Pray for Rain

Dear Jake, What do I do when it rains and suddenly we have a free night? 1. Redbox - two movies - one family movie - one parents only movie 2. Blanket fort - Bring the kitchen chairs out, circle them near the banister and the rocking chair - use the giant afghan Pam has - wrestle Eva and try to keep her from ruining things as fast as you can build...

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Boy or Girl?

Dear Joel, I appreciated your post on Monday. It was full of great information. I have it bookmarked for regular reference. Things I can't wait to do with my child? There are a lot of things, but many of them depend on whether we have a boy or a girl!  If it's a boy, I can't wait to teach him to play baseball. And coach his teams. If...

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Coming Soon

Dear Jake,      It's the best of times, it's the worst of times, it's being a dad time.  There is nothing on the earth as difficult and nothing as rewarding as parenthood.  It is a blessing and a curse.  It is hot and cold, up and down, left and right, perfect and imperfect, light and dark.  It sucks and it's...

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Parenthood (not the tv show)

Dear Joel, I really enjoyed that article. I don't find it difficult to believe that underpopulation is a problem. Any time we take a clear command of God (like "be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth") and implement its direct opposite (like actually legislating against the number of kids you're allowed to have), things don't work...

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MORE BABIES PLEASE!

Jake, Would you think I was crazy if I said that underpopulation might be the biggest problem we face in 10 years? We always hear about overpopulation being a big issue, but by all accounts, overpopulation is simply not a threat.  In fact we so undervalue life that we don't have enough people on the planet to sustain us economically.  I...

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In the first place...

Dear Joel, Do you remember Fred Penner's Place? I really don't remember too much about the show, but I remember the setting. The "place" of the show's title was a sort of den in a forest, completely surrounded by trees and rocks and other natural formations, and Fred could only get in and out of it by crawling through a fallen, hollowed-out tree...

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It Could be Rocky.

Dear Jake, Pretty soon my family will be going to Colorado for vacation.  For Gabriel's 6th birthday we went to Spain.  Micah turned 6 and wanted to go to China, but since Pam is no longer with Delta Global Services we have to pay for airfare again.  So Colorado it is.  We will be stopping in Licoln NE to pick up George and Helen...

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Dear Joel

Dear Joel, Besides being incredibly good looking, smart, funny, charismatic, and charming, you are a great friend.  I find it admirable that you have sired four adorable children and that your wife is smoking hot even, or especially, after said children.  I thought you should know. Also, you play the guitar which is cool.  You also...

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Simply En Fuego

Dear Jake, Chew on this: before May 15th the SF Giants were 18-18. Since May 18th that same team is 13-2.  They went from 3rd place in their division to first place.  I guess I shouldn't say "that same team" because they really aren't the same at all. Baseball is the ultimate stat sport.  "Moneyball" was trendy for awhile and in some...

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