Rory’s Blog
Strong Opinions, Held Loosely
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Lions-Packers: First Time Peeing in a Parking Garage
“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.” Bill Shankly I took my son James to the Lions-Packers Thursday night last week, and I’m still processing the experience. It was my first game…
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A Fish In Water
“The greatest burden a child must bear is the unlived lives of his parents.”—Carl Jung I spent three hours at a swim meet at Mack Pool in Ann Arbor last Tuesday, packed thigh to thigh on bleachers with a hundred other parents, cheering on my 9-year-old, who was in the water for exactly 3 minutes…
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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,…
