Silly Bandz have entered my home. The Bear’s life, from an entertainment and culture standpoint, is decidedly outside of the mainstream.  This isn’t an accident. She probably wasn’t able to participate in some conversations with her kindergarten classmates, if said discussions were...

In 8 weeks the Bear enters 1st Grade.  Our summer is very short. To make sure we have a splendid time of it, we four put our heads together and came up with a list of 25-30 things to see, do, experience and enjoy between now and August 15th.  Three of our weekends are booked (Phillies road trip, Newport...

It was almost two years ago that my father turned 70-years old. In celebration of Father’s Day 2008 and of reaching that lofty number, I took him up to New York to see the final game ever played between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox in ‘The House that Ruth Built’.  Assuming the...

Kindergarten, your time is up. Is the Bear considered a 1st grader immediately following the conclusion of kindergarten or is she in elementary school limbo ’till mid-August when school starts up again (that’s right – she’s allowed only 8 weeks for summer, and this has nothing...

The Stay at Home Dad life is filled with many fantastic moments.  But when daddy-o goes down with an injury, that parenting world becomes, well, kinda sucky. A week ago this morning, the Mouse and I worked outside for nearly 4 hours.  We reorganized the shed, weeded, and cleaned the gutters.  Getting...

MLB Umpire Jim Joyce screwed up.  That’s putting it mildly.  Armando Galarraga threw a perfect game last night, whether the record books ever signify it as such isn’t really the point.  Anyone with a TV or an internet connection saw it and many hopped online immediately afterward to talk...