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7 Biggest Elevator Pitch Distractions

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 [...]

Coolest Bucket at the Kiddie Pool

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 [...]

Non-Committal First Date

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 [...]

Relentless Pursuit

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 [...]