Working Dad

This Sunday's Objet d'eBay is a 1981 message in song. James Taylor, then part of the folkie storybook marriage with Carly Simon, proclaimed for the world that he preferred life on the road to hanging at home with Carly and the kids. In 1983 the two divorced.

Not that the divorce wasn't good for all. Simon has acted, written and (despite sometime debilitating stage fright) even sung. And the couples children Ben — a Thing 1 heartthrobber despite being an ancient 30 years old... don't tell her — and Sally have become celebrated singsters in their own right. And, with third wife Kim, James even went on to combine continuing work with surrogate-assisted twin boys.

** Coincidence or not, as this auction of an LP appeared, an Iowa dad owing child support that had reached six figures was jailed for trying to sell a stolen stereo. **