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 […]
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 to do with snow […]
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 […]
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 about […]
Well, I’m in a Californian magazine anyway. I am very pleased to present my 1st article for North State Parent, a monthly northern CA family magazine. Here are the pages, with full color photos of me and my little ladies, and here it is online.
Every good thing must come to an end. Yesterday marked the end of my days as an at-home dad without kids. I love my girls, naturally, but damn did I love my Tuesdays and Thursdays home alone. The Mouse who, as of 1:07 am (ET) today is a 3-year-old, has […]
One of my fondest memories of the past decade is being on the telephone with the woman who would eventually become The Mrs. In these memories we’re in our pre-kid/pre-marriage years, still in the figuring-it-out stage of a relationship. We knew it’d be us forever, but the course hadn’t totally […]
Stepping away from kid’s music today to dish on one of the ways I teach my two young kids about money, financial decision making and saving for something special. This personal finance article appears on StopBuyingCrap.com and is one in a series of articles I’m writing over there. Check it […]
