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Entries from November 2008

Halloween: The Aftermath

October 31st, 2008 · No Comments · A Dude's Guide to Kids, A Dude's Guide to Life

Oy, chocolate hangover. I didn’t even know you could get those. Maybe it has more to do with my aging body than the 97 pounds of chocolate and peanut butter and soft squishy things I’m hoping were candy that I consumed. I don’t know, but I’ve certainly got the head and stomach that says I’m [...]

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You Don’t Dress Up, You Don’t Go Out

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments · A Dude's Guide to Kids, A Dude's Guide to Life

If there’s one thing I don’t like about Halloween, it’s answering my door and finding teenagers not wearing costumes standing there with their hands out for candy. Seriously, dudes, without a costume you’re just begging.
The spirit (hah! Spirit! Get it?) of Halloween is found in the costumes the kids and adults dress up in and [...]

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On A Mission From God

October 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · A Dude's Guide to Kids

Get out the pumpkins and bring on the flashing knives. Halloween is getting closer and I’m in hog heaven (without, you know, all the slop and mud and oinking. So, maybe not hog heaven, but a happy place) over the choices my two oldest little dudes have made for their Halloween costumes. They’re going as [...]

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