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TABLE OF CONTENTS


Author’s Preface ...................................................................................................... 1
Introduction ............................................................................................................. 5
1. Baby Boomers (January 20, 2005) .................................................................. 7
2. Odd Couple (March 3, 2005) .......................................................................... 10
3. Good Times (March 10, 2005) ....................................................................... 13
4. Gosh (March 31, 2005) .................................................................................... 17
5. Spring (April 7, 2005) ...................................................................................... 21
6. Freefall (April 21, 2005) .................................................................................. 23
7. Erin G. (May 5, 2005) ...................................................................................... 26
8. Barrington Tragedy (May 26, 2005) ............................................................. 29
9. Alexa’s Graduation Part I (June 2, 2005) .................................................... 32
10. Alexa’s Graduation-Part Ii (June 9, 2005) ................................................ 35
11. Culture Shock (June 30, 2005) .................................................................... 38
12. Tale Of Two Presidents (July 7, 2005) ....................................................... 41
13. Boyhood (July 21, 2005) ............................................................................... 44
14. Women In Society (August 4, 2005) ........................................................... 47
15. Vacation Dining (August 18, 2005) ............................................................. 50
16. The Drop Off (September 1, 2005).............................................................. 53
17. Reunion Part I (September 15, 2005) ........................................................ 56
18. Reunion Part Ii (September 22, 2005) ....................................................... 59
19. Obesity (October 13, 2005) .......................................................................... 62
20. Coming Home (October 27, 2005) .............................................................. 65
21. Publication (November 3, 2005) ................................................................. 68
22. The Man (November 17, 2005) .................................................................... 71
23. Tradition (November 24, 2005) .................................................................. 74
24. Encounter In a Bubble (December 15, 2005) ............................................ 76
25. Valerie (December 29, 2005) ....................................................................... 79
26. Cole Threat (January 12, 2006) .................................................................. 82
27. When’s Dad Coming Home…? (January 26, 2006) ................................... 85
28. Hurry Home, Dad! (February 2, 2006) ...................................................... 87
29. Allowance (February 16, 2006) ................................................................... 89
30. The First Car (March 2, 2006) .................................................................... 92
31. Communication (March 16, 2006) ............................................................... 95
32. 2:00am Phone Call (March 30, 2006) ........................................................ 98
33. School Budgets (April 6, 2006) .................................................................. 101
34. Getting Up (April 20, 2006) ....................................................................... 104
35. Generations (May 4, 2006) ........................................................................ 107
36. Siblings (May 18, 2006) .............................................................................. 110
37. Father-Daughter Dance (June 1, 2006) .................................................... 113
38. Summer Break (June 15, 2006) ................................................................ 116
39. Father’s Day (June 29, 2006) .................................................................... 119
40. Time Out (July 13, 2006) ........................................................................... 122
41. Water, Water (July 27, 2006) .................................................................... 125
42. Life Auditions (August 10, 2006) .............................................................. 128
43. Cape Cod Vacation (August 24, 2006) ...................................................... 131
44. College Return (September 7, 2006) ........................................................ 134
45. Pay It Forward (September 21, 2006) ..................................................... 137
46. The Best (September 28, 2006) ................................................................ 140
47. A Matter Of Time(October 12, 2006) ....................................................... 143
48. Casino Question (October 26, 2006) ......................................................... 145
49. Concussion (November 9, 2006) ............................................................... 148
50. Conversation With a Teenage Boy (November 23, 2006) ...................... 151
51. Marriage (December 7, 2006) .................................................................... 154
52. This Season (December 21, 2006) ............................................................. 157
53. Division Of Labor (January 4, 2007) ......................................................... 159
54. A Sense Of Humor (January 18, 2007)...................................................... 162
55. Good Parenting (February 1, 2007) .......................................................... 165
56. Women Fighting (February 15, 2007) ...................................................... 168
57. Florida Vacation (March 1, 2007) ............................................................... 171
58. Honor Rolls (March 15, 2007) .................................................................... 174
59. Dirty Clothes (March 22, 2007) ................................................................. 177
60. Bobby Richardson (March 29, 2007) ........................................................ 180
61. Bad News (April 12, 2007) .......................................................................... 183
62. The News (April 26, 2007) ......................................................................... 186
63. College Money (May 10, 2007) .................................................................. 189
64. Pets (May 24, 2007) .................................................................................... 192
65. Home Arts (June 7, 2007) .......................................................................... 195
66. An Unabridged Life (June 21, 2007) ......................................................... 198
67. Talking (July 5, 2007) ................................................................................. 201
68. Summer Camps (July 19, 2007) ................................................................ 204
69. Seventeen (August 2, 2007) ....................................................................... 207
70. The Big House (August 16, 2007) .............................................................. 210
71. Wings (September 6, 2007) ........................................................................ 213
72. Child Cynics (September 13, 2007) ........................................................... 215
73. The Closet (September 27, 2007) .............................................................. 218
74. Conglomeration (October 11, 2007) .......................................................... 221
75. Crystal (October 25, 2007) ......................................................................... 224
76. Walking The Walk (November 8, 2007) ................................................... 227
77. Letting Go (November 22, 2007) .............................................................. 230
78. Business Leaders (November 29, 2007) .................................................. 233
79. Money (December 13, 2007) ..................................................................... 236
80. Being Home (December 27, 2007) ............................................................ 239
81. Gift Cards (January 10, 2008) ................................................................... 242
82. Chatterboxes (January 29, 2008) ............................................................. 245
83. School Break (February 7, 2008) .............................................................. 248
84. Our Town (February 14, 2008) .................................................................. 251
85. 24 (March 6, 2008) ..................................................................................... 253
86. Teacher Contract Dispute Part I (March 13, 2008) ................................ 257
87. Teacher Contract Dispute Part II (March 27, 2008) .............................. 260
88. College Costs (April 10, 2008) ................................................................... 264
89. The Basketball Hoop (April 24, 2008) ...................................................... 267
90. Stefani (May 8, 2008) ................................................................................. 270
91. Seeing Yourself (May 22, 2008) ................................................................ 273
92. Bad News, Good News (June 1, 2008, PBN) ............................................ 276
93. Student Stress (June 5, 2008) ................................................................... 279
94. Summer Job (June 19, 2008) .................................................................... 282
95. Moving On (July 3, 2008) .......................................................................... 285
96. The Basement (July 17, 2008) .................................................................. 288
97. This Summer (July 31, 2008) .................................................................... 291
98. College Trends (August 14, 2008) ............................................................ 294
99. Texting (August 28, 2008) ......................................................................... 297
100. College Freshmen (September 11, 2008) .............................................. 299
101. Top Ten (September 25, 2008) .............................................................. 302
102. Boys To Men (October 9, 2008) ............................................................. 305
103. Jordan’s Trip (October 23, 2008) ........................................................... 308
104. Dads And Sons (November 13, 2008) ..................................................... 311
105. Well Behaved Children (November 27, 2008) ....................................... 314
106. The Cellphone (December 11, 2008) ....................................................... 317
107. Christmas Shopping (December 25, 2008) ............................................ 320

 



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