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Month: October 2020

How to Build a Dad Bod

How to Build a Dad Bod

Many moms now have dad bods. They have seen the light, the joylessness of being toothpicks.

Posted on October 31, 2020October 30, 2020 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Gin, Happy Hour Hiking Club, Parents, UncategorizedTagged dad bods, health. 30 Comments

Quickly Irish

Quickly Irish

My Dad's birthday was on Halloween. I think it was a relief.

Posted on October 28, 2020October 27, 2020 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Parents, Uncategorized11 Comments

RIP, Great Pumpkin

RIP, Great Pumpkin

Great Pumpkin: To take it away this year, of all years, seems especially wrong.

Posted on October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Parents, UncategorizedTagged Charlie Brown, Great Pumpkin, Peanuts. 17 Comments

Spinning Baseballs

Spinning Baseballs

The Greeks have a word for all this: Anagnorisis. It's when, in the heat of a moment, a character discovers his true identity.

Posted on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020 by chriserskinelaPosted in UncategorizedTagged dodgers. 14 Comments

Hot-Buttered Fun

Hot-Buttered Fun

Like Poe, I raise a glass of ale, filled “with mingled cream and amber,” and toast this cozy little place.

Posted on October 24, 2020October 24, 2020 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Parents, Uncategorized, White FangTagged tech. 17 Comments

Help! Uber!

Help! Uber!

As I update the house – perhaps for the last time – I am accumulating home expenses as if they are massive gambling debts.

Posted on October 21, 2020October 21, 2020 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Food, Gin, Happy Hour Hiking Club, UncategorizedTagged interior design. 23 Comments

This Old Couch

This Old Couch

When we flipped the old couch to haul it out, it produced $425.25 in loose nickels, 11 socks, a Yanni CD and a lavender brassier

Posted on October 17, 2020October 16, 2020 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Happy Hour Hiking Club, Parents, Uncategorized, White FangTagged couches, home, parenthood. 26 Comments

Home Goods

Home Goods

Give me my couch any old time – my spaceship to the moon.

Posted on October 14, 2020October 13, 2020 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Gin, Happy Hour Hiking Club, Parents, Uncategorized, White FangTagged home decor. 22 Comments

Stop! Thief!

Stop! Thief!

The wall colors are changing. And the dog is stealing Halloween decor. Welcome to October.

Posted on October 10, 2020October 10, 2020 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Millennials, Parents, Uncategorized, White FangTagged Halloween. 18 Comments

The Family Portraitist

The Family Portraitist

They make me wistful, these photos, and I am not a wistful man.

Posted on October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 by chriserskinelaPosted in Family, Gin, Happy Hour Hiking Club, Parents, UncategorizedTagged photography, social media. 17 Comments

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As his 30-year run at the Los Angeles Times comes to a close, Chris Erskine is making sure the adventures won’t end. He’ll be here to help you laugh, cry and sigh.

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