of us gathered here to celebrate the partial reactivation of our phones as well as our son’s upcoming job interview with a national franchise. Ki-Tek tries to deliver a heartfelt speech like a TV patriarch but severely lacks the gravitas. Chung-Sook and Ki-Jung are already drinking their...
weddings, graduations, and socializing has changed and is less than ideal for everyone. The thing that I’ve learned when this happens, especially as a parent, is to try and find a way to make it
Sometimes you want to find the immediate preceding sibling to a node. Due to the difference in the semantics of positional predicates for the preceding sibling axes in XPath as opposed to LINQ to XML, this is one of the more interesting comparisons. ...
However, the full archive of 425 posts and a whopping 4,600 comments will remain permanently available for free. You will also find here links to a number of podcasts and guest articles I wrote about Stoicism, collections of essays, practical meditations, suggestions for books, a Stoicism 101 ...
Nic, I’m so pleased this article has been able to help you. It sounds as though. and your children have been through so much recently and it will take time to find a new kind of normal, but you will. The gap between an ending and a new beginning can be excruciating – I really...
He picked up the paper on the bedside table in eager anticipation only to find that he’d written, ‘The universe has no opposite’. Similarly, a comedian dreamt he’d invented the funniest joke in the world. His fortune was made. In the middle of the night he wrote it down, worried...
Rather takes the cake (boom-tish) for sibling rivalry, don’t you think? My loyal friend politely declined the offer, managing not to add, “It’s only a fucking biscuit!” The holding of recipe cards close to the chest in this way speaks of all kinds of things that have, obviously,...
Kidshealth.orgrecommends that parents refrain from getting involved in sibling arguments unless there's a threat of physical harm. This forces the children to deal with the squabble themselves, rather than relying on the parent(s) to iron it out. It also minimizes the risk that the parent may...
While it may feel tempting to start a new relationship as a way of getting your mind off your old one, some people find it more helpful to give themselves space to heal and adjust to their new life first. For some, it can be hard to connect with a new person when they’re still ...
“older man, younger woman” scenario is much more common than the reverse. This pattern tends to reinforce gender inequalities and stereotypes in a way that queer relationships can’t. Or maybe it has something to do with child-rearing. On average, fewer queers (especially gay men) have ...