Road trip!

The family hits the road this weekend.
We’re going to Charleston. I’m presenting at a conference.
That sounds like a very dad thing to do, go to a conference, tow the family along. I’ve been to more conferences than I’d like to count. And I’ve given talks before. But I haven’t stood in front of a hundred [...]

Little off the top

My life can be marked by bad haircuts.
When I was a kid my hair stood straight up and out, like a pissed-off porcupine. No kidding. My dad’s solution to this was the tradition burr cut. If the barber could get as close to my scalp as possible without actually removing sheets of skin, there’d be [...]

May I have your attention please

We have a new feature to feature.
“For what it’s worth” is an occasional posting of book reviews, since Myowndaugther is such a bookworm, and makes regular trips to our local public library with Sexymom.
From time to time we’ll also tell you about music CDs.
We’re not that into movies yet.

It’s come to this

I remember being young and stupid, just out of college and in a dead-end job that paid no money and had little benefits (except 3:30 every Friday was beer-thirty, and everyone kicked back with a couple or four or six cold ones).
Anyway. I remember talking to friends about how pointless our lives were, how we [...]

Weekend homework

What Myowndaughter learned from me this weekend: daddies don’t make milk, especially through their sweatshirts. (And it makes Daddy feel really weird, even if you’re pretending to be a kitten.)
What I learned from Myowndaughter this weekend: it’s humanly possible to poop during a bath.

Keep dreaming

You give up a lot to become a parent.
For instance, as a DINK I’d go to the movies at least once a week, and often two or three times. But now it’s difficult to find a babysitter, yada yada, so we stay in and let Netflix entertainment us. What I like best about this is [...]

Perspective

Today we learned that we will not have another child in nine months. And the chances are getting slimmer that we’ll ever have another.
It’s become a silent signal, every 28 days or so. I happen to look in the trash can in the bathroom and see that my wife needed a tampon, and that’s how [...]

Sap from the heart

I was going to write an “I hate taxes” post, but I just remembered that tomorrow’s the day that the masses bend over and let the floral, candy and greeting card industries have their way with our wallets, all because of an ancient priest who got himself whacked in the name of love. Not this [...]

What the …

Whew.
That last post? That’s what two nights with little sleep does to me.
I don’t even drink caffeine.
Maybe I should.

Verbal misuse

It’s 3:30 this morning. Myowndaughter had a tough time going to bed, finally nodding off around 8:30. She woke up at midnight. She woke up again at 3. Her sexy mom has gone to check on her each time, staying a little while until Mod drifts off again. She’s there now.
I walk into Mod’s room [...]