After school on Thursday I tossed The Boy a hunk of cheese from the kitchen for a snack. At least, that’s what I’d intended to do. In hindsight, this was a poor judgment call. What I actually did was lob a cheesy grenade-like projectile of doom at him. He missed. It hit him squarely in [...]

Virgin marketing stupidly used some photos of a teenage girl from Flickr without getting model releases first and is now being sued. But, that aside, the interesting bit in this story is that her family is suing for libel because the ad—with the tagline “Free text virgin to virgin”—damaged their daughter’s reputation. Her 27 year [...]

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As I hinted at earlier, I’m on my own this month. The Lovely and Talented Wife (LATW) is on day 12 of a 26 day world tour with stops in Seattle, Calgary, Denver, and other exotic locales. She’s in beautiful Calgary today. OK, so maybe it’s not exactly a world tour. But they are driving [...]

The air glows in the early evening sunlight, warming our faces as we make our way to the park with friends, the girls laughing and giggling and running ahead, the boys chasing after. I carry the supplies—sometimes taking the lead, sometimes falling behind—but always keeping the steady pace. The neighborhood feels paused, as if the [...]

Being a parent means late nights, early mornings, helping with homework, opening the peanut butter, teaching manners, saying no, saying yes, changing diapers, putting yourself second, making time, knowing why, faking it, making it better, setting an example, discipline, worry, happiness, fear, pride, and love. Sometimes it means going for a glass of water and [...]

We printed out a bunch of these and started using them this week. Blue for the boy and pink for the girl. So far they’ve taken to them and they’ve already realized they can pool their resources to make them last longer. We’ll see how things go. I’m anticipating they’ll have to start rationing around [...]

We come in from the garage. He climbs the stool as I stand beside him at the sink. The water runs, washing grease and grime away. For a few moments, the only sounds are light breathing and running water falling on porcelain. A distant train whistle blows. I wrap my hands around his to help [...]

Fanfare plays and the Olympic rings fade to reveal an arena filled with thousands of roaring fans. An obstacle course resembling a house with the roof removed waits under the lights as a lone man enters… Announcer: We now return to Bob and Katy in the Cosby arena for the finals of the Men’s Home [...]

I replaced my old oak desk and the second, smaller desk in my office with two, sleek, new Galant desks from IKEA. I couldn’t be happier with them. 28 square feet of beautiful space. Enough room for the whole family to share without bumping elbows. Here’s the configuration I bought: 2 Galant 63″x32″ table tops [...]