I don't know what to think of July 4th. Every year for the last 229 years our nation's birthday rolls around and we celebrate with spectacular fireworks displays and barbecues. It's the day that summer really begins in most people's minds. It signals the start of road trip season. This is when we are most proud to [...]
When my son was born his body temperature was a bit low. In order to get it to normal he was taken away and put under a special baby-warming heat lamp. While the treatment was being explained to me I thought of flame broiling burgers at Burger King. My kid was going to be delicious. [...]
A couple days ago I was coming in the house with Devin and Shalawn after a long day of work and driving for an hour through some of the worst thunderstorms I've seen in a long time (with the gas tank on "e" most of the way). As we walked up to our front door I noticed two [...]
Ok, it wasn't a big barbecue. In fact it was just me, Shalawn and Devin. And that's how I like it. Yesterday, I pulled my little platic BBQ table out of the attic and scrubbed it down. Then I pulled the grill out from behind the garage where it sat uncovereved and unloved through a harsh winter. I was [...]
Today I spent the entire day alone with my son because my wife went to a barbecue in another state with some former co-workers. We went to mall and hung out, he smiled and waved at everyone like some bizarre shrunken politician. We ate chicken nuggets. When we finally went home we watched a movie together [...]