Sounding the part

Since the day L was born, I’ve envisioned myself as a “cool” Dad, the kind of guy who’d escort his kid(s) to a Taylor Swift concert and allow the purchase of the same silly-but-trendy stuff that all the other kids are wearing (those new Silly Bandz bracelets, for instance).
Especially on the subject of language, because [...]

Little Dracula

Those of you who follow me on Twitter know I’m a huge (like, a maniacal) fan of CW’s teenybopper hit, “The Vampire Diaries.” Tonight, I learned that Powergirl and I have a little vampire of our own: Our fang-toothed daughter.
Sure, she’s given me hickeys before. But tonight—probably because she’s teething something fierce—she bit down on [...]

The vampire

So what if I’m counting down the days until the next episode of “The Vampire Diaries” on the CW? I’ve got my own little vampire right here at home.
My vampire is no Stefan Salvatore; instead, she’s L. Tonight, before bedtime, the little sucker decided it was high time to “turn me” into a vampire forever. [...]