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I’ve Begun Reading “Alice In Wonderland” to Erin

Posted on 03/25/2011 by Backpacking Dad

I’m really bad at titling blog posts. I should just start numbering them. Anyway-zuh… A couple of nights ago, when Erin asked for a story (“No, two stories, daddy.”), instead of reaching for a French volume of Disney animal stories (Fox & Hound, Rescuers, Lion King etc…), which I usually “read” to her in the…

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You Don’t Market a “Push-up” Anything to an 8-Year Old Unless It’s a Popsicle

Posted on 03/25/2011 by Backpacking Dad

Abercrombie and Fitch is not interested in looking out for your daughter’s self-esteem. That’s all I have to say about that.    

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Heart on a G String

Posted on 03/21/201103/21/2011 by Backpacking Dad

Today is Johannes Sebastian Bach’s 326th birthday. I often think of Bach’s music as mathematical, precise, clinical, and light. But there is one piece he wrote that holds its own with even the heady romanticism of Beethoven: “Air on a G String.” Do you know it? You probably do. Here is a video of Japan’s…

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