It was held in an old Masonic temple. We entered the reception, introduced as Mr. and Mrs. Shawn and Emily Burns, to the “The Throne Room” from Star Wars. I screwed up the Garter Toss. Emily got cake on my face even though I could have sworn we’d said we weren’t going to…
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The Disney Switch
Two strange things happened on our annual Christmas Disneyland trip. First, Adrian just seemed to get it. We went to Disneyland in October, when Adrian was around seventeen months old, and he liked to look at things and seemed to get excited about some of the rides. But this time, at nineteen months old, he…
Backpacking Dad Looks for Christmas in New York
When the fourth drag queen stepped up to the microphone and began lip-syncing a stand-up comedy routine I was sure the evening had gone from awesome to fabulous. But perhaps I ought to begin at the beginning. Peter Shankman, of shankman.com and Help A Reporter Out fame, and Hot Blogger Calendar 2009 infamy, sent me…