Tim Bete's award-winning parenting humor column, previously featured in the Christian Science Monitor
and more than a dozen parenting magazines
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Books & Company (Dayton, Ohio) April 22, 2005
Tony Cochran, creator of the "Agnes" comic strip, poses as a toilet so Tim can demonstrate how to get a Barbie doll out of the commode using an ordinary pair of grill tongs.
Tim signs the Books & Company guestbook as two of his kids, Annie and Maria, look on.
Tim's son, Paul, wants to know if the book signing will ever end and if he was good enough to get a cookie afterwards.
Three of the Bete kids (Paul, Annie and Maria) sit with grandpa.
Tim tells the crowd that it's his first book signing but he has related experience... "While I stand up here talking, you’ll see people milling around the store, avoiding eye contact with me and trying to ignore me. That’s a lot like being at home with my kids."
