“If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient.
It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.”
~ Winnie the Pooh
It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.”
~ Winnie the Pooh
SMALL WONDERS: Random Thoughts While Home Sick
As a tight knit family in a tight fit house -- four people, three ladies, two bedrooms, one bath, no space -- we share everything. Besides my t-shirts, the most intimate thing we share is germs.
So when Thing 1 and Thing 2 came home with a bug last week, I knew my time was short. It hit full force Monday at work. Otherwise courteous and friendly co-workers became plague-fearing villagers, fleeing the vicinity of my cubicle, screaming through hands they prayed stopped bacteria. I know when I'm not wanted. So home I sat on Tuesday viewing the world from my windows; one showing leafless tree branches swaying in the breeze outside my living room, the other a stream of guileless and inane information on my computer monitor. With my web-surfer's truncated attention span now clouded by fever and cold meds, I had these random insights on the state of our illusion... READ THE REST HERE | CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR SPECIAL!!!!
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When Good Parenting Feels Bad
You know that ogre-parent on your block that all the kids fear? The father at the supermarket who barks at his kids when they ask for candy at the checkout line? That dad at the mall who doesn’t care whether his crying daughter’s fourth grade friends get to wear booty shorts and midriff tank tops?
That’s me. The father that makes the rest of you feel pretty good about your suspect parenting skills. And you’re welcome...
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That’s me. The father that makes the rest of you feel pretty good about your suspect parenting skills. And you’re welcome...
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Strangers are living in my house. For free.
Call them squatters. But their name is still on the deed.
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CROOKED LITTLE BIRDHOUSE:
random thoughts on being human
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 ABOUT PATRICK
Patrick Caneday is the writer of the Small Wonders column appearing in the Burbank Leader and Glendale News Press newspapers each Saturday. Patrick was raised in Glendale, CA and now lives in Burbank. He has worked in the entertainment industry as a post production coordinator, supervisor and executive for almost 25 years. He's not a journalist or trained writer. He's just a working man and parent trying to make sense of fatherhood, culture, society and himself. |
