TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Authors Preface ......................................................................................................
1
Introduction .............................................................................................................
5
1. Baby Boomers (January 20, 2005) ..................................................................
7
2. Odd Couple (March 3, 2005) ..........................................................................
10
3. Good Times (March 10, 2005) .......................................................................
13
4. Gosh (March 31, 2005) ....................................................................................
17
5. Spring (April 7, 2005) ......................................................................................
21
6. Freefall (April 21, 2005) ..................................................................................
23
7. Erin G. (May 5, 2005) ......................................................................................
26
8. Barrington Tragedy (May 26, 2005) .............................................................
29
9. Alexas Graduation Part I (June 2, 2005) ....................................................
32
10. Alexas Graduation-Part Ii (June 9, 2005) ................................................
35
11. Culture Shock (June 30, 2005) ....................................................................
38
12. Tale Of Two Presidents (July 7, 2005) .......................................................
41
13. Boyhood (July 21, 2005) ...............................................................................
44
14. Women In Society (August 4, 2005) ...........................................................
47
15. Vacation Dining (August 18, 2005) .............................................................
50
16. The Drop Off (September 1, 2005)..............................................................
53
17. Reunion Part I (September 15, 2005) ........................................................
56
18. Reunion Part Ii (September 22, 2005) .......................................................
59
19. Obesity (October 13, 2005) ..........................................................................
62
20. Coming Home (October 27, 2005) ..............................................................
65
21. Publication (November 3, 2005) .................................................................
68
22. The Man (November 17, 2005) ....................................................................
71
23. Tradition (November 24, 2005) ..................................................................
74
24. Encounter In a Bubble (December 15, 2005) ............................................
76
25. Valerie (December 29, 2005) .......................................................................
79
26. Cole Threat (January 12, 2006) ..................................................................
82
27. Whens Dad Coming Home
? (January 26, 2006)
................................... 85
28. Hurry Home, Dad! (February 2, 2006) ......................................................
87
29. Allowance (February 16, 2006) ...................................................................
89
30. The First Car (March 2, 2006) ....................................................................
92
31. Communication (March 16, 2006) ...............................................................
95
32. 2:00am Phone Call (March 30, 2006) ........................................................
98
33. School Budgets (April 6, 2006) ..................................................................
101
34. Getting Up (April 20, 2006) .......................................................................
104
35. Generations (May 4, 2006) ........................................................................
107
36. Siblings (May 18, 2006) ..............................................................................
110
37. Father-Daughter Dance (June 1, 2006) ....................................................
113
38. Summer Break (June 15, 2006) ................................................................
116
39. Fathers Day (June 29, 2006) ....................................................................
119
40. Time Out (July 13, 2006) ...........................................................................
122
41. Water, Water (July 27, 2006) ....................................................................
125
42. Life Auditions (August 10, 2006) ..............................................................
128
43. Cape Cod Vacation (August 24, 2006) ......................................................
131
44. College Return (September 7, 2006) ........................................................
134
45. Pay It Forward (September 21, 2006) .....................................................
137
46. The Best (September 28, 2006) ................................................................
140
47. A Matter Of Time(October 12, 2006) .......................................................
143
48. Casino Question (October 26, 2006) .........................................................
145
49. Concussion (November 9, 2006) ...............................................................
148
50. Conversation With a Teenage Boy (November 23, 2006)
...................... 151
51. Marriage (December 7, 2006) ....................................................................
154
52. This Season (December 21, 2006) .............................................................
157
53. Division Of Labor (January 4, 2007) .........................................................
159
54. A Sense Of Humor (January 18, 2007)......................................................
162
55. Good Parenting (February 1, 2007) ..........................................................
165
56. Women Fighting (February 15, 2007) ......................................................
168
57. Florida Vacation (March 1, 2007) ...............................................................
171
58. Honor Rolls (March 15, 2007) ....................................................................
174
59. Dirty Clothes (March 22, 2007) .................................................................
177
60. Bobby Richardson (March 29, 2007) ........................................................
180
61. Bad News (April 12, 2007) ..........................................................................
183
62. The News (April 26, 2007) .........................................................................
186
63. College Money (May 10, 2007) ..................................................................
189
64. Pets (May 24, 2007) ....................................................................................
192
65. Home Arts (June 7, 2007) ..........................................................................
195
66. An Unabridged Life (June 21, 2007) .........................................................
198
67. Talking (July 5, 2007) .................................................................................
201
68. Summer Camps (July 19, 2007) ................................................................
204
69. Seventeen (August 2, 2007) .......................................................................
207
70. The Big House (August 16, 2007) ..............................................................
210
71. Wings (September 6, 2007) ........................................................................
213
72. Child Cynics (September 13, 2007) ...........................................................
215
73. The Closet (September 27, 2007) ..............................................................
218
74. Conglomeration (October 11, 2007) ..........................................................
221
75. Crystal (October 25, 2007) .........................................................................
224
76. Walking The Walk (November 8, 2007) ...................................................
227
77. Letting Go (November 22, 2007) ..............................................................
230
78. Business Leaders (November 29, 2007) ..................................................
233
79. Money (December 13, 2007) .....................................................................
236
80. Being Home (December 27, 2007) ............................................................
239
81. Gift Cards (January 10, 2008) ...................................................................
242
82. Chatterboxes (January 29, 2008) .............................................................
245
83. School Break (February 7, 2008) ..............................................................
248
84. Our Town (February 14, 2008) ..................................................................
251
85. 24 (March 6, 2008) .....................................................................................
253
86. Teacher Contract Dispute Part I (March 13, 2008) ................................
257
87. Teacher Contract Dispute Part II (March 27, 2008) ..............................
260
88. College Costs (April 10, 2008) ...................................................................
264
89. The Basketball Hoop (April 24, 2008) ......................................................
267
90. Stefani (May 8, 2008) .................................................................................
270
91. Seeing Yourself (May 22, 2008) ................................................................
273
92. Bad News, Good News (June 1, 2008, PBN) ............................................
276
93. Student Stress (June 5, 2008) ...................................................................
279
94. Summer Job (June 19, 2008) ....................................................................
282
95. Moving On (July 3, 2008) ..........................................................................
285
96. The Basement (July 17, 2008) ..................................................................
288
97. This Summer (July 31, 2008) ....................................................................
291
98. College Trends (August 14, 2008) ............................................................
294
99. Texting (August 28, 2008) .........................................................................
297
100. College Freshmen (September 11, 2008) ..............................................
299
101. Top Ten (September 25, 2008) ..............................................................
302
102. Boys To Men (October 9, 2008) .............................................................
305
103. Jordans Trip (October 23, 2008) ...........................................................
308
104. Dads And Sons (November 13, 2008) .....................................................
311
105. Well Behaved Children (November 27, 2008) .......................................
314
106. The Cellphone (December 11, 2008) .......................................................
317
107. Christmas Shopping (December 25, 2008) ............................................
320
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