Dysfunctional [dis-fuhngk-shuh-nl] – adj 1. not performing normally; 2. having a malfunctioning part of element 3. behaving or acting outside of social norms. Talk about dysfunctional Thanksgivings! I have been to some doosies in my lifetime but this one has to be the most bizarre, mind-blowing one yet. I should have been prepared because most [...]
On Tuesday I picked up Noah’s Bar Mitzvah photo album. For those doing the math, it had been 395 days since the blessed event. The lag time had nothing to do with our photographer, Tony Baiada, who was extremely prompt in delivering the proofs and turning around an amazing product once he received our selections. [...]
Tonight marks the beginning of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. I am looking forward to spending the time reflecting and renewing after an exhausting few days weeks months. Yom Kippur is a gift because we are handed this annual mandate to do better. We can confess all we did wrong, be forgiven, and [...]
The title of this post drew you in, didn’t it? You are wondering how this situation could possibly be? Because guys don’t have bad hair days, right? Sure there are days when their simple, cropped hair may be compromised by a cowlick or major hat head. But face it — the state of their hair [...]
Tonight marks the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Happy 5772 to everyone. The fact that the Jewish calendar is closing in on the 59th century while the secular calendar is way back at the 21st never fails to amuse my non-Jewish friends. (BTW – we aren’t suggesting that we have been here [...]
I returned from my trip to San Francisco on Wednesday just in time for the 8th grade Back to School night at the middle school. After my flight and having a hefty glass of pinot noir, I was more than a little ornery so I surrendered myself to a seat in the auditorium and waited [...]
“Always make sure the Mom looks good.” – Rebecca Murphy, photographer and life coach This strategy for taking professional family portraits was one of my first indications of how brilliant my friend and fellow Tribe member Rebecca actually is. Her recognition that it is most often the Mom who decides which and how many photos [...]
I don’t talk much about work here at MoB, not because I don’t like my job or am worried about getting dooced in trouble for blogging about it. I mostly keep work at work because I don’t want to bore you, dear readers, with the ins and outs of the venture capital industry. I know [...]
The following letter was actually sent out this year somewhere in the U.S. To the district that sent it out, we salute you. August 29, 2011 Dear Parents: Welcome to the 2011-2012 school year! As the summer draws to a close, we know how close you are to killing one another. By reminding you just [...]
I am not happy with Irene. She completely screwed up our plans this weekend because no one knew when she was planning to visit. And if she arrived while we were in Rhode Island, we might have had to stay and visit with her which would have caused Dave to miss his first day of [...]
