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This column first appeared in print on January 31, 2007 in that day’s issue of the Inter-County Leader.
I’m so bad at giving presents that my wife has taken to buying, wrapping, and then happily opening her own gifts so our children will think I actually got her something. As a grown man, part of [...]

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“Dad?” She asked, leaning on the kitchen counter, watching me take plates out of the dishwasher.
“Yeah?”
“Do you know about new year revolutions?”
“Yep,” I said.
I knew what she meant.
I wanted to hear what she had to say.

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This column first appeared in print on December 13, 2006 in that day’s issue of the Inter-County Leader.
I was sitting on the couch Sunday when it started.
“Slow Down!”
“Be Careful With That!”
“Crash!”
One of the things all parents have is a sort of superhuman sixth sense (kind of like Spiderman’s) that warns us of danger. Suddenly, [...]

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