Did You Think I Was Born Yesterday?..... |
School Days, School Days.
" I was a "Latchkey Kid." (How many of you remember that catchy phrase?) It's what caused many of us to come to terms with the (false) notion that society ...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:06:00 GMT |
Trouble In Paradise...A Backwards Story... |
I am going to claim that this is a tribute to Jerry Seinfeld's Backwards episode. I'm hoping this just lends a little validity to my silliness. This is a true story. It just h...
Posted by on Thu, 22 May 2008 13:23:00 GMT |
Placing The Blame... |
Subject A:
My wife and I play a game. One not unfamiliar to most parents. I'm sure the rules and the names have equal variance, while all remaining aspects are probably quite ...
Posted by on Tue, 20 May 2008 15:57:00 GMT |
Show Your True Colors... |
I've been told to never start off writing with a disclaimer. But since I have spent a good portion of my life doing things that people have told me not to do, I figured why br...
Posted by on Wed, 14 May 2008 14:02:00 GMT |
Slow and steady wins the race...or...Learning a foreign language... |
Mario Puzo once wrote, "Children are savages." As the Father of two boys, I beg to differ...but not by all that much. From the day we welcome our babies into this world, we ar...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:23:00 GMT |
I got the music in me...Now can someone get it out, please? |
In the days of my youth I was in a number of Rock/Metal bands. Two of them did fantastic locally, and respectable regionally, and one of them bordered on the precipice of maybe being successful nation...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:06:00 GMT |
Look at me.... |
Safety. This is a word that is subject to interpretation. It changes as we learn. It changes with our life's experience. It changes as we become more paranoid. And it changes as we, individually or as...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:07:00 GMT |
Bless the Beasts, Children...And SuperHeroes... |
Much like Mother Nature pushing around a Dyson product, I abhor change. Having two young boys forces me to reconcile with this on a daily basis. I'm not referring to the change that is akin to your so...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:00:00 GMT |
The Cats in my Cradle... |
"They grow up too fast."
I used to hear that from the older folks, now I hear myself utter it...and realize that I am now one of those "older folks."
The term "Perfect Dad" is an oxymor...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:10:00 GMT |
Is my child a Muslim? |
Being in a relationship for over twenty years allows you the benefit of knowing something's wrong when you're wife calls you and has that tone. Not the panicky "get home right now" voice, but the one ...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:48:00 GMT |
