The Google Chrome video, “Dear Sophie,” has been circulating around the dad-o-sphere for the last few days. Emily sent a link to me this afternoon, as I sat in a library trying to write a dissertation, missing my family and my home and knowing I was going to be putting in crazy late-night hours. In…
Author: Backpacking Dad
I’m Like a Superhero, But All Emo.
I was at a philosophy conference in Portland a few years ago, and just outside of a session room a woman speaking with a few colleagues started choking on her cough drop. A couple of people tried to give her the Heimlich Maneuver, but they were too short to get any leverage: she was tall,…
Help Me Choose a New Profile Picture
It’s been nearly two years since I updated my standard profile picture for Internet things. I’ve been using shots from a session I did with Carla from Baby Ji Designs just before BlogHer 2009. The photos in my current blog header are all from that shoot. Back then, Erin was still in the backpack, though…