Category Archives: Work/Life balance

At The Car Wash, Yeah…

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

I had to take a personal day off from work last week. And as often is the case with personal days, I hadn’t planned on taking this day off. I only did so because one of “those” usual unforeseen things … Continue reading →

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Take Me Out To The Ballgame

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

There are few things I enjoy more than going to baseball games. For more than a decade, I have made it a point to go to Opening Day no matter where I have lived. And whether it’s been at Fenway … Continue reading →

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Career opportunities

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

I’m typing this from a subway seat on my commute home from my new job in a strange city. The sleeping commuter in the seat next to me just snapped to attention and exited the car. I can now feel … Continue reading →

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A Day Off

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

I remember a segment in “The Beatles Anthology” TV special back in the 1990s when Paul McCartney told about how the band was on tour in Asia in the ’60s and they had a rare day off in the Philippines. … Continue reading →

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The Beard-Epilogue

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

Well, what would an eight-part series that was ostensibly about the progress of growing a beard while at home with a newborn baby over two months be without an epilogue about what it was like to return to the working … Continue reading →

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The Beard-Week Eight

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

And thus, it comes to an end. And oh, what an ending it is. My two months at home, playing Stay-At-Home Dad to Little Sis, are officially over this weekend. With my return to the work world looming, I guess … Continue reading →

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The Beard-Week Three

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of mobility during this, my third week of paternity leave, and looking at it from all kinds of angles: literal, professional and metaphorical, too. But first, a little geography from on high. … Continue reading →

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Mr. Mom…Again

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

In less than a week, I will be on my own. It will be my turn. My turn for Little Sis. For the past four months, my wife, The Thoroughly Awesome Ms. Crums, has been at home with our baby … Continue reading →

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The Workout

Posted on October 19, 2010 by

I am fighting an ongoing battle with myself. And this battle occurs at my local gym. Or, rather, it hasn’t occurred at my local gym of late because I haven’t been there in four months. Or two months. Or five. … Continue reading →

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TV Dad to watch: Adam Braverman of ‘Parenthood’

Posted on September 17, 2010 by

I finally caught the season debut of NBC’s “Parenthood” last night. This was one of last season’s breakout network shows that became appointment viewing for my Beautiful Wife and I — somewhat surprisingly, because I had pretty low expectations for … Continue reading →

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