The Most Normal Day Ever.
Hi, Crew members.I spent the weekend feeling awful about the world, while pretending to be perfectly fine engaging in various Christmas activities with the Mini-Pirate: ice skating, hot chocolate...
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2012: The Year in Pirate (Suck it, Mayans!)
Yo. Good Yule for you, Crew Members? Hope so. How'd that 2012 treat you? Keep all those resolutions? Did you use that gym membership you got last January as faithfully as you swore you would? Stay...
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The Hamburger Post Rises Again
Hi Crew Members!Just a little linkage today. Last year I wrote a post about how I had my Coming Out conversation with the Mini-Pirate. A few months later, I had the privilege of meeting the good...
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Happy Birthday, Sort Of.
Ahoy, Crew Members!It's sort of a big week here on the Good Ship Didactic. I guess you could call it a birthday of sorts.Here's what: Two years ago this week, I came out. Meaning, came out to people...
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Some Mondays Are Harder Than Others.
Hi, Mini-Pirate.Mondays sure are hard, aren't they? Like today, for instance.I woke up first, as usual. Didn't sleep great last night. Also as usual. The fact that it was still dark as midnight...
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Ask the Pirate: Volume One
Ahoy, Crew Members!Over the last year, I've received a lot of emails from folks -- some from regular readers, some from occasional visitors, and some from wandering hobos who stumbled in while doing...
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No Virginia, There is No Such Thing as Extra Credit
Totally me.This is another one of those end-of-semester posts about teaching where I'm going to end up sounding like a big mean jerk. I know it. So can I first reiterate that I really do love...
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Pirate Update: The Recent Headlines
Ahoy, crew members! Remember back when I used to write things down and post them here? I should totally start doing that again.My lack of posting hasn't been completely my fault. I've had stuff....
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There's A Lot Going On This Weekend.
Photo Credit: LA TimesThis weekend is Gay Pride here in San Diego. It's the first one I've actually been in town for since coming out and proclaiming myself as a Homosexual Carbon-Based Lifeform 2 1/2...
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The View On My 43rd Birthday
My birthday was last week. I'm officially a 43-year-old manchild. Feels pretty good. 43 is a nice age because it's so nondescript. 40 is a big deal. 45 sounds pretty important. Even 42 has a...
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Every Other Monday
Hi, Kid.Just wanted to check in briefly. You and I just finished a pretty fun week together. It was very Summery: we walked around our neighborhood, we swam at the pool and made up a new game...
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What's That Smell?
I had to take Mini-Pirate with me to school a few weeks ago to drop off some forms in my department. We were walking down the hall when she stopped.I watched as she looked around, head cocked to one...
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Dear Directionless, Freaked Out College Student...
I received an email recently from my nephew. He's not one of my actual nephews, but the son of one of my best friends. His parents and I have known each other since high school, and I've known him...
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What Do Dad Bloggers Talk About When We Get Together? Ourselves. Duh.
Last night, I had the privilege of taking part in a Live Google Chat with a bunch of other dad bloggers who are talented writers, good fathers, and actual Nice Guys to boot. Our topic was Storytelling...
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When Good Babies Get Bad Names: The Most Popular Baby Names of 2013
Before my daughter was born, her mom and I tortured ourselves about names. We made lists. We scanned our favorite books and TV shows for potential monikers. We made wrote out long columns, Boy vs....
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The End of an Era: DadCentric Calls It a Day
Many, many years ago (read: three and a half), I was regularly posting tidbits on my blog about the triumphs and defeats of parenthood. It was fun, despite the fact that my readership was pretty much...
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Aren't You Done Coming Out YET???
Criminy, I haven't posted in a while. It's not because life hasn't given me stuff to write about. Quite the opposite. There's a lot happening. Like, a lot. And it's all good.A few months ago, I...
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How To Help Students Keep Deadlines. (Ish.)
SIX DAYS UNTIL DEADLINEMe: Ok, everybody. You've been working on this final paper for a week now. Remember when it's due. When is it due?Class: Tuesday.Me: Right. So we have six days to tackle...
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How to Take the Off-Ramp
I think it’s time for me to start telling more of the story -- the tougher parts. It’s important – if not for you, then for me. And if I'm going to do so, this is the place to start:March 7, 2011I...
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Conversations with the Mini-Pirate: Tween Edition
Evening, before bedtimeMe (from outside her room): Riley?Her (inside): Yea.Me: Did you pick your clothes up off the bathroom floor?Her: Yea.Me: Seriously. Did you?Her: Yea.Me (checking...
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How I Write: Run. Trip. Fall. Get Up. Repeat.
I’m so glad Jim Higley (aka Bobblehead Dad) tagged me on his “How I Write” post, assigning me to write one of my own. Not just because I am, at heart, a 6th grader and who always wants to sit at the...
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The Pirate Goes Abroad
If the world actually is a giant Risk board, I'm winning the game this Summer. Ahoy, Crew Members.I have not done a tremendous amount of traveling in my life. At least, not outside of America. I went...
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Let Them Eat (Straight) Cake: Thoughts On The Christian Wedding Baker Who...
I admit it. I've been deeply torn about Melissa Klein's sweet cakes.Last year, a news item hit the net: a bakery in Oregon was refusing to make a cake for a lesbian couple planning their wedding....
View ArticleI'm a #HealthyDad. (Ish.)
This is a sponsored post, but it really shouldn't have to be.I'm joining some blogging buddies of mine this month to talk about being a healthy dad. Sorry, that needs caps:Healthy Dad.Oops, forgot my...
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How to Come Out at 40
I’m four today.In gay years, that is. I officially came out four years ago this week. In March of 2011, I began the process of telling people that I was gay, which had been a slowly evolving...
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