Grab a tissue, hell, grab a few, and watch this wonderfully emotional video from Toyota featuring Amy Purdy and her dad Stef, about the #OneBoldChoice he made to give her life x 2. You know when people declare some dude the #BestDadEver because he appears in a photo wearing a […]
Last spring, we ventured outside our home for a combo birthday party for our two daughters. Up to that point, we hosted them each at home, separately, and all went off without incident. I mean, there was that one time I had to yell at a kid for repeatedly harassing […]
It’s yet to be published, but I’m working on a post in which I basically declare 2014 ‘THE BEST YEAR EVER,” doing so not in a hyperbolic-internet way and not in pompous-look-at-me fashion either, but in a very real, reflective, and holistic manner. 2014 was, in no uncertain terms, nothing […]
I doubt that community college, as a concept, is a divisive issue (although, it being 2015 and this being the internet, nothing would surprise me). In case it is, know that I stand defiantly in the community college corner. I love community college and believe that most every college-bound student […]
Someone I know on Facebook recently posted the Taylor Swift Gift Giving 2014 video, the one where she’s excitedly wrapping surprise gifts for soon-to-be surprised fans. This random act of kindness was unmercifully shot down by a Facebook friend as a publicity stunt, with a comment akin to “if she […]
Christmas 2014 was, by any measure imaginable, the best Christmas ever in the relatively short history of my small family. The gifts were wonderful, and the thought behind each was even more so. The most exciting part of Christmas 2014 though, the part we each stopped to reflect on while […]
15 Things Only Dad Can Do [this post intentionally left blank, because it’s 2015, not 1955] *By the way, ‘Superhero Mom‘, you’re not special. You’re an enabler who lacks leadership skills, but thanks for making the internet a dumber place and setting the otherwise modern world back a few decades. […]
Times have changed since I was a bloated wee lad. Whereas I once adored the icy cold temperatures and constant threat of snow in wintertime, I now loath the frigid season, cheering for the odd 55 degree mid-December days when I can make a run outside and slip on my […]
