Considering my culinary interests as they relate to my career second act
The Salumist
Christmas Eve Bunte Teller
Fall adventures
Leaving my house early on Tuesday morning for my trip to California I got my first taste of fall in the Carolinas. It was a surprisingly brisk and cool morning that nearly had me rethinking my choice of shorts and a polo. From my childhood days growing up in New Jersey to my decade long [...]
Th’ Scoop on ‘Move over Barney Stinson’
In honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, I thought I’d give the Post Like a Pirate translator a spin and see what my last post would have looked like if I wasn’t such a land lubber. Yes, I totally stole this idea from The Bloggess, but isn’t thievery the highest form of flattery? [...]
Career, Reinvented
Back in November 2008 I reluctantly had to leave my pregnant wife and travel to Boston to settle some unfortunate business. It was a matter that had been hanging over my head for nearly nine years from the time I was first summoned by a federal government agency for a ‘chat’ just before Thanksgiving in [...]
Get RMDM on the Go!
Image by YuhuiR via Flickr Yes, it’s true, I’ll admit that I am a giant plugin geek. I love checking out all kinds of new tools that enhance the blogging experience. Earlier today I saw a Tweet by Chris Brogan about how you can read his blog on your mobile phone and immediately had to [...]
The Inedibles
Image by Daveblog via Flickr Normally I reserve my Captain’s Chair pulpit for things I’ve learned since becoming a father, and I had a really touching post all ready to go for this week. However, I have had a special request from WeaselMomma to relay a story – at least as much of it as [...]
Road Tested
All this week I’ve been discussing our recent family road trip, first by whining about the disaster that is PENNDOT and then talking about all the fun we had at the Blossom Festival with my in-laws. This was our first major road trip as a family and I learned quite a lot about how my [...]
Any Major Dad Will Tell You: John
Image via Wikipedia Welcome to the second installment of ‘Any Major Dad Will Tell You’ and today we’ve got the man who is solely and completely responsible for me getting a 1.3 in Logic: John. You see when John and I were in college together we would always meet at the same table in the [...]




















