I don’t think I’ve called you ‘father’ in years. I adopted the monkier of ‘Chib’ for you after years of cleaning chimneys together. It got shortened and distorted from ‘chimney sweep’, didn’t it? But it stuck. My nicknames always stick. The point is, you’re gone now, and everything you are or were has been added up: [...]
I read an article today about world birth rates and the fact that the amount of males born is signigicantly higher than the amount of females. It made for very interesting reading, and pointed out that this skewed birth rate is causing problems in some countries (such as China) where men are beginning to find [...]
I discovered a terrific thread on Ask Metafilter that asks “What does it take to be a Dad?” For me, my father spent a lot of time working to make ends meet, but from the hazy childhood memories I do have, we did spend quite a bit of time together. Having said that, during my [...]
I just came across a great post on the Digito Society blog, that references a study carried out to determine what dads like to receive on fathers day. One third of fathers said that their number one gift preference would be a greeting card, and 14% would like a home cooked meal. Thank God for [...]
