GO SON, IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY!
years ago today my son debuted on planet earth (at the time he did sort of seem alien to me). And he's been the most important noun in my life ever since. He challenges me [...]
THE BLACK DADDY LIST: IT’S ALL GOOD
For 2009 I'm taking a break from "The Black [Dad] List," mainly because it's too negative. I haven't totally abandoned the idea of negativity because I'm human and I have my moments, but I'd like [...]
COMPUTERS IN DAD’S DAY & DEV’S DAY
I remember when I was approximately Dev's age and computers were huge, often not in color and required floppy disks that were actually floppy. I can see clearly in my mind the old-school CRT monitors [...]
HIGHER BUS FARES FOR THIS?
Today the boy and I went on a little outing to the bookstore. I was in the mood for some serious escapism in the form of classic Mr. King and Mr. Kellerman. Sometimes after reading [...]
MEAN PEOPLE
I think I'm tired of mean people. (I say "I think" because I'm not sure if I'm mean people myself or not.) I don't mind people who say or do mean things for the sake [...]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY… TO ME!
I made it. It's 12:00 midnight in my part of the world and I have not turned into a pumpkin. Today I make history - it is the first official time that I will turn [...]