Texas Family Time Capsule,9781556228940

Texas Family Time Capsule

by Pennebaker, Ruth
ISBN13: 9781556228940
ISBN10: 1556228945
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-01-01
Publisher(s): Taylor Trade Publishing
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Summary

Join this offbeat and funny writer for her views on America,Texas, and one particular household.

Table of Contents

Author's Note ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
In a Family Way
1(26)
Goodbye, Dr. Spock
1(2)
Trophy Children
3(2)
Why Henry the Duck Moved On
5(2)
Creating Havoc
7(3)
The Deep End
10(3)
Pacing the Sidelines
13(3)
The Dinner Hour
16(3)
Time Management Can't Start Too Young
19(3)
John, Paul, George, and Ringo
22(2)
Don't Go Retro on Me
24(3)
Pregnancy and Motherhood, Multiplication and Division
27(18)
Equal Opportunities: A Pause for a Brief Nine-and-a-Half Month Interlude from the Perspectives of a Pregnant Woman and Her Husband
27(6)
Some of the Only Stories that Matter
33(2)
The Stork Parks Here
35(2)
As Natural as Childbirth
37(3)
If I Don't Worry, Who Will?
40(2)
Mother: The Movie
42(3)
Marital Relationships
45(18)
Broken Molars
45(2)
Ants and Grasshoppers
47(3)
Shopping for China
50(2)
Ulysses S. Grant Sends His Regrets
52(3)
My Husband, the Psychologist
55(3)
Sunday Bruches
58(5)
Men and Women, Women and Men
63(16)
Fireworks
63(2)
The Laws of the Jungle
65(2)
Men and Machines and the Women Who Love Them
67(3)
Chick Flicks: Crying Is Its Own Reward
70(2)
Whipped Cream Rules
72(3)
Splitting Votes
75(4)
Holidays, Seasons, and Other Special Occasions
79(20)
The Science of Love
79(3)
The Most Beautiful Words
82(2)
Just Another First Day of School
84(3)
The Christmas Spirit
87(2)
Holiday Newsletters, Round 1
89(2)
Holiday Newsletters, Round 2
91(4)
Holiday Newsletters, Round 3
95(4)
Cultural Trends
99(24)
Stunt Doubles---Why Not?
99(3)
Tales of the Telecommuter
102(3)
First Names and Formalities
105(2)
Pardon Me if I Sit
107(3)
The Optimism Police
110(2)
Letters for Sale
112(3)
Martha Stewart and Me
115(2)
Catch-Alls
117(3)
Madonna Tells All
120(3)
My Favorite Governmental Bodies
123(12)
The Real Marriage Penalty
123(2)
The IRS Speaks Softly
125(3)
Empowering and Humanizing the IRS
128(3)
Job Advice from Monica Lewinsky
131(4)
Don't Mess with My State
135(8)
Stuck
135(2)
The Tree in the Middle of the Street
137(3)
Autumn Happened Last Thursday
140(3)
Traveling Lightly
143(10)
Riding with the Road Warrior
143(2)
Disadvantage Miles
145(3)
Carefully Wrapped Packages
148(5)
All Work
153(14)
I Don't Get Tough, Mr. Gittes
153(3)
Rejection Builds Character
156(2)
Survival Tips for the Book Festival World
158(3)
Mr. Smith's Wife
161(2)
Temporary Help
163(4)
Too Damned Many Growth Experiences
167(14)
The Fortune Cookies
167(2)
The Words We Remembered
169(2)
The Waiting Room
171(3)
Chase Keller (1982-2000)
174(3)
Spring Stories
177(4)
Confessions
181(16)
Uprootings
181(2)
Celebrity Interviews Are So Unfair!
183(3)
Good Neighbors and Bad
186(2)
Whose Pain Are You Feeling?
188(3)
I'm So Glad You Asked
191(2)
In Praise of Proper Punctuation
193(4)
Aging---But Forget About the ``Gracefully'' Part
197(10)
This Is Liberation?
197(2)
Chains Around My Neck
199(3)
My Hollywood Career Is Over
202(2)
Let'em Flap
204(3)
Moving On
207
The Imperative Tense
207
The Time Capsule
209
A Car Pool of Boys
211
Heavenly Bodies
213
On the Market
216
A Trip on Christmas Eve
218
Music I'd Almost Forgotten
221

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