“I always get a little queasy,” I began my speech, “when a group of people gets together to spend other people’s money.” Last night was my first attendance at a homeowner’s association meeting, and I was there to defend my wallet. At stake was one thousand dollars, more or less, from every family in the …
Isaac is in his literal stage. His mother asks, “Isaac, where is your sock?” Isaac replies, “I took it off.” (He’s also in his stripper stage. I thought this only happened to girls whose parents give them names like “Brandi,” but like so many other parental notions I entertained before this boy came along, this …
We’re watching The Polar Express, Caleb, Eli, Isaac, and I. It’s cold and icy outside, and so we’re jumbled together on the couch, watching the magical Polar Express sway and slide across thin ice. A frightened expression has been forming on Isaac’s face. He clutches his favorite ducky close to his cheek and watches the …
I’m trying to work from home, after flying back early to beat the ice storm. The youngest boy is in the next room with his belly on a big recliner that can spin 360 degrees. He is racing around and around it to make himself dizzy. He doesn’t have any pants on. One of his …
Those of you who take The Wall Street Journal probably caught Wednesday’s story about the efforts of Abbott Laboratories, a pharmaceutical company, to sell more of a very lucrative AIDS drug. The challenge for Abbott was that one of their lower-margin drugs was widely used in conjunction with a competitor’s drug, in lieu of a …
