Lately, I’ve been having fun breaking out some of the old board games from my childhood. I’ve been holding on to these games for the past few decades, lugging them with me each time I moved. Now that my oldest is almost five, I’ve started introducing him to them. All that lugging was worth it. […]

Today’s Tale is in the Chronicle. Click here to read it Keywords for Searchers: Peanut Butter, Jelly, PBJ, chips, sandwiches

Some time ago, we were given rollerboards for the kids. If you don’t know what a rollerboard is, don’t worry. Neither did I. A rollerboard, it turns out, is a square plastic platform, about 2 feet on a side, sitting on four wheels. The wheels are on pivots so the boards can roll in pretty much any direction. […]

One of my standing rules is that the kids don’t get to call me “mom”. If they do, I get to call them by other (not-so-flattering) names. Recently, this rule sort of turned into a game. I’m okay with that. I mean, games are kind of my thing. Last week, however, we were in a […]

This is one of those unusual tales that doesn’t involve me. It was funny enough, however, that I thought it was worth telling secondhand… I hope you agree. The other day, my wife took C to the audiologist to get a hearing test. Because she had his younger brother with him, she wasn’t able to […]

The names that the kids have come up with for their teddy bears have always astounded me. For example, a couple years back, C named his favorite bear “Big Schenckle.” I have no idea where that comes from. I’ve asked him a couple of times, only to be told (rather indignantly) that that is the […]

J worked this past Friday, which meant, of course, that I didn’t. Instead, I took the kids down to Epcot. I don’t know if you’ve been to Epcot or not. For those that haven’t, it has a really strange entrance. First you pass through what looks like a giant graveyard from some futuristic horror movie. I’m […]

Today’s tale is in the Chronicle. Click here to read it! I really like the title the Chronicle gave this one, but unfortunately it’s too long to put on the top of this entry. They called it “duck-dodging a public tantrum” Keywords for searchers: Gallinule, duck, tantrum, epcot

A few months ago, I had what you might call a change in professional status. I work primarily out of my home office now. This has been quite an adjustment for everyone. The toughest challenge is maintaining the boundary: when I’m in my office upstairs, I’m “at work” and can’t be disturbed. My part of […]

We went out on a fishing trip during my wife’s family reunion in Texas this past weekend. It was a pretty big trip: four hours, sixty something people fishing, lots of fun. As we were leaving, the captain stood on the edge of the boat, thanking us for coming and shaking hands. He held out […]