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Microphone Check, One, Two…
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Anyone still out there? Apparently, it’s been SEVEN months since I’ve last written here. I wish my prolonged sabbatical could be explained by an ambitious whirlwind of hedonistic activity. Then I could apologize profusely for my absence by giving you... Continue reading
Posted May 17, 2013 at MetroDad
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CHAOS THEORY: October 2012
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It's a dark and rainy night in NYC. The Girlfriend is in Europe for work. And after a long weekend of solo parenting three young girls, I just want to lie down on the couch, crack open a bottle of... Continue reading
Posted Oct 2, 2012 at MetroDad
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Dear Andy
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Dear Andy, Eleven years. Eleven long years since we last spoke the night before that fateful morning. Eleven years since your life was tragically cut short. Eleven years of a life without you. Somehow, it feels even longer. This morning,... Continue reading
Posted Sep 11, 2012 at MetroDad
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Little Women
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DO THE MATH The Girlfriend is a woman. The Girlfriend has two daughters. I have one daughter. Do you know what that means? It means that I am constantly surrounded by females. When I discuss this with my guy friends,... Continue reading
Posted Jul 25, 2012 at MetroDad
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Portrait of the Writer as a Young Girl
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When I was a young child, I’d often fantasize that my parents were not really Asian immigrants who busted their asses to provide an idyllic upbringing for me and my younger brother. Instead, I had visions that I was simply... Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2012 at MetroDad
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This is one of the best things ever written on DadCentric (and that's saying a lot.) This is what it's all about. Kudos to you for being a great dad.
Toggle Commented Apr 11, 2012 on And Then We Had Hamburgers at DadCentric
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CHAOS THEORY: February 2012
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Random thoughts on a rainy Wednesday NYC night... DO REAL MEN DO YOGA? Internet, I have a confession. I am now a person who does yoga. Yes. I am a Yogi. Me. It all started out innocently. I just wanted... Continue reading
Posted Feb 29, 2012 at MetroDad
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CHAOS THEORY: February 2012
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Random thoughts on a rainy Wednesday NYC night... DO REAL MEN DO YOGA? Internet, I have a confession. I am now a person who does yoga. Yes. I am a Yogi. Me. It all started out innocently. I just wanted... Continue reading
Posted Feb 29, 2012 at MetroDad
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Hoop Dreams: The Rise of the Asian-American Baller
When I was a teenager, I thought nothing in the world would be cooler than being a professional sportswriter. See, as a young boy, I was an extremely shy kid and more than a little introverted. More often than not,... Continue reading
Posted Feb 16, 2012 at MetroDad
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CHAOS THEORY: December 2011
Random thoughts on a Monday night... MERRY BIRTHDAY HAPPY CHRISTMAS! Every holiday season, I struggle a bit over how to explain Christmas to the Peanut. Generally speaking, I am wholly unqualified to have this conversation with my daughter. Being somewhat... Continue reading
Posted Dec 5, 2011 at MetroDad
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Random Text Messages From My Friends, Vol. 7
The following text missives from my cell phone are all about to get purged so, as usual, I thought I'd jot them down here for posterity. Names and telephone numbers have been withheld to protect the (not-so) innocent. "The best... Continue reading
Posted Nov 3, 2011 at MetroDad
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Day Tripping
I have repeatedly refused to chaperone the Peanut’s field trips, even when they were on days I wasn’t particularly busy at work and could easily have done so. The thought of riding in an old school bus with a bunch... Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2011 at MetroDad
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Return of the Mac
Lately I've been inundated with e-mails from friends, readers, news outlets, and PR agencies imploring me to write more frequently on this site. I've always tended to squirm a little whenever this blog gets any sort of attention. It's sort... Continue reading
Posted Oct 20, 2011 at MetroDad
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Dear Andy
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Dear Andy, It's 7:30 in the morning and I'm staring out the window of a hotel room in Stamford, Connecticut. As I gaze out across the Long Island Sound, I can't help but be struck by how beautifully clear and... Continue reading
Posted Sep 11, 2011 at MetroDad
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CHAOS THEORY: July 2011
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Once again, almost two months have passed and I've completely forgotten that I even have a blog. Mea culpa. As Samuel Taylor Coleridge once said, "summer has set in with its usual severity." So far, Summer 2011 has been going... Continue reading
Posted Jul 3, 2011 at MetroDad
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HOUSE RULES: My House, My Rules
One of my favorite bars in New York is a secret. It has no telephone number. No windows. No signage. And the address on the front door is conveniently wrong. The bar's owner just wanted to open a tiny, intimate... Continue reading
Posted May 10, 2011 at MetroDad
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CHAOS THEORY: April 2011
Wow, it's been more than 3 months since I've posted here. I have to admit that I've thought about just shutting down this site. Like everything else in my life right now, I've had mixed emotions about the whole thing.... Continue reading
Posted Apr 15, 2011 at MetroDad
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What I've Learned: The Parenting Edition
Put enough ketchup on it and a kid will eat almost anything. No matter how much you speak to your kids, children learn more from what you are rather than what you tell them. Baby poop defies all laws of... Continue reading
Posted Jan 3, 2011 at MetroDad
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Holiday Road
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Happy holidays to all of you and your families. May 2011 bring you and your loved ones a year filled with love, health, and happiness. For those of you with loved ones serving in the armed forces overseas, our thoughts... Continue reading
Posted Dec 23, 2010 at MetroDad
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CHAOS THEORY: November 2010
As most of you have witnessed by now, I'm not the most prolific writer. Being a single dad in the middle of an apartment renovation and a stressful economy aren't necessarily helping things these days. However, I've got some random... Continue reading
Posted Nov 23, 2010 at MetroDad
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Birds, Bees & Butts
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The Peanut turned six last week (more on that in another post) and I'm quickly realizing that I can no longer answer her questions solely for the benefit of my own amusement. Her curiosity and intellect have reached a stage... Continue reading
Posted Oct 12, 2010 at MetroDad
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MetroDad Mailbag (The Asian Edition)
When my friend Phil Yu, who runs the illustrious news site Angry Asian Man, asked me to write a guest post on his site while he takes a much-needed vacation to the mother continent, I wasn't sure that I'd have... Continue reading
Posted Sep 15, 2010 at MetroDad
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