Tag Archives: Clementine

Hopefully the handwriting is all that she inherited from me

By Mark | December 27, 2009

On Christmas day, this was the note, written by Clementine, that all of my relatives saw as they approached our front door. Clementine, wearing her sparkling purple cape, felt that everyone should be officially greeted. While it somewhat concerns me that her handwriting is almost identical to my own, at least she doesn’t seem to [...]

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On allowances and charitable giving

By Mark | November 12, 2009

I don’t pass parenting tips along all that often. It’s rare that I come across an idea that’s so unambiguously phenomenal that I want to share it. I picked something up from some friends recently, however, that I feel compelled to mention… They give their daughter an allowance, with the understanding that some percentage of [...]

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Watching movies with my daughter

By Mark | October 11, 2009

I showed Clementine The Wizard of Oz a couple of months ago, soon after she turned five. I thought that she was old enough. We’d already read the book. And I’d already warned her about the flying monkeys. And I’d shown her the scene where the Wicked Witch of the West melts on YouTube. So, [...]

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Ypsi, Ann Arbor and the Arts

By Mark | August 26, 2009

Concentrate Media has put a story up on their site about the differences between the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti art scenes. They talked with people on both sides of Carpenter, including yours truly, who they photographed drinking beer and playing Barbies with a bunch of little girls. The consensus, I’m sure you won’t be surprised [...]

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The table is freaking me out

By Mark | August 2, 2009

I just noticed that there’s a little face here, in the table, right next to my computer, where I work every night. I can’t believe I’ve never noticed it before. It might just be because I’ve been sitting here alone in the dark for the past hour, listening to the music of Daniel Johnston, but [...]

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Totally Quotable Clementine: Biblical edition

By Mark | June 29, 2009

I hesitate to post this, as I think it may lead to some unpleasant calls from relatives, but apparently Clementine doesn’t know what a crucifix is. I’ve told her about Jesus, and she knows that he was a revolutionary thinker who encouraged people to take care of the poor, practice forgiveness, love thy neighbor, and [...]

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Totally Quotable Clementine: heart transplant edition

By Mark | June 14, 2009
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Ded Bird found in Ypsilanti

By Mark | June 6, 2009

I found a dead bird in the yard today. Clementine had friends over, and, before I let them take their shoes off and run around like lunatics, I made a quick sweep of the yard for dog shit. And that’s when I noticed the dead bird in front of the compost pile. I bent down [...]

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Totally quotable Clementine

By Mark | May 29, 2009

Clementine said this to me yesterday, as I was giving her a bath. She had the timing just right between “I’m going to eat you,” and “with my butt.” It was hilarious, and she knew it too. She laughed her ravenous ass off… Not wanting to use a photo of my daughter going after my [...]

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Totally quotable Clementine

By Mark | May 19, 2009
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