http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2002/10/07/the-marital-dance-to-figure-out-who-stays-home-with-the-kids/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:04:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2002/10/07/the-marital-dance-to-figure-out-who-stays-home-with-the-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-39075 Recruiting Animal Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:21:22 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2002/10/07/the-marital-dance-to-figure-out-who-stays-home-with-the-kids/#comment-39075 I missed this one before. It's good. I just read a line by Scott Fitzgerald. He advised writers to "murder their darlings". I hate to put that in a posting about babies but he was referring to little bits of acrobatic writing that pop out suddenly in a line and distract the reader. I loved the line about the baby looking at his own hands but it stood out so powerrfully I wondered if it fell under the "no fancy" ban and decided that it didn't. I think it answered the question posed by this little essay without providing a whole hearted solution to the problem. I missed this one before. It's good. I just read a line by Scott Fitzgerald. He advised writers to "murder their darlings". I hate to put that in a posting about babies but he was referring to little bits of acrobatic writing that pop out suddenly in a line and distract the reader. I loved the line about the baby looking at his own hands but it stood out so powerrfully I wondered if it fell under the "no fancy" ban and decided that it didn't. I think it answered the question posed by this little essay without providing a whole hearted solution to the problem.

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