertility treatments. I have to say that, looking back, I am sorry that we didn't do that at the time.
Tread carefully with the fertility clinics. These places usually don't take insurance, and the bills can run into the tens of thousands. However, you can usually get a free (or close to it) consult. If you decide to go ahead, they will run tests on you and your lady to identify the most likely causes of your infertility. After that, it is on to hormone injections, IVF and donor eggs (and don't forget about adoption), etc. Note that these treatments can cost anywhere between $5,000 – $100,000, so make sure you do your homework beforehand and know what you are getting into.
My Wife Is Pregnant Gift – Does She Really Need A Gift For That?
My pregnant wife broke down crying when I told her that I wasn't interested in going shopping one weekend. She started sobbing in the car and saying that she knew then that I would never ever be available to help her or go shopping with her or get things that we needed for the baby. I thought at the time that she was totally crazy. Just hormones going nuts, right? Wrong. She needs to know that once the baby comes, you are going to help, and not take off and go out with the guys every night, or work every night, or leave her altogether. Doing stuff for her, helping out around the house, and yes, buying her gifts helps convey that message more than just words. After all, you went out of your way to do something special for her. I am not going to give you a list of stuff to get for her. Just put some thought into it and get her something that conveys some meaning, even if it is just a well written letter. Trust me, this kind of stuff will help you keep your relationship healthy over the long-term.
Expectant Fathers: Beware Estrogen Poisoning
Growing up with 6 sisters (plus mom) under one roof, and now having a daughter and wife in an apartment in Manhattan (large for NYC, but small by any other measure), I can say that I have some experience being outnumbered by females and the impact in can have on maintaining our natural manly Testosterone levels. Having 7 females in the house was my Dad's definition of estrogen poisoning. I would get pleading calls from him while at college to come home and hang out and fix the lawn mower. Poor guy, he never really had a chance
Then, in college, one of my Mensa club pre med rugby roommates would often use the term in a derogatory way to lambast the fellow ruggers that had skipped out on a night of debauchery (think ketamine, an AWOL goat and accompanying AWOL Army Special Forces Medic, naked keg tossing – for distance of course) to hang out with our girlfriends at an event that involved candlelight. It went something like "What is the matter with you? Estrogen poisoning?" I don't think he is married yet by the way.
However, I was only recently acquainted with the concept that fatherhood itself could lower testosterone levels. Apparently, the steepest drops in testosterone are during the child's first month. See the NY Times article. One might say that men should embrace this lower testosterone, higher estrogen levels and realize that we're meant to be active fathers and participate in the care of our offspring. Of course this is true. However, this is the Daddy's Blog after all, so put those estrogen-poisoning thoughts out of your head.
My suggestion – take a break from the baby from time to time and go to a rugby party at your nearest college. You will get all the juice you need there.
How long will you have to wait after the birth to have sex?
Most guys with pregnant wives will usually tell you that the sex pretty much slows to a standstill near the tail end of the pregnancy and immediately after the birth. After all, so much is happening at that point, and there are a few other pressing priorities (did she remember to breastfeed the baby at 4:32am?). Don't worry, the glory days will resume soon, usually within a couple months. Have some patience and take it slow. It is going to be a little different in the sex department for a while.
Painting the Baby's Room – and an Important Note Re: Volatile Organic Compounds
Here is a guest blog article, written by a close friend. Before you start painting the baby's room, have a read:
As the due date approaches, my wife and I increasingly find ourselves engaged in preparation for our baby girl's arrival. We decided to convert a second bedroom that was acting as the dining room into the baby's room. The conversion began with repainting walls and furniture. Although some expecting parents may prefer to hire-out a paint job, others may prefer the DIY route. If you, like me, fall into the latter group and you don't know what you're doing, then you may learn something from the steps (and missteps) I followed.
Problem 1: I fooled myself into believing that repainting walls and furniture would be simple. Novice that I was (am), I took on the task of repainting one bookcase, one child size rocking chair, one toy chest, and the walls of our nursery. Nothing was simple or quick. I think I began jobs in early October. It's now mid-November and I'm still not done. To be fair, I work full-time and only painted when I found time over weekends. However, refinishing furniture and painting is time consuming work. If you go down my road, budget more time than you might plan on at first.
Problem 2: How should I deal with old paint or stain before repainting? Our book case and toy chest were coated in varnish. The rocking chair, on the other hand, had white paint, but I wasn't sure if it was unleaded. The guy at the hardware store sold me a bottle of chemical paint stripper and led me to think it would be no big deal to strip the varnish and questionable paint. What I didn't know was that chemical stripper gives off toxic fumes (particularly to pregnant women) and the sludge resulting from stripped material is equally dangerous and terrifically messy. After hours of analyzing the problem (my wife says I over think things) and talking to a friend with experience in construction, I was convinced that chemical stripping was wholly unnecessary. If you encounter varnished furniture such as mine, then (1) lightly sand the surface until it is thoroughly scratched, (2) apply primer which will adhere to the grooves made from sanding, and then (3) paint using your chosen color. As for the rocking chair, I decided to paint over the questionable white paint with two coats of water-based paint, effectively sealing the rocking chair in safe coverage.
Problem 3: What kind of paint should I use? Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) are bad for pregnant women. Lots of paints consist of VOCs, making them problematical for indoor use when your wife is hanging-out watching Sing Off. My friend with experience in construction confirmed my anxiety about VOCs and said the fumes typically disperse within one hour provided there is adequate ventilation. Not good enough for us. Fortunately, I happened upon a "zero-VOC" paint made Benjamin Moore, "Natura." This line of paint is fairly pricey, but worth every penny because it saved my wife and I from being nervous about fumes. As you know, there's enough anxiety as it is with pregnancy, particularly first-times such as us.
Lastly, I'll say that we wanted the baby's room to be excellent. Hence I've aimed to get the job done right, while having fun along the way.
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Here is a good price comparison with Americord versus CBR or Viacord and a few others.
Second Trimester Ultrasound: Boy or Girl?
During the second trimester you will have another ultrasound and you may be able to find out if you are having a boy or a girl. The ultrasound technician will ask you if you want to know, so be prepared with the answer. While it's nice to choose gender-appropriate clothes and furniture in advance, you'll be missing that delivery-room classic "It's a…!" moment. On the other hand, it may be easier to bond with the baby if you know the gender and pick out a name. Talk it over and be prepared to answer the question when the time comes.
Get off your @ss
When my wife got pregnant, without realizing it, I started eating more too. And not just more at each meal, but we would eat more frequently as well. There was more food in the house, and there was less of a focus on getting exercise and watching our weight. We were also somewhat limited in what we could do – e.g no more kickboxing lessons for the wife. The end result was that I gained about 15 pounds during the pregnancy. Unfortunately, for us guys this is not that uncommon.
You need exercise. Stop making excuses. Exercise is a great stress buster, for both of you, and it's something you can do together. Try pregnancy yoga (yes, yoga) or take a daily walk together at minimum.
Manning Up: Face Your Years – Wife Is Pregnant
Here is a message for you daredevil expectant fathers out there: I love to ski, and snowboard, and jump out of planes, play rugby, race motorcycles, and kite surf. In fact, I would say that I am am a little bit of an adrenalin junkie. A few months after the birth of my daughter Antonia, I broke my leg snowboarding in Breckenridge. And this wasn't the kind of break where you get a cast and come out of the ER the same day. This was a femur fracture – you know, your thigh bone, the largest bone in your body. I was blazing through the everglades, riding high on the powder, and on top of the world, when WHAM, I lost control and hit a tree. 2 years and several surgeries later, I am back to running and playing soccer and can do just about everything I could do before the accident. However, what if that had been my head? Yes, I did have a helmet but I doubt that would have saved me from that sort of impact. You need to start to think about what would happen if you weren't around, and act accordingly. You are a dad now. Start acting like one and buckle your seat-belt. Don't be afraid to take a calculated chance, but don't be reckless.


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Schema Pumpkin (Perle Batch) Recipe
Schema Pumpkin is an ale brewed with pumpkin, spices, and candy corn. The idea was inspired by spending time with my family for the holidays, particularly the pumpkin pies mum makes when we all get together. It was pieced together from several pumpkin ale recipes: weeknight pumpkin ale, Midwest pumpkin ale, and another pumpkin ale, all found via reddit. In addition, we drew from the wisdom of a couple of pumpkin pie recipes, for the spices and the pie itself. A big thanks to all these sources for sharing their ideas with the world for others to enjoy and build upon.
Unfortunately I came to really understand the direction of the recipe a little too late for this batch (and the next batch even). I will post updates on changes to the recipe as we get the batches into the fermenter. Also, I apologize for the ambiguous amounts. The pumpkin was big, about 10 pounds I would guess, enough to fill an 9x13 cake pan an inch after roasted and pureed. The spices weren't measured, I just started with the 4 cinnamon sticks and tried to get a 8:2:2:1 ratio of cinnamon:nutmeg:ginger:cloves by eye.
- .5 lb carapils
- .5 lb caramel/crystal malt 20L
- 6 lbs light liquid malt extract
- .5 cup light brown sugar
- .5 lb candy corn
- 1 oz fuggles
- 1 oz perle
- .5 oz crystal
- pumpkin
- 4 sticks cinammon
- 10 cloves
- 3 nutmeg
- ginger
- safale s-04 yeast
- Cut the pumpkin in half, scoop out guts and seeds (set seeds out to dry).
- Place pumpkin flesh down on a pan and put in a 325 °F oven for 40 minutes.
- After the pumpkin is cool enough to handle, peel and puree the soft flesh.
- Steep the grains in 1.5 gallons of 155 °F water for 30 minutes.
- Bring to boil. Stir in all liquid malt extract.
- Add fuggles hops.
- Spread pumpkin on pan and cook in 450 °F oven for 10 minutes.
- Reduce heat in oven to 350 °F, continue to bake for 50 minutes.
- 50 minutes into the boil, add perle hops.
- 55 minutes into the boil, add cascade hops.
- At the end of the boil, very coarsely break up the cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg and add to boil.
- Cover and quickly cool to 70 °F.
- Add pumpkin and brown sugar to wort.
- Pour wort into fermenter and top up with water to 5 gallons.
- Pitch yeast on the wort.
- Mix well.
- Ferment at 59-75 °F
- 3 days into fermentation, melt candy corn in a double boiler and add to fermenter.
- When gravity has settled (7-10 days) move to secondary for another 7-10 days.
- Toast pumpkin seeds and add to secondary.
- Package (keg or bottle) and carbonate.
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For Mosel wines, "a 1°C increase in temperature would yield an increase in farmer revenue of about 30%" (pdf) — Wine Economics
Graydon Carter's virtuoso review of Martin Amis — NYT
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Ugly Lower East Side apartment asking over $5 million — Curbed
The Street Pianos are Coming! NYC's Latest Public Art Experiment — Village Voice
PaidContent Founder Ali To Depart Pioneering Digital News Site — All Things D
"This is the best use of the Internet that I, personally, have ever seen" — Metafilter
The hoops David Pogue needs to jump through to approve blog comments — NYT
Mosel (roughly the latitude of Calgary) is a highly atypical wine producer. Most producers are bound by a priori expectations of what "good yields" look like (or, in some cases, like France, by explicit caps on yield per acre). Their benefits from higher temps are limited to earlier harvest dates, and they are more than offset by losses due to the competition from places like British Columbia, where vinifera could not be profitably grown pre-GW.
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Cont'd And if local police forces were given orders to go house to house to disarm the citizenry, how do you think that would play out? Weapons need to be hidden where they can later be retrieved, but not be picked up by metal detector before then. And don't forget about the gangbangers who always love a good rumble and the spoils of conflict, like things you own.


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A Geography of Lemon Trees
(for Rohlihalahla and poetry, the "Troublemaker")
A geography of lemon trees,
a geology of ancient eyelids,
a geometry of topaz reflecting an amorous couple
or a lip trembling at death,
a sea, one of many, swallowing work
and spitting out weather and the flesh
of fish to lie beneath a slice of lemon
on a blue-and-white plate made in Poland:
Poetry will breathe and bring
these things into impossible rooms
or hillside rocks where a young dreamer looks
down at a page and up into a sky
under which, somewhere, a struggle
for a moment of peace is occurring:
a hot word or bullet casing
falls to the dirt, fear cooling slowly;
the world that someone lives in changes more slowly
because someone else doesn't want
a changing world and wears money over his eyes
and a Johannesburg diamond
on his red, white, and blue tie.
The Poet dances, though,
with another President elected by
the South African people
and their sky: the word
that holds them together,
"Amandla," is blue
in the trumpet of Hugh Masakela
and in the Poem without words
sung by the date—27 April '94,
a geomancy of votes,
a magic of sacrifice sweated out in jails,
an altar of honorable action,
a resistance to having the meaning of labor
or language stolen by pouting officials.
People's people who speak and listen know
the word for power has suffered;
at the hands of force and doubt.
The bones of Victor Jara's hands, the heart
he shared with the scribbler at the shore,
the trust of a people in their own election,
all these things that go beyond being things
have been broken; but when the words
and what resonates like a star between them,
when they get together like people in the streets,
one nation beyond nationality
raises the round face it borrows from the poet
whose exiles taught him the weight of the breath,
and the broad cheekbones of the dancing president
who found the fruits of exile in prison,
and the dark deep eyes of that dreamer
whose voice echoes from his exile of bullets,
and the forelock of that boyish attorney
who was shot for reclaiming us all from our exile
outside the good that law can do,
and the voice of that gospel singer who reminds us still
of a "great gettin'-up day" in the midst
of the peacemakers' diaspora.
Then, a feeling comes again—of possibilities
beyond the nearly unmentionable realities
of life in the mines, possibilities
jewel-hard and shining,
perdurable as the words
whispered from soul to soul
that keep the risk and the chance
alive: a bell, a flag, a fish,
a name, a knock, an anarchy
of loves, a note, a wave
that shifts the sands into a new shape,
a lemon blossom bittersweetness
on an azure wind that passes
but will pass again
from a tropic turning the world
in a fresh direction.
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The Calories Burned by Parenting
Posted by Andy, under INSTRUCTIONAL DIAGRAMS
It's the holidays. Yay!
We've all been double-fisting massive quantities of amazing food into our faces. Waistbands are beginning to groan in protest of the holiday splurging. Maybe some of us have nursed our guilt hangovers with super-protein-food-green-substance drinks, or spritzes of vinaigrette instead of avalanches of blue cheese dressing, it doesn't matter. You get the point. There's always a moment where an adult starts to calculate the ratio of pleasure at the joys of Journeying to the Center of the Dinner Table against the pain of working it off or dealing with all the additional weight and the expense of a new, "roomier" wardrobe.
This chart may go a long way toward relieving some of that guilt for parents. Parents have kids, you see. And kids are pretty rich sources of guilt already. So, additional sources of guilt like holiday nomming are just really not necessary. But! Having kids is conveniently also a kind of weight-loss bootcamp all by itself!
It's not an official Olympic sport yet, but we believe that if sex can be classed as a kind of exercise, that parenting sure as shhhhhhhhh-igure skating can, too.
Enjoy the holidays! That's what they're for. Right?
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50 Responses to "The Calories Burned by Parenting"
Braindonkey says:
Most of those calories are due to stress, Rofl. I'm now on lexapro…
This reminds me of an idea I had for a real life roll playing game, scoring events of your kid's life. Like 4square but for parent dorks, instead of hipster dorks. Actually like dungeons and dragons. Level up.
DUNGEON MASTERS DON'T HAVE LEVELS! -Dumb Commercial (but nevertheless true)
Braindonkey says:
You think YOU'RE the DM? hahahahahaha NOOB
Engelbert N00berdink?
Ryan G says:
I was thinking the same exact thing. Charlie this table looks EXACTLY like an "experience chart" of a hypothetical nerd-dad roleplaying game.
Um, can we stop talking about this? There allegedly MAY or MAY NOT be a video/post relating to this subject coming up…. IXNAY on AT-CAY out of the AG-BAY!!
Braindonkey says:
if i had any time, other than for smart ass comments, i'd be totally up for doing the webdev for something like this. But alas, time is not something I have large stretches of.
Daddy by Default says:
where does finding an official bin laden licensed dildo in your kid's junk drawer drawer fit into this chart? Just wondering, you know, So i can prepare for the worst.
Way to combine the worst possible outcomes. Life: Failing at it (101).
When you start combining these things, I'm pretty sure addition isn't relevant. You're get into multiplication of calorie burning.
We didn't put in any coronary failure warnings because scaring the crap out of people seemed out of keeping with the spirit of the holidays.
Jen @ HaHas for HooHas says:
Butt piss? So THAT'S what it's called!
I always called it "butt juice", glad there is a more sophisticated name for it.
We try to keep it really technical at HowToBeADad.com.
Erika says:
Don't forget removing toys from its package. With all of the packaging & twist ties…exhausted just thinking about that coming up.
Mel says:
When they're hovering over, hyped up on Christmas excitement/stupid-Santa-put-candy-in-the-stocking-again-sugar-high, its soooooo hard to open them fast enough, so we ask Santa to pre-open presents, remove all those stupid twisty things ( and worse- the ones that need a screwdriver to get it out of the box) and put them back in the box before he wraps them
Been there. You get good at handling that stuff without completely thrashing the packaging so it doesn't look like you picked it up used from some needy family donation center. :/
Urg! Toy Assembly/Packaging Opening is a real calorie burner for sure. These days it seems like packaging was conceive by the geniuses at the U.S. Homeland Security headquarters. Ridiculous.
TheFeministBreeder says:
"What's a dildo mean" — BAAAAAA HAA HAA HA HAA.
Remind me some time to tell you the story about how my son's fished our dildo out of the drawer and took it to my mother-in-law to ask, "Grandma?!? What's THIS?!?!" — right in front of me.
How many parenting calories did that burn, would you estimate?
Now is "sometime." I'm reminding you now to tell us that story in every milli-metric detail! NOW!!! LMFDO!
TheFeministBreeder says:
HAA haa.. weeeeelll, not much more to it than that. I'd just come home from work and Grandma (the babysitter) was wrapping up to leave. I sat down on a chair in my bedroom to take a load off, with the kids crawling all over me as per usual after a long day of being gone. Grandma came in to tell me about the day's potty-training efforts, and while I was distracted talking to her, the children quietly snuck away to rummage through my nightstand until they found something *interesting*, and then shoved inbetween Grandma and I, waiving my toy in the air shouting, "Grandma, Grandma?!? What's THIS?!?"
She just yelped, "Boys! Put that away!"
I almost thought my MIL would die of humiliation. I almost thought I would too. I don't think we made eye contact for about 2 months after that.
But I know that she's owned a toy or two in her lifetime because my husband found them in HER drawers when she was a kid. Now I know where my nosy children get it from.
Now, I'm still waiting to hear how many parenting calories that burned?
I'm going to guesstimate 7,500 give or take a few calories. On account of the presence of Grandma (MIL Grandma at that!) and because of the two minutes of cardiowkwardness that ensued. Even if you knew she once owned a gas-powered double-barreled orgasmotron, 7,500. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Military Dad says:
I knew that changing a butt-piss diaper one handed while administering medicine in the car on the way to prom was going to pay off one day. Sweet!
You've gotta look like the Incredible Hulk after pulling that one. Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Christina says:
I'm concerned about the Prom + butt piss diaper…
Should your kid be going to prom if your still changing his/her diaper?
Yeah, I'm passed caring on the buttpiss, but the Prom… Thank god I don't have a daughter! I'd wind up stalking her and her date. For some reason I've got a whopping double standard on my boys, so it's not as nerve-racking to think about as is to imagine a daughter going off into the world.
MotherDuck says:
Child looking for a missing toy under Hotel room bed and coming up with a used sex toy saying "What's this?" = 5,000,000 calories
This happened.
Shit My Kid Says says:
oh my god.
MotherDuck says:
And let me clarify, it was not mine.
Totally. We all totally believe you. A "friend's" right? And it was really just a "personal massager," for like carpel tunnel or something I imagine. One of the high-end ones with the special nerve-cluster shiatsu attachments, right? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
MotherDuck says:
First of all you seem far too versed in personal vibrators.
Secondly, I honestly wish it was mine. Having your 4 year old come out with someone else's anal sex toy is ArMOMgeddon and I spent the next half an hour scrubbing hands and the half hour after that, yelling at Housekeeping.
MotherDuck says:
Third of all, I still love you guys.
Ditto. Even though you've been fraternizing with other people's nasty sex toys. Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Oooooooooooooohmygod!!!!!!! That one took a sudden left turn…. Off a cliff… A cliff covered in germs… Shaped like a butt plug…? AAAAAARRRGGG!!!
P.S. You should trademark "ArMOMgeddon." Brilliance!
MotherDuck says:
I give it to you for free.
Shit My Kid Says says:
396 Shares on Facebook. Just saying. I am friends with famous people.
I know right? Go check out Zombie vs Baby for a really trip down WTF lane.
Monica says:
You missed the worst question that every parent dreads, "Where do babies come from?" "From Mommy's belly" seems safe until they come back with "How do they get there?"
What's great is there is SOOOOO much you can add to a post like this one, just sad you missed such a Big One to "Being Asked"
Funny story, While I was preggo, my neice thought that meant everyone had a baby in their belly. She would rub my belly and "Kiss" the baby and then do the same to my hubby. One day though, she asked her mommy if she had a baby in her belly and trying to be sarcastic, she said "Yeah" so her daughter started cheering and singing that mommy has a baby in her belly. When she tried to explain that she was being sarcastic, I made sure to point out that little ears don't understand sarcasm.
We figured that the Dildo question wrapped up the asnwer to "Where do babies come from question?" (sex) in a more alarming fashion. Some parents don't have an issue with talking to their kids about sex, it's part of their job of preparing them for life and the world. Buuuuuuuut, sex toys don't necessarily fall under the expected job description of parenting.
Re: funny story. Ha ha ha ha ha! Sarcasm FAIL.
Monica says:
Well, I don't want to have to deal with ANY of the sex talks. I dread those like going swimming with sharks or walking into a million spider webs. I figure the Dildo question isn't something everyone deals with but the Baby question is almost a given.
Sarcasm pretty much NEVER works on little ones. I love being sarcastic, but even I know it doesn't usually go over well with kids.
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Pretty certain my waistband has expanded, but I seriously doubt holiday fare had much to do with it…
I have 5 more weeks til I reach the finale of the "Best weight loss plan ever" (as my husband loves to refer to it)!!! I'm sure I'll burn 750,000+ calories and lose about 25 lbs all in one day! And then my husband can go back to having the biggest gut =D
I loved the caloric plan – i especially loved the not trying for baby vs trying for baby…
However, you totally forgot cleaning up after baby! Especially after meal time, lol.
CONGRATULATIONS! Made my day to hear this. I'm a sentimental goober.
Ha ha ha ha! We didn't forget much actually, but when the list started spinning out of control, we had to draw a line or people would have been overloaded.
Elaine says:
I just found this website and have been reading all the posts to my husband because he is not an internet nerd like me. I have actually been asked what dildo means by a five year old that I used to nanny because her 13-year-old brother called me a dildo.
This is the same little girl that got mad at her older brother and said, "You're a stupid blowjob!" so I asked her if she knew what that meant….which was really stupid of me because then I had to try and explain myself out of that one as PG as I could. Oh kids.
Whoa! That's the most amazing thing I've heard all week. WOW! I've got a sailor mouth at times and it never even occurred to me to call someone a blowjob. Ha ha ha ha ha! I see its potential application in vulgar speech as a more harsh way of saying someone is a kissass. "Yeah yeah yeah, you say it's your favorite but you just sound like a blowjob"
Lina says:
You could always answer, in response to the dildo question, that "Dildo" is the name of a town in Canada, along with a nearby island (you won't be lying: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildo,_nl).
If the actual object is found by little hands, you could always try to pass it off as a small model of the island, itself. If it also happens to be a vibrator, umm… the island has a lot of earthquakes? Mommies feel bad for the earthquake-ravaged Dildonians, and keep buying small replicas of their island to support the relief fund?
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"The alter"?
Surely "the altar"
Ouch! Dangit! I'll get that corrected. Thanks!
CORRECTED! Thanks for letting me know.
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OMG so funny!!! I absolutely LOVE your blog!!!
Yay! It's loves you BACK! And it doesn't have any calories either. Double win! Have a great weekend.
James says:
You could have a whole section on breaking up arguments/fights between kids – less for two girls, loads of extra calories for two sons (….oh yeah that's also a heads up BTW) and a bucket load for between your kids and other people's kids (The parents are nice but the kids don't get on with yours) at birthday parties (and the resultant minus scores for stress eating the nachos)
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Sylvan Learning has entered into an aggressive re-franchising of its learning centers, which is aimed at increasing access for parents.
Sylvan, which provides in-center and online private tutoring to students, on Tuesday unveiled a plan to make more than 400 centers and "territories" available across the country for franchise ownership, including 25 centers and territories in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Sylvan, which posts about $500 million in systemwide revenue each year, operates between 1,140 and 1,150 learning centers across the country. Of those, 250 are corporately owned centers. The company within the last year has looked at areas where it could add 200 additional centers, Peter Cohen, president and CEO of Sylvan, said in a teleconference with reporters Tuesday.
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Greece's national football team captain Giorgos Karagounis looks on during a training session at the Municipal stadium of Legionowo on June 18, 2012 - by Aris Messinis
To the outsider their style may not be aesthetically pleasing. But to Greeks their grit and determination has set an example for the daily grind, and none more so than iconic captain Karagounis.
The 37-year-old midfielder -- Greece's most capped player -- will tackle his last campaign in the World Cup finals in a group that offers his team a chance to achieve another exploit in taking them into the second round for the first time.
Greece are drawn in Group C with Colombia, Ivory Coast and Japan. And they fancy their chances.
While Kostas Mitroglou will be the player they look to to provide goals, it is his Fulham team-mate Karagounis -- who has also played for Panathinaikos, Inter Milan and Benfica -- who is the soul of the team.
"It is very important that we qualified for this World Cup. It is important to make Greeks proud, and for them to enjoy watching their country play at the world stage. For the players, it is an incentive," Karagounis told Sky Sports in March.
However, for Karagounis success is not about personal glory, but giving some respite to the people back home just as he did when he scored the only goal in a crunch Euro 2012 game against Russia.
The victory saw the Greeks once again upset the odds and progress out of their group at the more favoured Russians expense.
For Karagounis, it came at a personal cost as a booking in the game saw him suspended for the high-octane quarter-final against Germany, who were seen as the bad guys for Chancellor Angela Merkel's conditions for bailing out the Greek economy.
Karagounis's despair when he was booked and realised what it meant was one of the most heart-wrenching images of the championships.
For the Greeks it rivalled the tears of England midfielder Paul Gascoigne when he was booked in the 1990 World Cup quarter-final and was suspended for the semi-final with West Germany.
"Beating Russia and getting into that quarter-final with Germany was a great achievement," he told The Guardian last year.
"In terms of what we were up against, it was almost up there with what we did in Portugal winning the competition (Euro 2004). It was us against everything. We had a duty to put a smile on people's faces back home.
"There was a desperation for us to do well. We had to give people something positive to cling to."
Karagounis, who was also suspended for the Euro 2004 final having got them off to a winning start with the only goal in the opening group game against hosts Portugal, is painfully aware of how lucky he is compared to the majority of his compatriots.
"I'm luckier than most in Greece," he told The Guardian.
"When you see your friends with the smile wiped from their face, not having enough to provide for their families, to buy food from the supermarket -- You can't live your life oblivious to that, knowing how they're struggling back home. It's there all the time. Nagging at you. There is no escaping."
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NM State gets back to the Pan American Center after three road games to start the second half of WAC play on Feb. 6 and 8. First, the Aggies welcome Idaho live on AggieVision at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6. The team then hosts Seattle U to close out the two-game series on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 6 p.m.
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The Aggies started with a promising first half against Texas Pan American, but eventually fell 66-61 on Saturday, Jan. 25. NM State moves to 6-13 on the year and 3-3 in WAC play. NM State ended the game shooting 32 percent from the floor and 33 percent from 3-point range. The team was led by junior Danesia Williamson with a career-matching 30 points. The junior also had four rebounds and three assists. Sophomore Sasha Weber scored 17 on the night, while grabbing six boards. It was freshman Tyler Ellis and sophomore Abby Scott that led defensively with 13 and seven rebounds, respectively.
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The New Mexico State Aggies currently have a record of 6-13 on the season. With 10 games remaining on the regular season schedule, NM State still has a chance to finish the season above .500. Away games have been elusive for the Aggies this season as they have yet to grab a victory on the road. A bright spot for the Aggies has been the play of guard Danesia Williamson. Since returning to the team she has averaged 20 ppg while leading the Aggies to three more victories on the season.
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Prior to suffering the close loss to Texas-Pan American, the Aggies had put together a brief two game winning streak. During that span the Aggies beat conference opponents Chicago State and Kansas City by 21 points and 29 points, respectively. Sophomore guard Abby Scott provided a nice scoring punch for the Aggies during the two games as well. She put together an average of 30.5 ppg including a 36 point performance versus Kansas City in which she drained a season-high 11 three pointers. The Aggies currently sit at 3-3 in the conference which is good for fifth place in the conference.
The Bakersfield Runners are led by third year head coach Greg McCall. With a 10-8 record overall and a 4-2 record in conference play, the Runners currently sit at third place in the WAC. The Runners have played well at home this season achieving a 5-1 record to this point with a six point average margin of victory. Standout guard Tyonna Outland leads the charge for Bakersfield. Outland is the leading scorer in the WAC with 22.5 ppg in conference matchups and 20 ppg overall this season.
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The last time the NM State Aggies met the Runners was on Feb. 23, 2013. NM State won the game 87-81 at the Pan American Center to mark the first game between the schools. The Aggies face off against the Runners during the 2013-14 season on Jan. 30, 2014 in Bakersfield, Calif.
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Hello everyone and welcome to The Balding Buddha – a personal blog/website/everything else for Nikhil Menon. Speaking about the author a bit here, he was born on a balmy February night in the year 1989 in Kochi, Kerala. He has lived most of my life in Madras, India and is presently a permanent resident of the city.
He has graduated from the MIT Portugal Program, Masters in Complex Transport Infrastructure Systems, having undergone his master degree dissertation at Instituto Superior Tecnico Lisbon (Tecnico Lisboa) and is currently on the lookout for exciting, intellectually stimulating opportunities in the field of Transportation Systems. Prior to this, he has received his Bachelors in Civil Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Calicut India.
Teaching is something that interests him a lot and he has served in limited capacities as a volunteer for the Teach for India program and also as the Student Coordinator for Project PRISM, a government of Kerala initiative during my bachelors in Calicut.
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What aren't you thinking of?
We are often so focused on looking for answers or being right that we don't allow ourselves the luxury of looking at what isn't evident. What AREN'T we thinking of? What DON'T we know? Who do we need to know who we don't know?
Topics: Thoughts behavior mental processing thinking
Aug 18 2011: I don't know what I'm not thinking of, I'm not thinking of it :P
I think most of the time we "normal people" can only think of the concepts, problems, needs, and ideas that are rather in front of us one way or another, thinking of something you are not directly or perhaps indirectly affected by in only a couple of degrees of separation is a rather genious quality.
This is why TED is so important, here we are all thinking of something that somebody else isn't, and by saying what we are thinking of we might get others to think of it as well an vice versa.
Debra Smith 200+Aug 18 2011: I do it consistently. While my statement appeared self evident it was meant to challenge ourselves as you are doing. I often ask experts 'what do I not know enough to ask you in this circumstance?'
That question and the humilty that the expert percieves in it often opens up whole areas of information that is relevant to my inquiry and to the ultimate solution of the problem at hand. Often, the expert is the unnoticed front line person, the scientist who speaks in technical terms, or the healthcare professional that understands far more than most of us do. By inviting them to share their specific knowledge in the context of the situation- I learn a lot.


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"Yea I'm a true bridesmaid, and no I won't jump you."
Chapter 4: Whatcha Gonna do...pretty house!
Sam's POV
Oh No! I died! I don't remember dying! I shouldn't have succumbed to the darkness that is relaxation. Damnit! Oh well. Well let's see if I can wake up because I don't want to 'see the light' yet. With ease my eyes flew open, making me seem like an idiot. Scanning my surroundings, I realize I'm in a hospital. Why am I in a hospital? Maybe I can ask someone. But no one's here except that guy on the phone. I raise my arm to try and get his attention but instead I get mine. My arms are connected to about 4 IVs filled with blood. Wow this is so a Welcome To The Black Parade moment. But seriously What happened? Phone-guy finishes talking on the phone and notices I'm awake. Why is he wearing a hoodie and with the hood up? Oh my Gerard! He's a mass murderer. Or it could be that he's cold.
" Hey are you okay? You got quite the beating last night. Do you remember anything?"
Why is he talking to me? Then last night's events came to me. I can't believe my mom once married such a jackass.
"Oh sorry! I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Andy. Andy Six. Um well, do you remember anything? Or do you want to know why your here?"
Andy? Wait THE Andy Six? Well I guess so smartass. Why am I talking to myself?
"Hey you okay?"
"What?! Oh yea! I'm fine. But what happened? I'm Sam by the way, Well Samantha but I like Sam better."
"Okay, well Sam, a couple of friends and I found you getting beat by who knows who, and we, well called the cops and took your luggage. Not to keep just so you know you have somewhere to go with your stuff… sorry for the shitty explanation" Andy smiled sheepishly while explaining, although he looked pretty pissed when he mentioned my dad.
"Besides that, do you know who the guy was?"He asked.
"Um yea… he's my…um father."I muttered
That must've come as a huge shock to him because we stayed in silence for a couple of minutes until he asked a question that broke the silence. "How long has he been doing that to you?" Andy looked pretty peeved.
"Not long it started today since, well do you want the whole story? It's pretty long."I asked him dragging out the g in long.
"The full story, please." He offered me a soft smile in which I returned.
" Well I was 2 years old when I stopped seeing my dad, although I lived with my grandma, my mom got remarried when I was three to my step-father with whom I love with all my heart , when I turned four my little sister was born on august 4, 3 days right after my step-father's birthday. I never thought of my biological father and I refer to my step-father as daddy or dad. Nothing interesting really happened after that but October 3, 2009 my baby sister ,Marley was born. And now it's summer, I just turned 13 2 months ago and hen all that stuff happened last night and now we're here… sorry for the shitty explanation." I said mimicking him.
Andy was listening intently since I began, ha-ha he looks like a little kid during bedtime stories. Once he realized I mimicked him he chuckled
"… hey! You mimicked me!....smartass" Andy pouted. The second he pouted I erupted in a fit of giggles and he chuckled. After our little laughing session he asked a question I didn't even know the answer to " Do you have anywhere to stay?"
" Well I have a grandma in Arizona, but I'm already enrolled in a high school here, and she'll call my mom and tell her to come get me. But the problem is my mom doesn't have enough money for me to go back, but don't worry I'll find someplace to –"
"you could stay with me..?" that shocked me big time…. I mean THE Andy Six, he can't possibly care about me we just met, but he did save my life. He probably would've done it for anyone else. But maybe, just maybe I'll stay with him and no one will find out. While I was thinking Andy was trying to convince me by giving me the puppy dog look, which might add is adorable on him.
"well alright" I mumbled giving up.
"what was that I couldn't here you?" oh great now he's teasing me!
"I said I'll stay with you, okay?" I practically gritted out after that a chorus of "Yay!"'s
"I'm guessing that's the rest of the band?"
"Yea… wait you know who we are?" Andy asked as if I was going to jump him.
"Yea I'm a true bridesmaid, and no I won't jump you." I said smiling reassuringly


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Back in 1970, Edwarda O'Bara was a 16-year-old high school student who had diabetes and was on insulin. One morning she woke up feeling very ill and was rushed to the hospital. Edwarda said to her mom, Kaye, "Promise you won't leave me, will you, Mommy?" Mom Kaye said, "Of course not, I would never leave you, darling, I promise. And a promise is a promise!" Shortly after, Edwarda lost consciousness and slipped into a diabetic coma. Her mom kept her promise and stayed with her daughter, never institutionalizing her. She took care of her in her Miami Gardens home, 24-hours a day, with two hour breaks, sleeping just 90 minutes at a time.
Mom died before Edwarda did. Kaye passed away in 2008, but Edwarda wasn't left alone or put in a home. Edwarda's younger sister, Colleen, stepped in to take care of her. But now after being comatose for 42 years, Edwarda passed away.
She was 59 years old. Forty-two years in a diabetic coma.
Colleen says on the website edwardaobara.com that just before her sister died, Edwarda looked over at her and gave her the biggest smile she has ever seen.
It was reported on CBS Miami News that mom Kaye felt the spirit of the Virgin Mary in Edwarda's room.
Family. That is what we should all be thankful for. Even friends. People who are by your side no matter what, who make sacrifices to help you, take care of you, be there when you need them most. Even in the most challenging of circumstances. Kaye did that for her daughter for 38 years. I cannot imagine how hard that was for a mother to see her daughter in that state. Every day hoping for a miracle. That is the ultimate display of a mother's love. And Colleen stepping in when mom passed away is also a beautiful way to keep her mom's promise and to take care of her sister, according to her wishes when she was just a teen. What a beautiful family and I wish them peace.
This shows how in this life we should always surround ourselves with people who love us -- no need to waste time with those who don't show us respect and kindness. Because you never know.
Be thankful for the ones you love and who love you. Show them love and kindness always. The O'Bara family is a beautiful example of that.
Doesn't this story make you want to hug and cherish your family even more?
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You somehow think this was a grand gesture? I think it's delusional. This woman couldn't let her daughter go, so she just gave up her whole life for no reason in order to care for someone who was not there. And think about the resources that were used to keep this 'woman' alive for 42 years. Shameful and delusional.
@JannaM8 diabetic coma does not mean brain dead. Many many many people slip into a diabetic coma in this country and usually wake within hours-weeks of entering it. Some are fine, some have brain damage, but they are still alive and functioning. This is an extreme case here and I cannot imagine why after giving her insulin (or glucose if hypoglymeic) she did not awaken, but she was by no means brain dead. Would you not preserve the life of your child artificially if you knew that there was a chance she would one day awaken and could continue to live her life, albeit differently, but alive none the less?
i am the mother of a type 1 diabetic 5 year old. if ANYTHING ever happened to her, i would never leave her side.
Surely she wasn't on a vent this entire time? She still had to be tube-fed, however - I don't know that I could watch my child just lay there for years on end, changing her diapers, bathing her and turning her to avoid bedsores. I admire the fact that mom didn't put her in a home, but took care of her herself; she must have had a husband who made plenty of money.
No, I won't say this is a good story. That poor girl was locked in her body for 38 yrs. It was nice her mother took care of her, but no, not something I would do to my own child.
Sometimes people come out of comas, but after a few years I think I would have allowed her to die and go to the next dimension. Perhaps she "stuck around" for her mother's sake. Often the living need to let the dying go, and they need our blessings to do so.
Sounds like torture to me :(
They're either totally unaware or they're aware but can't communicate. I wouldn't presume to judge someone for the decision they made or what they do to justify it in their own minds. There is no certainty about it so they have to live with the possibility of being wrong no matter what.
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When it opened in 1965 the Astrodome was known as the eighth wonder of the world.
The 400 thousand square foot dome that was home to the NFL's Houston Oilers and the MLB's Houston Astros was a huge source of pride for the Bayou City.
"Anybody that went to the games in the 60's, games in the 70's knew it was the eighth wonder of the world," said former Harris County Tax Assessor Paul Bettencourt.
The last time the dome was even used was in 2005 when it became a temporary home for thousands fleeing Katrina ravaged New Orleans.
For the last few years the big political hot potato has been should the dome stay or go.
This week The Sports Authority proposed turning the dome into a convention center.
"It's a retread of an idea," Bettencourt said. "But now it's the county's retread."
But county leaders aren't going to be the ones who ultimately decide if the dome is doomed or if it lives on in the 21st century.
You will.
"There are people who want to see it stay, there are people who want to see it bulldozed," said Precinct 4 County Commissioner Steve Radack.
Either way it's going to cost money, your money.
And just how much remains fuzzy.
This weeks' proposal turns the dome into a convention center for 193 million dollars.
Bettentcourt says voters need more specific info on the proposal.
"Exactly how it's used, who's going to book it, what it really looks like," Bettencourt said.
Voters have yet to get a straight answer about how much debt the dome has caused them .
Some estimates have taxpayers still owing some 28 million dollars for the dome.
"It will cost at least that much maybe twice as much to tear it down," Bettencourt said.
Whenever people wonder why we have the dome in the situation we have it it's because of a guy named Bud Adams," Radack said.
And if voters say yes to keeping it they can thank the former Oilers owner for their taxes going up.
"If this got on the ballot and voters approved it they would basically be voting themselves a tax increase,"said Radack.
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The future of the Post Office has been a question for some time now and today it was announced that it would stop Saturday service.
If all this makes you prematurely nostalgia for the institution, BackStory with the American History Guys has a great episode devoted to the P.O. This "Cowboys and Mailmen" segment that debunks the Pony Express is especially good.
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Palestinian statehood
Europe Eases Into Spotlight Ahead of U.N. Vote
Peace process breakdown weakens the U.S.
Embassy Clash Is One More Crisis for Israel
Has Netanyahu prepared his country for this trying moment?
Daybreak: Ho-Hum Homs
Plus Galliano convicted, tent protests tested, and more in the news
Daybreak: A Line That Says 'Go'
Plus Turkish tensions, occupied Sinai, and more in the news
Is The P.A. Statehood Drive Good For the P.A?
Not really. Let us count the ways.
Daybreak: Sinai To Be Remilitarized
Plus A'jad being A'jad, China picks a side, and more in the news
Sundown: Israel Hits Back
Plus, new Azeri friends, mini-Madoff was big at the U, and more
Daybreak: Attack in Southern Israel Kills 5
Plus, U.S. prepares to call for Assad to step down, and more in the news
Sundown: P.A. Slows Down on Road to U.N.
Plus, Turkey means never having to say you're sorry, and more
Daybreak: Lebanon to Push Palestinian State
Plus, Israel is the hot congressional vacation spot, and more in the news
Daybreak: Next Up, Security Council
Plus, Syrian ships shell Syrian city, and more in the news
Sundown: Bibi Agrees to Obama's '67 Premise
Plus, Arab League considers Security Council, creepy Breivik surgery, and more
Amidst Crackdown, Syria Recognizes Palestine
Meanwhile, U.S. backs away from supporting dissidents
Sundown: P.A., Hamas Split on Statehood
Plus Arafat's succesor? and more
Palestinian Unity Dead; Long Live Statehood?
Abbas recasts failure to reconcile as selling point at the U.N.