Image via Wikipedia This is a repost of my missive ‘Why I Hate Valentine’s Day’ from last year. My blog was only a few months old at the time and this wasn’t likely seen by many people. Since my feelings about the day haven’t changed in the least, I figured I’d take the easy way [...]
Saying goodbye to the oughts
January 5, 2010 By 18 Comments
A very Happy New Year to you and yours, this post is a touch late as I’ve been shaking off the holiday fog that I’ve been stuck in the past week. So the ball has dropped and a new year has begun, or at least that’s what they tell me. The pregnant one and I [...]
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2009 By 16 Comments
Just a quick post of celebration for everyone that might happen by over the next few days. I wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and all the best in the coming year. And while you’re here I thought I’d leave you with one of my favorite Christmas time tunes that will surely [...]
Any Major Dad Will Tell You: Jim
June 18, 2009 By 3 Comments
Image via Wikipedia The next contestant on ‘Any Major Dad Will Tell You’ is one of the smartest guys I know, and one of the few guys I went to college with that are actually using his education in his career. I met Jim through my friend Greg who also happened to be college roommates [...]
Any Major Dad Will Tell You: John
June 16, 2009 By 9 Comments
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 [...]
The Scoop on ‘Continuing his training…’
June 11, 2009 By 11 Comments
Image via Wikipedia Like Obi Wan Kenobi enlightening a young Luke Skywalker, I’m on a mission to mold the mind of my wee lad with thoughts that chores are fun. I mean, this is one of the reason we have kids right? I’ve been taking the trash out for years, and the other night my [...]
Any Major Dad Will Tell You: A Casting Call
June 5, 2009 By 26 Comments
With Father’s Day fast approaching I’ve been working on a new series of posts entitled ‘Any Major Dad Will Tell You’ where I conduct an email interview with some good friends of mine who are dads. Each one of them are at different places in their lives as dads, as some have kids in school, [...]
For All The Moms
May 8, 2009 By 12 Comments
Image by Creativity+ Timothy K Hamilton via Flickr Today I’d like to dedicate my Fatherhood Friday post to all the awesome Moms who I hope will all have a Happy Mother’s Day on Sunday. To me it is important to recognize the amazing women that actually married us and, even after that, saw fit to [...]
Tell Me Thursday: Mama and her little monkey
May 7, 2009 By 8 Comments
Image by MrClean1982 via Flickr In honor of Mother’s Day this Sunday I got a little nostalgic and went through some pictures of my wife with our son from just after he was born. Not only is this one of my favorite pictures of her with her little monkey, but it was taken just a [...]
Tell Me Thursday: Our little leprechaun
March 19, 2009 By 7 Comments
Image by cobalt123 via Flickr The background story behind my Wordless Wednesday post yesterday is pretty self-explantory. Being partially of Irish decent, the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day was a big thing in our house growing up. Since it was our little man’s first St. Patrick’s Day my wife’s mother sent this shirt as a [...]
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