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Entries from November 2008

My Daughter Taught Me How To Brush Her Teeth

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments · A Dude's Guide to Kids, Great Ideas for Dudes!, Misc. Stuff

All my kids need help… brushing their teeth. The four of them think that 9.4 seconds is long enough to remove all the sugar, chocolate and food that finds refuge in their mouths. So, we help them brush. (Hopefully, we’ll finally be able to stop by the time they’re married.)
Anyhow, I always took a glob [...]

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Johann Zahn; You Made My Kids Run Away!

April 27th, 2008 · No Comments · A Dude's Guide to Kids, A Dude's Guide to Teens, Misc. Stuff

Now, thanks to the digital camera, I’ve got more than 10,000 pictures at my fingertips. I throw together albums at the drop of a whim and my little dudes can actually see the pictures I took of them. Now, I can see the little dudes as they looked a couple of years ago without leaving my desk. That’s progress.

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Elite Eight (Billion)

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments · A Dude's Guide to Life

I think I’m better than you, but I don’t want to be. Well, that’s not quite true and, of course, I wasn’t speaking of you specifically, dude reader, but them out there. Allow me to explain.
A couple of weeks ago, there was a big kerfluffle about a national politician who got called elitist [...]

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