This Modern World could not be more brilliant this fine Monday morning. And completely unrelated to that other than the fact that’s it’s not a phantom of lost anything, Max is too great. His little self slept in this morning and didn’t make a peep until I was getting ready to leave. He usually wakes […]
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The Terrible Twos
They’re a myth, I swear. Whenever people ask me how old Max is, I always tell them the truth and with pride say, “He’s TWO.” Every single time, they say, “Oh yeah, the terrible twos.” I have to correct them every time. Max isn’t terrible at two. He’s great. He had two rough weeks right […]
Party Party Party
I went out with some folks from work last night. We went to this little neighborhood bar full of corporate lesbians, yuppy freaks, a Fraggle, a Tae Kwon Do guy, two 5 year-olds, some guy who yelled at the top of his lungs at the silent sports program on one of the bar tv’s, one […]
So, I’m sitting here at
So, I’m sitting here at my desk at work on a Saturday aftenoon. Why, you ask? Well, I forgot to bring the directions to the party home last night, and now I’m burning a couple CDs for the car trip to the party. I never realized how cool having a 100 CD-R’s, iTunes and a […]
The big company party is
The big company party is tomorrow night. We’re getting all dressed up, smiling, and going. In a whole different world, I wanted to tell you the story of when I discovered that girls and boys are different. I was 8 or 9. We lived on an Air Force base in Goldsboro, North Carolina. If you’ve […]
Happy St. Nicholas Day!
It’s a holiday my family borrowed while we lived in Germany. Those crazy Germans. Somewhere around December 5th, all the little German kids put their shoes outside the door when they go to bed. Then, when they wake up the next morning, there’s a little present from St. Nick waiting for them in their stinky […]
Jen’s finally starting to feel
Jen’s finally starting to feel better. It’s about time, if you ask me. I can only handle being SuperDad for so long! Honestly, it was a great relief to see that I could take care of everything if I had to. Max was fed, fairly clean, happy and doing his Max thing. Jen was cared […]
I am
If I were a work of art, I would be Pablo Picasso’s Three Musicians. I am colourful and provoking, always looking to break out of the mould and to pioneer new ways of doing things. I have a jaunty outlook and although I am a bit weird, most people have some idea what I’m about. […]
The Armpit
Gene Weingarten’s article in the Washington Post Magazine this weekend, Why Not the Worst? was excellent. It’s a profile of Battle Mountain, Nevada, the armpit of America. Really, it sounds just wonderful. From the gigantic BM whitewashed on the hill to the delapidated downtown, it sounds really… armpittarific. But, that’s not all. It’s really a […]
Ethical Question
Is it wrong to goof off at work on a day you were supposed to have off but had to cancel because off last minute requirements and changes needed on a project that all of a sudden became the top priority?