Andrew Knott

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Life | ParentingI used to be “productive,” but it feels like those days are goneDuring the summers of 2020 and 2021, I full-time parented my three young children, part-time parented a few stray neighborhood kids who showed up at our door most mornings, and somehow made more money writing than I ever had before. Those were my most productive summers ever. At least on paper. Or rather, on the spreadsheet I keep to track my annual income.

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Humor | DIYPlus notes on old-school bloggingLong before I got famous on the internet for duck, I had a humble blog on Blogger called Explorations of Ambiguity. Somewhat confusingly, the domain was KnottJustABlog dot Blogspot dot com. It still exists. You can look it up, but I’m not linking it because I sincerely hope you don’t. In retrospect, I should’ve just called it Knott Just A Blog to get a decade or so jump on my personal branding.

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Parenting | LifeIt turns out Cecil is a rather mysterious characterMy 8-year-old daughter made a mailbox and asked me to write letters to her. Of course, I couldn’t be normal about it. My wife wrote notes like “I love you!” and “Hope you have a great day!”I took a different approach. Letter text: Hi there, Do you know where my friend Cecil went? I haven’t seen him in ages! Let me know. Cecil is not a new creation.

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Spring is here, and if your lawnmower needs a little maintenance after its long winter slumber, this 43-step tutorial is all the help you'll need to get the job done. Probably. 1. Pull the cord on your lawnmower enough times that you work up a decent sweat: the type where the roots of your hair are just a little damp and sweat marks are starting to form on your gray t-shirt. If you happen to live in Florida like I do, that will take approximately five pulls, depending on your level of fitness. 2.

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Humor | Satire“Sleep when the baby sleeps… and at all other times.”Sleep when the baby sleeps…and at all other timesAs a new parent, it’s important that you stay rested. It’s kind of like when you’re on an airplane and the pressure in the cabin drops; you must put your oxygen mask on first before assisting others. The same is true when you have a newborn, but instead of air, what you need most is sleep. So, sleep when the baby sleeps. But don’t stop there. Sleep when the baby is awake, too.