Halloween: This Is What It Sounds Like When Dougs Cry

Posted by dougwood on Oct 29, 2011 in Journal | 0 comments ShareMy previous post, about Ben cursing, was going to be an article in an Alternative Newspaper—okay, my kid’s elementary school newsletter, but it’s pretty edgy. But I chickened out. The following is what I put in instead. Ungrateful kids— you’ve got ‘em. I’ve got ‘em. We’ve ALL got ‘em. And at no time are kids more rotten and ungrateful than Halloween. When they...
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Building Your Child’s V*cabulary

Posted by dougwood on Oct 24, 2011 in Journal | 7 comments ShareWhen I was a kid, I thought ‘lips’ was a bad word. Until 7th Grade, my hand to God, I thought you had to say ‘mouth.’ By the time I graduated from college though, who cursed more than me? D*** few. Those were the days. In the years after, I worked in the theatre, I worked in restaurants and I might has well have been a f**king sailor for the language I used. I could curse in Spanish...
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Yikes! or When Your Mom Reads Your Blog

Posted by dougwood on Oct 11, 2011 in Journal | 13 comments ShareIt’s been a while since I’ve posted. Sorry, my faithful readers. I’ve had a lot of life happening: a friend in a hugely messy child custody situation, which coincided with Benjamin’s birthday extravaganza, and…. My mom found my blog. She can’t attach a picture to an email, yet she found my blog. I sent her an email about some mundane thing and forgot that...
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