Today Devin and I made Rice Krispies Treats. Where I'm from you're not fully invested in childhood until you have tackled the sweet gooey goodness of of RKTs. The pure simplicity of the recipe made it a favorite of parents and kids alike. I come from a time when bake sales had actual home baked [...]
Last night it dawned on my wife that living with guys is nothing like living with ladies. She lived with her mother and sister for most of her life and had no clue what it would be like to live in an apartment where she is outnumbered by dudes. Now as our boy grows and [...]
Whenever my wife and I can't figure out what we want to do on a special occasion, this one being our 5th anniversary, we go to a casino. I know this is wrong. Fortunately, we're the world's worst gamblers so we only play the slots and and we set a low budget for the amount [...]
This past weekend I had my older brothers over to the apartment to discuss family issues and shoot the breeze. Devin was excited at the prospect of having two of his uncles in his bedroom playing at the same time. My brothers were vaguely amused by Devin's annoying toys and their even more annoying back-stories. [...]
After we checked my son's temperature last night to see where we were at with the fever he's had for the last couple of days, much to my chagrin a deeply repressed memory was unlocked. I started thinking back to when I was a little guy and my mother suspected I had a fever. She would pull out the [...]