Tag Archives: parenting

If, If, Wait, Wait

By GoW | Published: January 29, 2009

My 10-month-old daugh­ter is sick, cough­ing, con­gested. Con­fused. She doesn’t under­stand why my wife and I don’t just fix it. It’s impos­si­ble to explain that we would use this awe­some con­ges­tion power on any­one but her. So, lots of sooth­ing, lots of grumpy dia­per changes, lots of naps inter­rupted by vicious chok­ing on mucus. She […]

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Everything is Always Moving

By GoW | Published: October 30, 2008

There’s a funny thing hap­pen­ing in my guild. I logged on late the other night to hope­fully luck into a quick instance run (didn’t hap­pen), and there were four peo­ple from my guild on. I didn’t rec­og­nize any of them. I vaguely remem­bered read­ing someone’s app from a lit­tle while ago, but that’s all. I mean, […]

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Raiding vs Parenting

By GoW | Published: August 30, 2008

My wife and I like WoW a lot. We’ve played it together for more than two years now, and have been endgame raiders for most of that time. Some­times as many as three nights a week! There have been ups and downs, but we’re both excited about Wrath. As new par­ents, we’ve learned what the hardest […]

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Happy Mother’s Day

By GoW | Published: May 12, 2008

Being a brand new dad has attuned me to Mother’s Day. I used to obey when my father told me to get my mother a gift, but that’s because there was the threat of phys­i­cal vio­lence if I didn’t. That turned into a habit, but I never really got it. Ah, par­ent­ing. If you already […]

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