I’ve had a roller coaster love affair with The Olympics. As a child, I adored the games, both summer and winter. This is back when they were on the same schedule every 4 years. Back when every U.S. athlete participating was an amateur, and back when NBC tried to make […]
The Bear turns 6 in exactly 1 month. A couple weeks ago, the local zoo had a mini-exhibit in one of the local malls, the one with a 19th century Venetian carousel inside and a Whole Foods outside. There was, on the table, in addition to the snake and baby […]
I’ve been a Stay at Home Dad for 17-months. In that time, I’ve discovered that I enjoy some weird things, things that 18-months ago would have brought me little to no joy. A 6pm trip to the grocery store, for example, to pick up a pack of pull-ups…”oh, are we […]
The Bear and Mouse each received, roughly, 7 gifts from Santa and 8 from The Mrs. and I. That doesn’t include the 2 joint gifts from the jolly ol’ elf and another pair from us, stocking stuffers here or at Mom mom & Pop pop’s, or gifts from family members. […]
No idea when she planned/prepared this, but The Bear gave The Mrs. and I a gift on Christmas Day. It was a postcard that she’d purchased in Newport, RI during the summer. It had been lying around her room ever since. At some point on Christmas eve or day, she […]
Kids grow up, get married, and start families of their own. It’s at this point, or maybe it actually happens earlier – during the growing up bit – that kids start to become detached from their parents. Phone conversations become more and more infrequent, y’all see each other even less. […]
So, yesterday there is a knock on the door. The Mrs. is still at work. Both girls have recently shot down the hall towards the bedrooms. At the door was a neighborhood boy, who also happens to be a classmate of the Bear’s, and his mom. The Bear is being […]
A Florida teen kills herself because of the shame and embarrassment over a sext (sexy txt message for those keeping score at home). Seems she sent over a nude photo of herself to a boy she liked. Not that sending one to a boyfriend is smart, but a self-nude to […]
