Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner

Well, I did it. I entered my very first cooking contest.
In entering the recipe that I did I also took a big risk. Even though the rules of the contest didn’t stipulate that the recipe had to be something simple or easy to prepare, I felt no matter what it was necessary for [...]

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Xavier’s Lair

July 11, 2009

Charlie Parker via last.fm

This post originally appeared on my music column ‘The Crossroads’ over Dad-Blogs.com on June 26, 2009

Shortly after college I started to develop an appreciation for Jazz, the artists that laid the foundation for the art and those that continue to carry the torch.  Around the same time I had dreams of owning [...]

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Rehashes, Rebirths and Reinvention

July 11, 2009

Image by Getty Images via Daylife

This post originally appeared on my music column ‘The Crossroads’ over at Dad-Blogs.com on June 3, 2009.
Today at ‘The Crossroads’ we’re taking you on a quick trip around some new music that has recently been released.  I’m previewing five new albums (make sure you click the links) for you and [...]

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Five Questions: Podcasts

July 5, 2009

This post originally appeared on my music column ‘The Crossroads’ over at Dad-Blogs.com on May 30, 2009.
This is the first article in a series I’m calling ‘Five Questions’ where I conduct interviews on topics related to music.  The first installment is all about podcasts and I hope you enjoy it.  If you have any suggestions [...]

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Desert Island iPod

July 4, 2009

This post originally appeared on my music column ‘The Crossroads’ over at Dad-Blogs.com on May 5, 2009.
Growing up one of my favorite shows to listen to on the radio was “Desert Island Discs” which purported to give a run down of the albums that one would view as essential to life if they were stranded [...]

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Down to ‘The Crossroads’

July 4, 2009

I had been toying around with the idea of posting my music column articles here on RMDM the day after they are posted over at Dad-Blogs.com and finally got around to importing the articles that have already been published.  So,  like Vizzini says, we go back back to the beginning.  Over the next week or [...]

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Triumph and Tragedy

July 2, 2009

This post originally appeared on my music column ‘The Crossroads’ on Dad-Blogs.com on July 1, 2009.
Over the past few days I’ve been trying to put together a tribute piece to Michael Jackson, but for some reasons the words have escaped me.  Everything I wrote seemed formulaic and unoriginal.  A lot has been said about Michael, [...]

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The Request Lines Are Now Open

July 2, 2009

‘The Crossroads Blipshow’ starts tonight, tune into Twitter @ 9PM, or follow the show over at Twubs.com by searching the hashtag #blipshow!  This post originally appeared on my music column ‘The Crossroads’ over at Dad-Blogs.com on June 29, 2009.
That’s right, I’ve decided to live the dream!
Thanks to all this newfangled technology I’ve become an online [...]

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Midnight Feedings #4: Shameless self-promotion

May 18, 2009

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Normally in this space I’m spreading a little love to some of my favorite blogs out there on the interweb.  Well, today I’m going full throttle into a little shameless self-promotion.  
A few weeks ago my music column ‘The Crossroads’ was launched over at dad-blogs.com and my third column, a [...]

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Today I’m down at ‘The Crossroads’

May 1, 2009

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I will apologize in advance for my lameness.  This is poor excuse for a Fatherhood Friday post, but between battling the teething monster and having friends in town for the golf tournament formerly known as the Wachovia Championship I am linking to my new column ‘The Crossroads’ over at Dad-Blogs.
I have a bunch [...]

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More Bits of Randomness

April 14, 2009

Just some things banging around in my head that don’t merit a post of their own:
First Steps:  As I was writing this my little man took his first two unassisted steps and just the day before his first birthday. That was totally awesome! The unfortunate thing is my Flip was connected to my laptop [...]

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