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	<title>Daddy Scratches &#187; Zan</title>
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	<description>Watch as 40-year-old suburban husband, father and writer with delusions of grandeur has a meltdown before your very eyes.</description>
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		<title>Zan: 7 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://daddyscratches.com/2010/07/15/zan-7-years/" title="Zan: 7 years"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4122/4780769192_313113b85f.jpg" width="500" height="380" alt="Zan's 7th birthday" /></a>

Dear Zan,

Seeing as how your sister turned five a few days ago, I figured I should finally write the letter I've been planning to write you since <em>your</em> birthday last month. Sorry, dude; through no fault of your own, your seventh birthday took place smack dab in the midst of The Great Clusterf**k of 2010 (and please note my use of not just one, but <em>two</em> asterisks back there ... because I am a responsible parent who believes blatant use of the "F" word should be avoided when writing to a 7-year-old. Take <em>that</em>, people who think I'm not fit to raise children!).]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a good thing I&#8217;m so naturally crafty and handy and oh wait no I&#8217;m not</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
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It was supposed to be so simple: take the little block of wood, cut it into a car-like shape, slap some paint on it, attach the wheels, ta-dah, done, finished, no sweat.
Of course, when it comes to me, nothing is simple &#8230; particularly a pseudo-carpentry project.
You need a Pinewood Derby website? Well, hot damn: I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And if this doesn&#8217;t work, I&#8217;ve got a lead on a witch doctor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shortly after I turned 30 (you know, roughly a decade ago&#8230; and, yeah, there&#8217;s a thought that really cheers me up, thanks!), I climbed into bed one night with a book that I had seen lying around the house for at least a year or so: &#8220;Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So now I&#8217;m the unwitting poster child for why people shouldn&#8217;t have children?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daddy Scratches</dc:creator>
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About four months ago, I tried to sell my kids. Except, not really.
Over the weekend, I noticed a spike in traffic to the &#8220;Kids for Sale&#8221; blog entry, and subsequently discovered that it was coming from HappilyChildFree.com and Childfreedom.com, two sites that apparently are kind of like support groups for people who have decided to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cruel Shoes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
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See those shoes? If you have young children, you&#8217;re probably quite familiar with them. If not: they&#8217;re called Crocs &#8230; and everyone loves Crocs. Crocs rock. Except, c&#8217;mere and I&#8217;ll tell you a little secret: I think they suck, and I rue the day my children fell in love with them.
I don&#8217;t call them Crocs; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pay no attention to that safer vaccine behind the curtain</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daddy Scratches</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I took the kids to get their flu shots yesterday, and it sucked.
The End.
Seriously, need I say more? I mean, if you&#8217;ve ever had to take your kids to get a flu shot &#8212; or any shot, for that matter &#8212; you know the deal: shot = sucks.
The End.
But, of course, that&#8217;s not The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comin&#8217; down the mountain</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daddy Scratches</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After inadvertently helping my kids to determine that nature sucks, I, in the hopes of not ending our mini-vacation on a sour note, pointed the car north, and, a short while later, arrived at Attitash ski resort &#8212; which, during the off-season, it turns out, is converted into a summer playground.
The main attraction? An alpine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look at all the gorgeous wonders of nature, kids! Kids? Hello?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daddy Scratches</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Travel tip for all you parents out there: If you&#8217;d like to take your kids on a nature hike to see a spectacular waterfall in the mountains, don&#8217;t do it less than 24 hours after taking them to an enormous amusement park, because if you do, your kids will tell nature to go suck it.
Yes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quest for Fun</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for the delay getting this entry up, but I had to wait for John Travolta to swing by my place and stab me in the heart with an enormous, adrenaline-filled syringe &#8230; because I overdosed on fun this weekend.
(Sunday and Monday, actually, but &#8220;I overdosed on fun this past Sunday and Monday&#8221; doesn&#8217;t roll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do the chickens have large talons?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, I was all &#8220;Chickenfoot, Chickenfoot, Chickenfoot!&#8221; And you loved it. (At least, that&#8217;s what I keep telling myself.)
Now, if you&#8217;ll please indulge me once more, I&#8217;m going to go all &#8220;Chickenfoot, Chickenfoot, Chickenfoot!&#8221; on you again &#8230; but, after this entry, you probably won&#8217;t have to hear about them for a [...]]]></description>
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