Travel
on August 5, 2015 at 9:54 am ×
From the lofty heights of the continental divide some 12,000 feet into the Colorado Rocky Mountains, with snowcapped peaks piercing heavenly blue skies, to the dramatic depths and oppressive heat of Badwater Basin, a staggering 282 feet below sea level in Death Valley National Park in California; and then […]
Travel
on July 30, 2015 at 3:46 pm ×
When the rotten winds of hateful politics blew through the state of Indiana earlier this year, I looked at that one night on our cross country itinerary and cringed. Do we have to pass through a place that has made it okay, and even celebrated in some circles, to not […]
Travel
on July 2, 2015 at 10:00 am ×
I’m so very fortunate. For damn near the whole of a month, I’ll be exploring this great country with my wife and two daughters in a sweet 2015 Shoreline Blue Toyota Sienna LTD Premium. It’s an appropriately spacious vehicle for which to traverse a big ol’ land as a family. […]
Parenting Blog
on June 18, 2015 at 9:06 am ×
It doesn’t surprise me one bit that we spend 7 billion LESS on Father’s Day than on Mother’s Day. I get the pitches. I see the ads. It’s okay. We don’t need they shit they are selling. We dads don’t need much more than the occasional phone call to check […]
Parenting Blog
on January 28, 2015 at 9:50 am ×
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 […]
Big Guy Car Guy
on January 9, 2015 at 7:47 pm ×
A part of me — the rough and rugged part that doesn’t get much air time, the part of me that pines to call a woodshed home, the part of me that revels in the rare chance to work with my bare hands — still lusts for a Toyota truck. […]
Big Guy Car Guy
on November 10, 2014 at 2:26 pm ×
It’s all connected. All of it. I’ve never had a drink, I’ve never done a single drug, and I try like hell to never look at my phone while at the helm of the family car. My burning desire to be keenly aware for and of every waking moment started […]
Big Guy Car Guy
on October 15, 2014 at 2:13 pm ×
It’s got swagger. But of course you already knew that. It has style too, especially the higher-end variants and the knee-weakening Salsa Red Pearl exterior paint option. But here are six surprising features of, and unexpected uses for, the 2015 Toyota Sienna minivan. A Private Changing Suite The ’15 Sienna […]