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Bill DeVoe is the managing editor of Spotlight Newspapers, a seven-time New York Press Association award winner, and an all-around nice guy.
Here, he throws all of that out the window and talks about the struggles of being a parent.


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Jul
01

Fathers are as weird as the day is long


wdevoe, Pop Culture
Father’s Day is a largely useless holiday. Along with Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day, it is a holiday that exists solely to market greeting cards and holiday-specific gifts under the guise that there should be a single day that should embody the sentiment we should express to the important people in our lives on every day of the year.
In fact, I’m a big proponent of the Anti-Holiday-Day. Instead of having a single day during the year where we show our husbands/wives/fathers/mothers/kids/receptionists how much they’re appreciated, why don’t we do that all year except for one day— a day when we can disregard everyone around us. Think of how liberating the selfish indulgence would be... Continue Reading


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Jul
24

Beyond the sea


wdevoe, Pop Culture
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This column was written just after my son, Nathan, was born in September 2007. There were some difficulties during his birth that had us pretty scared. My wife was so scared she couldn't stop screaming until our son was finally born. She's very emotional.
So, that was two years ago — why post this now?
Because my wife asked me to, and the key to a successful marriage is doing exactly what your wife asks you to do.
Most marriage counselors call that compromise.
that being said, Here we go:


Bobby Darin.
For some reason that was the first thing that went through my mind when the nurse told me and my wife that our unborn child had a considerably pronounced arrhythmia.
Bobby Darin was born Walden Robert Cassotto on May 14, 1936... Continue Reading


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