Category Archives: Tim

The Ever-Growing Worries of an Increasingly Nervy Father

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

I have been a dad long enough now that I don’t remember what I expected life as a dad to be like before I was a dad. I am sure, of course, that I was utterly clueless about the joys … Continue reading →

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A $350 Holiday Miracle

Posted on December 17, 2010 by

I got the text at 9:07 Friday morning, toward the tail end of my daily walk from 30th Street Station to the office in West Philly. It was from Erin. “Where’s the stroller???” It seemed, to me, a rather odd … Continue reading →

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What if my daughters don’t like college football?

Posted on September 22, 2010 by

Tim wrote about The Formula back at this blog’s launch — and, specifically, how his son’s soccer prowess is messing with The Formula. The Formula being Tim’s well-calibrated, all-consuming passion for college football, or as he calls it, The Ongoing … Continue reading →

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Yes, the binky is in the toilet

Posted on August 6, 2010 by

It’s at moments like these that I’m glad our friend Rob decided to launch a blog about fatherhood. Because I’ve got a story to tell, see, but it’s a pretty damned parenthood-specific kinda story, and I can’t really think of … Continue reading →

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Messing with The Formula

Posted on July 29, 2010 by

When I was a kid, playing football as an undersized strong safety for the St. Rita Falcons of Cleveland’s CYO East division, it always annoyed me that some dads had to bring along their Walkman radios to our games. We … Continue reading →

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