I was going to delve into the Duane "Dog" Chapman controversy by putting up one of his racist quotes and call this post my least favorite quote of the week. Then I decided against it. I simply was not in the mood to give a platform to the hateful words of yet another racist scoundrel [...]
My son has declared himself our housekeeper. After getting over the initial shame we couldn't be more thrilled. We feel very Upper East Side now, and it's all thanks to the boy. Sure he's four but he is totally committed to being the best darn house keeper we've ever had. The best part is that [...]
Lately Devin has been asking a lot of random questions. He seems to be at that dreadful age where kids ask all kinds of questions about things that we don't really think about. He has the wife and I either scrambling for kid-friendly language, or just changing the subject. He's not a philosopher yet, but [...]
I just wrote a depressing pre-vacation post ("If only Life Were a Vacation"). But to honor my cousin, who has a very good sense of humor by the way, I'm going to try to leave for vacation on more of a high note. I think he'll like this: Yesterday I sat in the kitchen, near [...]
This weekend me and the family are going on our annual pilgrimage to the beach. We told the little Devil about the planned vacation and this was his response: "I love vacation! I love the beach! I need to get a bucket and a shovel so I can put the sand with water and make [...]