Telling Time
Ed. Note: Even though Ford Motor Company paid for our travel and accommodations, I was not compensated in any other manner for my time or to write this Shakespearean-esque genius post. My opinions posted here are my own. Not Andy’s. But maybe my wife’s, I guess. If she says so. Someone needs to tell me [...]
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That Awkward Moment Between a Boy and a Girl…
Awkward! There are moments where, if your life were a film being directed by John Hughes (Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), you’d hear the sound effect of a needle on record player going phrrrrrrrp! and everything goes silent and all eyes turn to stare at you. Sometimes people say things, wishing they [...]
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My Kid Just Said… #2
“I feel so relaxed. Like I just peed. <sigh>” [everyone laughs] “What? It makes you feel relaxed!!!”-Max (2010, 10 years old) Last week we posted the first in the “My Kid Just Said…” series. The quotes that our readers commented in with (from THEIR kids) were so hilarious and amazing for us to read, we’ve [...]
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Being Asked to Give a Hand
Someone once asked me if I could donate some of my sperm… I mean someone besides my wife. Photo of Charlie from prehistoric times by Tami Bahat Photography Several years ago, a stranger approached me at a local event after I’d spoken to a crowd. She seemed nice and very polite at first but what [...]
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They Say Daughters Are “Easier” than Sons
I’ve heard it said that daughters are “easier” than sons. Quite a few times actually, and now that I think about it, I’m not sure I’ve ever heard anybody tell me it the other way around, at least not with any real believability. I’m not sure what part about raising daughters is supposed to be [...]
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Baby Sleep Positions: “The Stalker”
It can be a little startling… You’re sleeping (at last) and you wake up for some reason. Even if your baby has the most beautiful eyes, when you wake up all groggy and see those eyes, wide open and inches from your face, drilling calmly into your soul? You might not say it, but [...]
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My Wife Just Said… #42
“What is it about slicing a sandwich diagonally that makes it so much more appealing?” -Avara – Previous “My Wife Just Said…”
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The Origin of Life is Ugliness
[ click the image to enlarge ] Just kidding. Eggs aren’t gross. I suppose most stuff at the microscopic level looks that way. But I can’t help see this and think that half of life’s building blocks looks like a complicated, intricate weave of molecular material. And my half of the conception equation is just [...]
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7 Rules for Parent Etiquette
Round two of hell week for me and I’m really underwhelmed by the amount of hate mail arriving in my email thing. I did an article on non-parent etiquette some months ago and I felt like I never evened up the score about the faults parents have too. So, here you go. Let’s go ahead [...]
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My Wife Just Said… #41
“You’re my favorite person in the world. Finn doesn’t count because he’s not a person, he’s an angel.” -Avara – Previous “My Wife Just Said…”
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