A True Account of Events in the Rovira Household on the morning of Saturday, February 6th, 2016. 9:07 a.m.: Princess Grace (9) awakens and seeks out food. 9:10 a.m.: Princess Grace settles upon a desired breakfast item — Honey Nut Cheerios — in record time and pulls it out of the kitchen cabinet. 9:11 a.m.:Continue reading “Breakfast Agonistes”
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It’s Off…
Today I let my kids watch Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. My son Penn (8) has lately become a Star Wars freak, largely and most lately due to Angry Birds Star Wars. If you don’t know what that is, don’t ask. He was talking about it so much I thought I’d justContinue reading “It’s Off…”
Birthday…
Today was my youngest son’s birthday. That means my wife had to make him a cake. Now, you need to understand that she can’t just make him a cake. She has to browse the internet for photographs of intensely detailed, creative, and artistic cakes that very talented people spent many hours making. That wouldn’t beContinue reading “Birthday…”
The Children of the House
Last night, my wife took our children to the YMCA while I spent some time writing. Yes, that includes writing for this blog, which means that I was writing about raising our children while my wife was actually raising them. However, some of that time I spent assembling and setting up bookcases in our library, and around theContinue reading “The Children of the House”
Iced Tea and Capitalism
Earlier this evening, during dinner, I began a sentence to my wife with the words, “One time, when Josh and Steven were about eight or nine…” Before I could finish, she said, “You mean the iced tea thing?” I’m taking her response as a sign that I need to get this story off my chestContinue reading “Iced Tea and Capitalism”
The Philosophy of Contemporary Song 