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My name is Kit Troyer. I’m a stay-at-home dad in Los Angeles. I worked previously as a newspaper reporter and a criminal defense attorney.
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GRANDDADDY JUDGE
When I was young, I could keep track of several things at once. I could read a book while listening to the news on TV, a hockey game on the radio, or a family conversation. Now, at 53, I’ve lost … Continue reading
Posted in MY CHILDHOOD
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SLOW-MOTION MIDLIFE CRISIS
In an interview before he died, songwriter John Prine described his old age, his daily life, his relationships with others. “I’m good at hiding,” he said, laughing. He meant hiding from loved ones, from professional obligations. He meant slipping away … Continue reading
Posted in CHILD REARING, COURAGE, LITERATURE, MOVIES, MUSIC, MY CHILDHOOD, SPIRIT, UNIQUELY AMERICAN BULLSHIT
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OH BOY
Apparently the college where my kids are headed next month will attempt to enforce a 1-hour limit on parent help during move-in day. I say ‘attempt’ because I have a hard time imagining anyone limiting my Armenian-American spouse to just … Continue reading
Posted in CHILD REARING, MY CHILDHOOD, THE ARMENIAN IN-LAWS
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ONE HELL OF A READER
After years of deteriorating vision, my mother finally reached the point last week where she can no longer read. I can think of no one else who will miss reading as much. Whether Scandinavian detective novels or Téa Obreht’s Inland … Continue reading
Posted in HEROES, MY CHILDHOOD
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WHERE’S FEKKESH
1977 was a great year for movies. Star Wars was released, along with Annie Hall, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Saturday Night Fever, Julia, The Goodbye Girl, and The Turning Point. It was also the year I saw The Spy … Continue reading
Posted in DUMB SHIT I'VE DONE, MOVIES, MY CHILDHOOD
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LET US NOW PRAISE LORI McKENNA
I remember being shocked by the ending of Rocky. It was 1976. I was 8 years old. I didn’t know from sad endings. That this shy, courageous, kind-hearted boxer would lose the fight had not even occurred to me. I’d … Continue reading
Posted in MOVIES, MUSIC, MY CHILDHOOD
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EVERYTHING TURNS OUT OKAY
When I was three and a half years old, I went crashing into a glass door on the first floor of my family’s home in Chevy Chase, Md. The worst damage was not from my arm going through the door, … Continue reading
Posted in DUMB SHIT I'VE DONE, MY CHILDHOOD, SELF HELP, SPIRIT
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WHITE FLIGHT
My first experience with racism was in 4th-grade, and it was basically every day, all year. In 1976, my school was “integrated” via school busing from the Rosemary Hills area of Montgomery County, Maryland. It was the first time I’d … Continue reading
Posted in MY CHILDHOOD, UNIQUELY AMERICAN BULLSHIT
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DAVE’S A MESS
There’s a scene in the old hockey movie Slapshot where an opponent talks trash about the Chiefs’ aging player-captain Paul Newman. One of Newman’s teammates, Dave, is outraged. He drops his stick and attacks the opponent. A bloody brawl ensues. … Continue reading
Posted in COURAGE, DUMB SHIT I'VE DONE, HEROES, ICE HOCKEY, MOVIES, MY CHILDHOOD
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