We don't often get serious in this space, but on occasion we find it important to change the tone, to put down our noisemakers and silly toys and provide sober commentary on the issues of the day. Many in the G:TB are parents, or will soon be. As ostensibly upstanding members of our various communities, the lessons we impart upon our children are vital, both to their wellbeing and to the ways in which they engage the world.
In this the first installment of our Parenting Chronicles (and given our editorial strategy, I'm quite certain there will be at least 1-3 more installments), we bring you a lesson in fatherly communication. The image below depicts a text exchange I had with my wife just last evening. My wife's texts are in white, mine in blue. Don't let your enjoyment cloud the obvious and important takeaway:
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Richard Milhous "Boner" Stabone
ReplyDeletetechnically, i told her a 'boner' was a mistake, but i wasn't going to argue semantics midway through my third beer at the nats game.
ReplyDeleteSo what did you tell her the other definition was?
ReplyDeletedidn't.
ReplyDeleteIt will be great when she tells her teacher about how her father rocked a massive boner last night. Can't wait!
ReplyDeleteSomebody to root for in the 50M Freestyle....
ReplyDeletehttp://tinyurl.com/c3vdw4z
This one is out of left field, as usual from me.
ReplyDeleteI'm a Soul Coughin fan but a bigger fan of Mikes' solo stuff. After seeing this interview I think he'd be a great fill for the Zman on the TJ & Zman show. And he could be the hipper music twin of TJ.
http://youtu.be/Ocw2cOTxZ2U
Hipper than the Teej? Pshaw.
ReplyDeleteAnd how do you get a screenshot of a text exchange?
ReplyDeleteAnd how can I block that from ever happening on my phone?
Is it un-American for me to dislike Phelps?
ReplyDeleteI dislike Phelps as well.
ReplyDeleteJessica hates potheads.
ReplyDeleteShlara - he's got that Lance/Tiger "best on the planet" complex. It's troubling.
ReplyDeleteClarence, google is your friend.
ReplyDeleteBlur has an app?
ReplyDeleteLance and Tiger are d-bags for how they treat women. But I respect their athletic skills and their mental toughness.
ReplyDeletePhelps is a dork and just annoying and clearly is over the whole Olympics thing. That bothers me.
waiting for the president to speak at a rally in my town. anybody got anything they'd like me to convey to him?
ReplyDeletetell him to ditch the whole economy thing and focus his campaign on saving the oahu tree snail. those things are nearly extinct! people need something to rally behind. save the tree snail!
ReplyDelete50 meter underwater cam....more please.
ReplyDeleteAnybody else just wrap up two consecutive 15.5 hour days? Just me?
ReplyDelete#pityparty
I'll show you my time from July. You'll laugh.
ReplyDeleteaside from jury duty, i have worked 0.0 hours in july. 0.0.
ReplyDeleteI have driven down to the Outer Banks 5 times in July. 5.0.
ReplyDeleteHi Gheorghies!
69.
ReplyDeleteclarence was either over there in london getting ready to watch some olympics action, or in california getting ready to call it a night, or maybe just on the east coast acting fratty.
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