archive (2006-2015) — Abu Halen

Welcome to Abu Halen.

If you listen real heard, you can actually hear the good times roll. Or at least limp. Maybe crawl.

Jul 3
Jul 3 Life Happening, Part 1 (or, "Sleeping Man & Sleeping Cat")

Jun 24
Jun 24 Raising an Introverted Child, Eleven Years On

Jun 21
Jun 21 Abu Halen Meets Franz Beckenbauer (or, "Godzilla Loves Cher")

Jun 16
Jun 16 Crossing Off the Days (or, "Stuff Edward Scissorhands Cannot Do")

May 30
May 30 Should You Force Your Kids to Do Chores? Or, Dragon Mom, Two Years On

May 28
May 28 Modesty Myth; or, Objectified in an Abaya

May 22
May 22 Home Schooling, Nine Months On

May 19
May 19 Staying Alive in Wadi Shab, Oman, Part 2 (or, "We Will All Live Through This, Except the Kids")

May 16
May 16 Urgent Questions; or, How We Roll at Breakfast

May 13
May 13 Exactly How Bad Is Lying? or, Even Better than the Real Thing

May 11
May 11 Stay, Mommy

May 5
May 5 Staying Alive in Wadi Shab, Oman, Part 1 (or, "Bully Goat's Gruff")

Apr 28
Apr 28 Dubai Took All My Money (or "I Got Ravaged By a Mythological Figure")

Apr 26
Apr 26 What Little Boys Are Made Of (or, Justice and Mercy in a Bottle)

Apr 22
Apr 22 I Hate Myself For Loving Cookie (or, "Dude, Where's My Larynx?")

Apr 20
Apr 20 Becoming Bosom Friends with Your Vehicle (or, Secrets of a GMC)

Apr 16
Apr 16 Dune Surfing in Saudi: How to Keep Sand Out of Your Car

Apr 3
Apr 3 Intro to "Trip in a Car Through the Desert" (or, "Driving Across the Arabian Peninsula Like a Merriwether")

Mar 28
Mar 28 How to Become a Runner, Part 2 (or, "Poop Sandwich on the Dead 2 Red Relay Race")

Mar 22
Mar 22 How to Become a Runner, Part 1 (or "Battle Axe Issues Prepping for the Dead 2 Red Relay Race")