Does Spoiling Your Kids Heal Your Own Childhood Scars?

Now that I’m in my 30s, most of my friends have at least one child. Most have more than one. I, however, remain on the fence with my biological clock ready to push me firmly into either camp. I remain decidedly undecided about the prospect of having my own, for several reasons.
When I was younger, [...]

Maybe this is why I’m a pessimist: “He’s dead, Jim.”

I grew up with a hardcore Trekkie. By which I mean that my aunt would actually watch and then catalogue every single episode and had: an outfit (I think she had a gold outfit, which signified something that I can never remember), a communicator (that actually beeped), a v-shaped pin (which also did something), models [...]

Finally, some sanity about eggs, drinking 8 glasses of water per day, and other health fears that our grandparents never thought twice about . . .

One of the things that boggles my mind is the fact that some people will do anything to be “healthier”, where “healthier” is a stand-in for one or all of the following:

1. Look younger.

2. Stave off aging in all forms. Haven’t you heard that 50 is the new 30? (Or so people who are 50 [...]

Pats/Giants - The Rematch

OK, here we go.
I’ve got my beer stacked neatly in the fridge, a huge sack of Cheez-its snack mix, and friends coming over to watch me flip out at the screen.
Apart from the half-time show, the ‘bowl’ usually sucks. It’s almost never a real match-up, for some unknowable reason, and watching a 28-3 game is [...]

Choices and Regrets: To Have or Not to Have Children

I’ll admit that this post doesn’t have much to do with Southeast Asia in particular, but has a more international aspect. Or, you might say, universal. This entry is going to be about life choices - the decisions that we make and live with, their effect on our own lives and those around us, and [...]