Men, the Essentials, Vol 1 (only volume), No. 2
“Ow!” I said this morning as I burned the top of my hand reaching into the toaster oven to grab the kids’ oh-so-wholesome-and-tasty pancakes. “Did you get burned?” the 5 year old boy asked. “Yeah, I…
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Men, the Essentials, Vol 1 (only volume), No 1.
Warning: Guy Talk.. beware. “So what’s your favorite thing at school?” I ask the boy, now in K-4. “Playing on the play ground and centers in the class” the boy responds. (Centers is where they…
So how was your Labor Day?
The changing of the guard has nothing on the boy’s monthly tradition and ceremonious changing of the kitchen calendar. Today after the ceremony was complete and the band stopped playing, he noted with great excitement…
You only hear what you want to. . .
Over the past few weeks my wife and I have been enjoying the HBO feature ‘John Adams’ on DVD. It’s an extremely interesting look into the life and times of early America. Today whilst watching,…
Women, the Essentials Vol 1, No. 2
“Dad, which picture do you think I should color?” the eight year old asked. “The one with the hearts or the one with the flowers?” “Definitely the one with the hearts” I responded. -Short Pause-…
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Women, the Essentials. Vol 1, No 1.
Ah, women. Being a man, I am constantly reminded that I have a lot to learn about women in general. But I want to examine an incident that occurred today that takes us far beyond…
Nothing left to say, in accordance with prophecy, because…
A while back I read a great little article on how to make people wonder… one of the suggestions was to finish every sentence with the words ‘in accordance with prophecy’. It stuck with me,…
Anatomy of an idée fixe
When asked what she wanted for our anniversary, my wife answered a ‘Wii’. I was taken aback at the clever suggestion for ‘steel’ (hey – it has ‘metal’ parts in it), and knowing her fondness…
McCain ftw. . .
I never thought I would actually be able to say that I am in favor of McCain for President. I certainly was never in favor of Obama, but after reading the Rick Warren interviews with…