It’s 8:03 pm and my 2-year-old daughter is happily filling a cup with ice. It’s a distraction. 10 seconds ago she was hysterically screaming “no” as she put on her pajamas. Now she’s making milk with ice. Her favorite. Sometimes distraction works better than comfort. Unless you’re talking about prospects. They are already distracted (see [...]
Posted on July 26th, 2011 in Elevator Pitch | No Comments »
I spent last Saturday guarding our bucket at the kiddie pool at the New Seabury Country Club. I’ll admit I was being a little selfish. I don’t like to see my daughter cry. And this isn’t just any bucket. Apparently it’s the coolest bucket at the kiddie pool. Because when other toddlers grab this bucket from my [...]
Posted on July 18th, 2011 in Elevator Pitch | 2 Comments »
We meet for ice cream. At Cold Stone Creamery. In Charlestown, MA. July 5, 2006 at 7pm. My now wife still refers to it as the most non-committal first date ever. Good thing, too. We celebrated the 5th anniversary of our 1st date last Tuesday. With ice cream. And our two daughters. If you’d told [...]
Posted on July 10th, 2011 in Elevator Pitch | 1 Comment »
My 9-month-old daughter is on a mission. Binky Extraction. Her target: her 22-month-old sister’s pacifier. Suddenly she lunges and twists. She catches me off guard. I grab her to prevent a face-plant. She spins. Reaches up. and plucks the binky out of her sister’s mouth. A surgical strike. With me as the unwitting accomplice. I’ve [...]
Posted on July 4th, 2011 in Elevator Pitch | No Comments »
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