Somewhat by accident, I took 14-year-old Seconda to her first rock concert this past December. It was one of those radio-station-sponsored affairs, with a lineup of ten bands and a running time of seven hours, and I bought the tickets assuming 17-year-old Prima, usually an exemplary sister, would be willing to go with her. Bad [...]
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Adventures in Parenting: The Seven-Hour Rock Concert
Posted in Adventures in Parenting, My Non-Romance-Reading Family, Watch Me Make This About Romance on January 25, 2011 | 64 Comments »
Watch Me Make This About Romance: Jim Joyce’s Blown Call
Posted in Theory, Watch Me Make This About Romance, Writing, tagged Watch me make this about romance on June 9, 2010 | 5 Comments »
A week ago today, Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga pitched a perfect game. For the non-baseball fans among us, a perfect game is when the pitcher not only doesn’t give up any hits, but doesn’t walk or bean anybody either. It’s exceedingly difficult, and, as you may imagine, exceedingly rare. Only 20 have been recorded [...]
