It’s a shame that US immigration policy and the reality on the ground are so chaotic. If it were not so, it might be a simple matter to figure out what a body needs to do in order to employ, say, a housecleaner to come in for a few hours a month. It is not [...]
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a model guide for a dysfunctional context: J. Alexander Tanford and B.A. Mooij, The Nanny and Domestic Help Legal Kit
Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
a slight adjustment: Presto HeatDish plus Footlight
Posted in paterfamilias, reseña, tagged gadgets, office products, reseña on December 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My basement office—a.k.a. ‘the man cave’—is for me not unlike the Garden of Eden. Still, about 20 mornings per year it’s just a little too cold. I could attack this with the home heating equivalent of using a hammer to kill a mosquito, turning up the heat and arming every single corner of the place [...]
getting there (especially in the city!): Sony NVU73T 4.3” Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator
Posted in paterfamilias, reseña, tagged gadgets, reseña on December 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve owned five GPS units. The Sony NVU73T is the best of them. I picked mine up at a Radio Shack in a hurry when my Garmin fritzed out like those old 1960s black-and-white pictures of what would happen to your TV if the Soviets snuck one through our defenses onto, say, an unsuspecting Kansas [...]
Hi. My name’s Dave and I’m not handy. (Hi, Dave. It’s OK, Dave.): The Black & Decker Complete Guide to Home Plumbing, Newly Expanded 3rd Edition
Posted in paterfamilias, tagged DIY on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is the second Black & Decker Complete Guide that I’ve used to good effect in my battle to overcome being born and raised as the quintessential not handy guy while tending to as much of the care and feeding of our 1930s-era home as I can. I”m not there yet.
after all these years: Sports Illustrated
Posted in paterfamilias, reseña, tagged reseña, sports on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The two principal articles in the December 22, 2008 issue of Sports Illustrated number that lies before me are why SI remains the uncontested leader in North American general sports periodicals. Jim Trotter’s ‘D As in Dominant’ connects the dots between the Pittsburgh’s Steel Curtain of yore and its present day top-ranked NFL defense. Joe [...]
founding brothers: David Halberstam, The Teammates. A portrait of friendship
Posted in paterfamilias, reseña, tagged baseball, sports on August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The late David Halberstam’s insightful baseball writing has been a boon for fans with long memories. There are more of them attached to this odd American sport than any other. A penchant for statistics and scars that never heal are practically the calling card of those of us who are drawn, inexorably, to the diamond [...]
caught and kept: Chuck Robbins, Flyfisher’s Guide to Montana
Posted in paterfamilias, tagged fauna, fly fishing on August 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is difficult to imagine a more splendid introduction to flyfishing in Big Sky country than this thick (472 pp.) 2005 publication in the Flyfisher’s Guide To … series. Like all writing in the flyfishing subculture, a fair amount of knowledge on the part of the reader is assumed, though Robbins is less guilty of [...]
fresh air: The Complete Guide to Windows and Doors (Black & Decker)
Posted in paterfamilias, reseña, tagged DIY, reseña on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This review comes from a certified non-handy guy with minimal practical skills. I was fortunate enough a year ago to discover a fine window guy. As a result, we have excellent Pella window replacements in our 1930 Indiana home. I bought this book to help me with next steps: specifically, what do do about our [...]
Tucker leaves us
Posted in fauna, paterfamilias, tagged fauna, Tucker on June 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Tucker left us this week just as he came and just as he lived with us: completely trusting our judgment, celebrating our company, gratefully accompanying us wherever we led him. The trend line of his cancer tilted downward at a deeper angle in these last weeks. Though he seemed as happy and almost as energetic [...]
remind me how today felt
Posted in my hometown, paterfamilias, tagged fauna on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Remind me five weeks from now, when the frenzy has engulfed me again and I’m in a hotel room on some two-week business itinerary, waking up and taking five minutes to remember where I am, how good today felt. It has been so long since a Saturday at home came down like this one. Sleeping [...]
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