You probably think it’s damn near impossible for an at-home dad to call out of work sick. It is the one job that doesn’t afford such luxuries, you might say. You’d be wrong. ********** The Mouse already spends her Tuesdays and Thursdays in a Pre-K class. When I need want […]
I don’t think I’m a glass is half full kind of guy. Nor am I the pessimistic opposite. I believe that if we at least have a glass, I can and will find something to fill it up with that will satisfy. ********* I thought I’d found thee silver lining […]
Unmemorable school papers, broken down boxes of Rice Chex, rinsed-out jars of mayonnaise; they’re all curbside come Tuesday morning, ready to be reborn. ********** Each year, at a point coinciding with leaves cascading downward and temps dipping below AARP membership age, I stroll into my local Target. This is not […]
We’re driving away from Paris, half way to Toulouse where we’d sleep before passing up, over, and through the Pyrenees & Andorra, as we hustled back to Barcelona to fly home. I glanced behind me to check on the kids only to discover the Mouse topless in her carseat, still strapped […]
As an entertainer and one who allows himself to entertain; I am getting better. It should be obvious, especially to anyone who has had the distinct displeasure of hearing me sing or watching me do something sorta resembles dancing, I am not an entertainer in the Gene Kelly sense of […]
I turned 36 years of age today. As her present to me, the Mrs. will disappear into the moist grey sky this evening. Not a magic trick, unless air travel still fascinates you in that way. She’s ditching the girls and I for a business trip, her first, to Charlotte […]
Like a former high school star wide receiver who’s never faced adversity then drops a few passes in a key early season game, is seen screaming at his position coach 2 months into his freshman year of college, and turns to selling stolen laptops for beer money 3 months later; […]
Over the course of this week I will slowly unveil, as methodically as a serial killer, five things you do not know about me. Many of these tidbits are, in fact, not known by anyone – not even the Mrs. This could go very badly. Simply refresh this very post […]
