One of my all-time favorite sketches. This whole episode was genius. "She urinates through her skin like a shark!"
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Husband, father, writer, marketer, public relator, geek.
Thirtysomething someone living in Orlando, FL with my awesome wife and two great kids.
I have two books, Unconventional (fiction about three geeks and an eventful weekend at a sci-fi con) and Poodoo (commentary on the Star Wars films and geek culture). I also tweet incessantly.
By day, I do marketing, public relations, social media, and copywriting. By night, I sleep.
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[link] "The Chords That Bind," by Laraine Newman
Then in April of that same year came Coachella. This was an event we heard about on Indie 103.1. Going to clubs with your kid is all well and good, but this was a two-day rock concert in the desert. The deal was that I would take her and two of her friends. I didn’t figure on being odd man out, but that’s exactly what happened. They completely ditched me, and I had to suck it up and accept the fact that I was her mom, for crying out loud. I wasn’t prepared for this barrier, and it hurt.
Laraine Newman
My generation, with its prolonged adolescence, had to learn that even though we liked the same music as our kids, and cartoons were becoming more sophisticated, we really weren’t supposed to be their friends. That blows. All the parenting books told us it just wasn’t a good idea. I guess what stung so much was that I really like my kids…as friends.
She's an amazing writer. Her blog is really great too.
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