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  1. Farm families treat guests to s'mores over a bonfire. NYC families take visitors to see the Empire State Building. 2:05 PM May 11th via web
  2. Internet ad server irony: On my blog about how curriculum is stupid, the biggest advertisers are curriculum companies. bit.ly/HeZ6GQ 9:27 AM May 2nd via web
  3. I spilled wine on my laptop. Now the delete key sticks. And I find myself more accepting of whatever I type. 8:57 AM Apr 24th via web
  4. I lay on the bed in my Vegas hotel and notice that the room is set up so I can watch through a glass wall and see my son taking a shower. 10:28 AM Apr 23rd via web
  5. We land in Las Vegas and head to the hotel. My six-year-old farm-boy son gets into the limo and says, "Why are our drivers always brown?" 9:34 AM Apr 23rd via web
  6. Life for a homeschooler: I read haiku to my six-year-old. This is what he writes: Sex is so romance./It's so pitiful eew eee!/Penis! Vagina! 1:54 PM Apr 21st via web
  7. Spotify. Shopify. Abilify. Is my life is merging into one, synchronous dance now that names of startups and pharmaceuticals sound the same? 4:58 PM Apr 16th via web
  8. Screaming baby on the airplane. I make the best of it. I say to my son: "You'll have that baby if you don't use a condom when you have sex." 7:42 AM Apr 9th via web
  9. I look in the mirror and see my mother. So I buy her expensive face cream so I can continue to believe she's aging gracefully. 5:25 AM Apr 6th via Twitter for iPhone
  10. I cancel my kid's karate and I lay in bed with sugary tea and an overheated laptop clicking through my new site design. bit.ly/ubLfN 7:57 AM Apr 2nd via web
  11. I dropped my iPhone. The back cracked. But I remembered my protective case on the floor of my car. I put it on to hold the pieces together. 4:12 PM Mar 19th via web
  12. Realization: The reason nothing ever makes me feel jealous is that I feel so much self-hatred, which is a more honest form of jealousy. 2:48 PM Mar 17th via web
  13. My six-year-old says to The Farmer: "You and Mom are great parents. You are great at not yelling, and Mom's great at saying she's sorry." 10:24 AM Mar 14th via Twitter for iPhone
  14. Prayer of the marginally competent parent: Forgive me for taking my son on a red-eye and telling him the Benadryl is for his skinned knee. 8:18 AM Mar 11th via Twitter for iPhone
  15. During my speech at Natural Food Expo a guy says, "Please ask whoever's playing a video game to turn it down." I listen. I look. It's my son 7:29 PM Mar 10th via Twitter for iPhone
  16. Trend alert: Sitting among parents with lattes and iPads a mile from Disneyland at a skate park full of kids who chose to come here instead. 12:37 PM Mar 9th via Twitter for iPhone
  17. What life's really like when you have a speaking career: This week I'm in Tampa, Sarasota, and Annaheim. With my six-year-old son in tow. 8:29 AM Mar 6th via Twitter for iPhone
  18. My most gratifying moments of self-knowledge: An item is on my to do list for a month, I realize I don't want to do it, and I cross it off. 8:37 AM Feb 14th via web
  19. Super Bowl Sunday coup: Times Sqare is empty, which inspires me to try to get last-minute tickets to The Lion King. Orchestra seats! Score! 3:22 PM Feb 5th via Twitter for iPhone
  20. In NYC at my mom's co-op I read Surviving a Borderline Parent. I hide the book when she comes home like I'm a teenager sneaking beer. 6:07 PM Feb 4th via Twitter for iPhone