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2017-02-09T00:18:11-05:00

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shush your mother is trying to listen

Last updated on: February 9, 2017 at 12:18 am By Simcha Fisher

When a fight breaks out between my kids, and they can’t solve it on their own, here’s what I do. I gather them all and make everyone except one kid shut up. He gets to explain his point of view thoroughly, giving all the details he thinks are relevant, and nobody else is allowed to interrupt. Then the other kid gets to explain his point of view: everything the other kid left out, why his argument is a gross exaggeration,... Read more

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2015-10-05T09:38:14-05:00

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The lady was sad, and MAD. (We showed the kids an opera!)

Last updated on: October 5, 2015 at 9:38 am By Simcha Fisher

My kids’ experience with opera comes entirely from Bugs Bunny, and we really wanted them to branch out. So, with great trepidation, we showed them Don Giovanni last weekend … and they loved it. More or less. We did it in two nights. The first night, I set out some trays heaped with treats in the living room. We had brie, havarti, and honey goat cheese and three kinds of crackers, red and green grapes, mini chocolate eclairs, and sparkling cider. So... Read more

2015-10-02T17:15:48-05:00

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I’m very happy to see TRUMP signs appearing around town . . .

Last updated on: October 2, 2015 at 5:15 pm By Simcha Fisher

Because now every time I see one of these: I’ll be armed with a bunch of these: So the town will soon covered with these: Yes, I’m a ridiculous, childish person. Yes, I actually ordered this sticker. You can too, here. Please note, I will earn 20 cents for each sticker sold. I intend to use this money to build a BYOOTIFUL WALL to keep the kids out when I’m trying to go to the bathroom. Read more

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2015-10-02T12:55:30-05:00

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What’s for Supper? Vol. 7: Meatloaf: A Tragicomedy

Last updated on: October 2, 2015 at 12:55 pm By Simcha Fisher

Just the facts! SUNDAY Grilled pizza sandwiches These are not only delicious, easy to make, and filling, but they are cheaper than making pizza, especially if you use pre-made dough when you make pizza. I find that I use about half the amount of cheese and sauce as I do to make pizza for the same number of people. We made these with cheese, pepperoni, and some bottled pesto. Spread the outsides of the sandwich with butter mixed with garlic... Read more

2015-10-01T16:08:41-05:00

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Can American writers write happy endings?

Last updated on: October 1, 2015 at 4:08 pm By Simcha Fisher

The British get Tom Jones and Dickens and Shakespeare’s comedies, but what do we Americans get? Death and sadness, that’s what — at least in literature. Are there American novels with happy endings? Here’s our list . . . Read the rest at the Register. Read more

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2015-09-30T10:50:33-05:00

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Adult American novels with happy endings?

Last updated on: September 30, 2015 at 10:50 am By Simcha Fisher

My teenage daughter is looking for good novels or short stories for a school project. It has to be an American author (per her teacher) and — here’s the hard part — it has to have a happy ending (per her). My suggestions: Flannery O’Connor. Okay, no happy endings, sometimes tragic, but not depressing, anyway! We got a little bit into how the bull in “Greenleaf” is Jesus — well, not Jesus, exactly, but — well, you know how Zeus... Read more

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2015-09-30T09:26:32-05:00

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I’m reading, I’m watching, I’m listening to . . .

Last updated on: September 30, 2015 at 9:26 am By Simcha Fisher

I’m reading . . . Zorro by Isabel Allende. Allende is definitely a guilty pleasure. Zorro is silly fun, very typical of Allende, with her contemptuous fondness for Catholicism, the silly sex scenes mashed naively in with a kind of lascivious clumsy feminism, a few plot turns that don’t make any sense and quietly get abandoned, and lots of running around, sailing, fighting, crying, eating, singing, being squalid, and more running around. I like the bouncy, tasty prose, and her characters are always... Read more

2015-09-29T11:42:26-05:00

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Your family is not your brand

Last updated on: September 29, 2015 at 11:42 am By Simcha Fisher

Even a family that is nuts doesn’t fit into a nutshell. Families are too complicated for that. Read the rest at the Register. Read more

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2015-09-28T11:04:57-05:00

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What’s for supper? Vol. 6: In which we enjoy the World Meeting of Families by eating

Last updated on: September 28, 2015 at 11:04 am By Simcha Fisher

We took the baby and drove to Philadelphia on Thursday, so I could speak at the World Meeting of Families on Friday. Philadelphia, it turns out, is far away, and it takes a long time to drive there. The baby thought this was bullshit, even despite the crackers and rice rusks and wagon wheel puffs we kept throwing at the back seat. We have decided that next time we decide to drive to Philadelphia with a baby, we will change... Read more

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2015-09-24T08:12:26-05:00

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Off to Philadelphia!

Last updated on: September 24, 2015 at 8:12 am By Simcha Fisher

Hope to see you there! My speech is Friday at 11:45. The official title is “Go Forth: Evangelization and the Global Community” but the title of the talk I’m actually giving is: “Swimming in the Dark: Spreading the Good News When You’re Feeling So Bad.” Here’s a nice eyewitness account from my sister Devra, who was at Mass with the Pope in DC yesterday. And if you haven’t heard it yet, he stopped in to visit the Little Sisters of... Read more

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