‘Twas only a matter of time. Eventually the masterminds behind Dora the Explorer would realize that there’s even more money to be made if they sex her up, move her to a hipper ‘hood and focus her attention on high fashion and accessorizing (you know, the things girls are SUPPOSED […]
It would be a gross exaggeration to call myself a walking-zombie, a term reserved for, and rightfully so, those with severe and serious sleep maladies…or those with a severe and serious drinking problem. That doesn’t discount my own nighttime issues. Our marital bed is anything but blissful right now and […]
The two weeks without Pro Football between championship weekend and the Super Bowl, along with the sport’s absence for the next 7 months has helped me disconnect from the television. Outside the televised twice-weekly Mich. St. hoops game and the occasional great matchup like last night’s Duke v. UNC contest, […]
This morning marks the first self-directed load of laundry for the Bear, or “Do do” as she is called by her lil’ sis. She is excited to be ‘grown up’ enough for the chore (hehe) and now the Mrs. and I are considering other tasks she can own for herself. […]
Well, plenty of time actually but the too-many-toys bit is right-on. The girls and I are seemingly paralyzed by the sheer volume of new stuff to play with. Our collective attention span has diminished greatly since Christmas Day. We move from new thing to new thing at a breakneck speed, […]
Right now, 8:30pm on December 10th, marks the 10th anniversary for my wife and I. We’ve been married for a mere 6 of those but on 12/10/98 we had our first date and have been by each other’s side ever since. I mean that literally. She moved in with me, […]
Over the past couple months it has become painfully clear that the U.S. economy is, at best, on shaky footing. With each passing day we are greeted with more gloomy details – employment rate rising, stock values tumbling, pending auto-industry failures and lay offs by the thousands. How does one […]
Last Wednesday the girls and I spent our stay at home day on the road. On a whim, after playing with Harmony, one of the Bear’s stuffed animals purchased from the sweetest place on Earth earlier this year, I decided to pack up the troops and head west to Hershey, […]
