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• SuperLunchNotes: ALIEN WEEK!

  

  I’d said I was taking a break from theme weeks, but after I did Martian Manhunter last Monday, I caved and decided to do ALIEN WEEK! Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• SuperLunchNotes: Week 3

  

  My only regret about these early weeks of SuperLunchNotes was the bad lighting and soft focus filter I put on them. What is this, Prince of Tides? .WEEK 3: Aug... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Real Men Stop and Smell the Roses

  

  I still remember the first time I got flowers. It my first serious relationship, and they were delivered to the graphic design studio where I was working—my... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Is Being a Dad Turning Me Straight?

  

  It’s late February, and once again there’s ice and snow on the ground. And once again I’m hauling my kid to the mall to burn off energy (and preserve my... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• SuperLunchNotes: BUG WEEK!

  

  Spring is starting to slowly creep its way into the world again. And while I’m greeting the end of winter with open arms, I dread the invasion of insects that... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Hide-and-Seek with Mr. Moon, Or How I Broke My Son’s Heart on Valentine’s Day

  

  During the two weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day, Papa and I had both been away at conferences, overlapping by only a few hours at home, tagging in to take th... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• SuperLunchNotes: Week 2

  

  These notes from week 2 are so simple they look like they were done years ago (by a 6 year-old) instead of months ago, yet they look more spontaneous than some... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• How I Met Your Father

  

  A couple of days ago, The Huffington Post published a call for submissions — they were looking for stories of how parents met their significant other, but as... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• SuperLunchNotes: RED WEEK!

  

  I know I said I’d post a week’s worth of SuperLunchNotes the Monday after, but it’s Valentine’s Day and Papa has been out of town for a few days and won’t get... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• SuperLunchNotes: MONSTER WEEK!

  

  I was thinking I’d probably save Monster Week for Halloween, but that’s a long way away, and JJ had rediscovered the cheesy late-70s Godzilla cartoons on Hulu. Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• SuperLunchNotes: Week 1

  

  Thus starteth my attempt to bring my SuperLunchNotes to the bloggety-blog on the regular. My plan is to post twice a week — an older batch and the most recent... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Stage Fright: My Child’s First Time at the Theater

  

  A couple of months ago we took JJ to his first live theater experience, and something odd happened. A friend who works at the Atlas Theater in DC suggested we... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The New Normal: Chevy Ads Show Gay Couples

  

  I just wanted to give a quick shout-out to Chevrolet for airing two commercials during the opening days of the Olympics that were inclusive of gays and... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• A Little Face Time

  

  It’s hard to believe a week ago I was in New Orleans beginning an intensive three days of networking with other dads, talking about the role of dads, learning... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• To Russia, With Friendship

  

  Me and “Viktor” on Lake Baikal, Siberia, July 4, 1993. I spent the summer of 1993 in southern Siberia. The Berlin Wall had had been down for less than three... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2014 CURRENT, FAMILY, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SOCIETY

• SuperLunchNotes: Godzilla!

  

  As I mentioned over in a post earlier today (ain’t I prolific?), I lead a workshop on blog design at Dad 2.0 Summit. While I felt relatively prepared, had a... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• We’ve Got Your Back: Impressions of Dad 2.0 Summit

  

  I’m ending my long weekend the way I began it — hanging out in an airport for 4+ hours. Different airports — Baltimore on Thursday, New Orleans on Sunday — but... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• DDQ&A: Khoi Vinh

  

  Of all the fellow designer dads I’ve interviewed,* Khoi Vinh is the one I’ve known the longest. We were together in the DC design trenches early in our... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Piechart: My Preschooler’s Well-Balanced Diet

  

  This rotund chart pretty much says it all. I have no wisdom nor special powers nor secret sauce with which to get my kiddo to eat anything other than what he... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING

• JJ’s Room v2.0

  

  For one reason or another, this post kept getting pushed back further and further down my “to do” list. JJ transitioned from Room v1.0 (crib) to 2. Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2014 FAMILY, HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN, PARENTING