“Do you know what your love language is?” the pediatric podiatrist asked my son. While the doctor tended to the tenacious wart at the bottom of my son’s foot, he patiently explained the basic tenets of Love Language theory. That there is one type of love that each person seems to want the most, […]
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Love Languages – A Throwdown
Posted in Children, Cooking/Food & Wine, Doctors, Love, Marriage, Parenting, Psychology, Relationships, Television on May 27, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Time Off
Posted in Books, Cooking/Food & Wine, Fantasies, Idiosyncracies, Relaxation, Shopping, Television on May 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It’s amazing how difficult it is for me to do nothing. Lay on a chaise lounge for hours in the sun. Sit looking out over the water. Who are the people who are so relaxed that they fall asleep at the beach? For that matter, people who fall asleep any time after they’ve been up?
Starbucks Laptop Men
Posted in Books, Fathers, Masculinity, Men, Starbucks, Technology, Television on March 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sitting in a local Starbucks, and today’s Swing music mix (Dean Martin is crooning Volare, just before that was a song from Ella Fitzgerald’s Music and Moonlight), is just barely audible over the milk-steaming and repeat ordering patter at the counter. As I glance around, I feel like a sociologist discovering a new tribe.