Rory's Blog

Category: Parenting

  • I Read It So You Don’t Have To (But You Should)

    I’m one of those annoying people who recommends books. It’s less about expecting people to read the book than it is about feeling a physical compulsion to recommend it – as if I swallowed the book and need to puke it up all over everyone. Most people do not read the books I recommend. Dad,…

  • A Coach On The Brink

    Nine seconds left. Bucks are down two.  They’ve got to get it up the floor quickly to tie or win the game. The coach has a timeout to burn but decides not to interrupt the flow of the game because his team has been on a furious comeback. The point guard brings it up, dribbles to space,…

  • When TV Mattered

    I proposed an idea a few years ago that is gaining traction in my circle: What if you could set your television to only show programs made within a certain time period? With this in mind, I grabbed the remote the other night, determined to watch something all of us would enjoy and that actually…