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...want and what we do. We really want this deep, meaningful time together in the haven of our homes. But when people actually get home, everybody races off. Mom's got something on the DVD, the daughter's on Myspace.com the son's got his video game, Dad's checking ESPN and his work e-mails, and everyone's compartmentalized within the household. I think there's deep yearning for--I know this makes me sound conservative, but I am--true community, and I think it's not good for families if we each do what we want...
...lists and annotated with scribbled margin notes, asteriks and arrows. It's designed for use in the kitchen, but the data is downloadable to everyone?s cell phone as well as their work, school and home computers. The idea is to keep the entries legible while keeping mom, dad and all the kids on the same page, literally and electronically, all the time. Each person can add, switch or delete entries and the changes are automatically incorporated onto all of the calendars on the networked devices...
...millions, my knee-jerk reaction is to whine about it loudly and recite all the great movies it “ripped off.” Thus, I didn’t start watching the ballad of Tony Soprano until 2004. Even then, I only did it because my dad wanted to have a “let’s-watch-something-on-VHS” bonding session...
...also during my senior spring that my closest friend’s dad was dying of cancer. My friend and I had been closer when we were younger, yet her dad’s illness affected me more than I expected...
...found Brooke and our friend Cory after Mass, and I went to them. I did not know for certain if our friend’s dad had died, and I struggled to ask them. They nodded in affirmation, and we stared at each other. What more could be said...