Episode 89: Burlap Sack Full of Oranges

TOPIC: Programming Your Kid's Danger Room. This week, Dan and Merlin discuss the parenthood racket: the advice and expectations, the doubt and the fear, the assessment, the concentric circles, the snow cones. Parenting means programming a Danger Room that teaches you and the kid to handle the hovering, the hitting, the losing, and the play structure. Links for this episode:Shmuel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe name is Bond. | Flickr - Photo Sharing!At the playground (ya know?)Hippie | Flickr - Photo Sharing!The Author at Work | Flickr - Photo Sharing![SPONSOR] iOS Engineering - Mutual Mobile[SPONSOR] Build a Website - Squarespace 6[SPONSOR] Stock Photos and Royalty-Free Images by Subscription - Shutterstock[SPONSOR] Hover - domain name and email management made simpleEp. 51: "In Pursuit of an Errant Leaf" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin MannTwitter / danbenjamin: GF dining in NYC at L'Asso ...Hop 'n Play Kids Indoor Playground in Tanforan Shopping Center (San Bruno, CA)"The Shining" - Production Script5by5 | Build and Analyze #99: The Podcast5by5 | Hypercritical #89: Lazy SundayDanger Room - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaDanger Room - Marvel Universe Wiki: The definitive online source for Marvel super hero bios.x-men "danger room" - Google Image SearchFiddler on the Roof - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaGlengarry Glen Ross speech - YouTubeThis week's episode of Back to Work is kindly sponsored by Hover, Mutual Mobile, Shutterstock, and Squarespace.