Archive for May, 2009

Buy this house

May 27, 2009
Buy this house

For those of you looking to buya house, the one on the corner of our street just went up for sale. For $189,000, you can pick up this 976 square foot, 2 bedroom, 1-story Craftsman style bungalow built in 1920.  I haven’t seen the interior, but the listing says it’s newly remodeled, and the garage out...
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Punished by Rewards

May 19, 2009

I had read Punished by Rewards: The Trouble With Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn and written a paper on it for a college course in classroom management in 2001.  In lieu of posting a half-baked blog entry, I am resorting to regurgitating this old college paper that...
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Justification for the father at home

May 14, 2009

I am a father that stays home to take care of his daughter while my wife goes off to work each day. I am proud to be able to do this, and yet I need to defend being a career father on a regular basis. Yes, I realize the supposed abnormality of our situation,...
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