Boy Z is sleeping for England this afternoon, so much so that I’ve found myself at a loss. I’ve even cleaned the toilets, something that it rarely crosses my mind to do. I’m grateful for this one day a week I take off with my son – it’s a day to take stock, to take [...]
Archive for July, 2009
The future blues haven’t got me and the present hasn’t sucked out my soul
A little light housekeeping today at A Free Man. You may remember the baby pool that I set up a little while back. Well, I’ve had some time to sit down and compile the entries to date into a nifty little calendar…
The contest is still open and, as you can see, there are still a [...]
Strike one and strike two… I guess we’re both out.
Listening to Soundgarden’s final album today got me thinking about baseball.*
I grew up with an All-American boy’s passion for the American game. The players whose faces festooned my collection of baseball cards were like idols to me. Steve Garvey, Pete Rose, Willie Stargell, the Niekros – Phil and Joe – Ron Guidry, Don Sutton, George [...]
To have my very own bench in an oligarch’s village
I am so far behind with basically everything that I can almost see myself coming around the other way. I should be finishing up my first lecture of the new semester, but I just can’t bear spending much more of my Saturday on a talk that most of my students are going to doze through [...]
Will you rise and meet your savior in the air?
If you’ve noticed that the science posts have been pretty sparse around here lately then, well then I’m a bit worried about how much attention you’re paying to me. Are you some kind of cyber stalker or something? Huh?
Right, science posts. The thing about science posts is that they’re a lot of work. I have [...]
But she’s got a great personality
I’m not sure what Boy Z thinks of his loving mother based on this conversation over the weekend…
Can you say Papa’s boy?
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This is snipped from a longer video featuring animal noises and Play Doh. If you’re interested (i.e. related to us) the full video is here.
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Oh my love do not fear, Satan’s army will never win
I hate the TV.
Maybe this is due to the inevitable descent into grumpy old manhood, though I prefer to think that it stems from a certain good taste that comes with a longer time on this planet. Whatever the case, I can’t stand to watch television these days. With very rare exceptions it seems that every [...]
So sleep tight baby, unfurrow your brow
Tom Petty’s first solo album, “Full Moon Fever”, always reminds me of Florida. More aptly, of leaving Florida. It came out in the spring of 1989, during the waning days of my time in high school. It was the soundtrack to my last summer in the Sunshine State – spent restless, irritable and discontent, waiting [...]
When you were young you were the king of carrot flowers
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Neutral Milk Hotel, based out of Athens, Georgia, was one of the finest bands of the late 90’s. If you’ve never heard ‘In the Aeroplane Over the Sea’ then you’re missing out on a fantastic album. Buy it from .
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Buckle-up and endure now baby
This is it.
I knew that something was wrong about six weeks ago when I buttoned my jeans one morning, pulled my belt into its standard well-worn hole and headed down to make a coffee. My pants slid down around my hips about halfway down the stairs.
Men of a certain age – my age – who [...]
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