
I’m not saying I’m sleep-deprived, but in the last five days…
October 25, 20061. I switched the middle and last names of my newborn son in a mass email to family members announcing his birth.
2. I’ve referred to my son at least twice as “she.”
3. I drank a can of regular soda, thinking that it was the diet version.
5. I used someone else’s grocery cart during a shopping trip even though it contained lots of groceries (e.g., pineapples) that clearly weren’t mine.
Clever! By leaving out 4. you demonstrate your point in a way the examples only hint at.
And the interdisciplinary contribution of fatherhood can be found in the ridiculously long ultras. When you start hallucinating, you'll know that you're ready.