There aren’t many things that connect people like rooting for a sports team does. It is amazing how for a few precious moments during a crucial game that politics, race, stereotypes, and whathaveyou don’t matter, you can unite for your team and cheer, smile, laugh, and cry. For 30+ years that’s what I got to [Read More…]
I turned 40 this year, and if I can cap it off with any one thing it would be the Cubs winning the World Series. For the first time in 71 years Cubs fan can root for their team in that very series. It is a very exciting time for me… and with any luck my [Read More…]
The other day while we were out on a family bike ride we stopped mid-way for a little refreshment. My wife and I apparently got talking a little lovey-dovey to each other and we may have made mention that we are “soul mates” that apparently prompted this thought from him: “I believe in soul mates [Read More…]
Driving home from the city we passed a billboard advertising spray tans at a local tanning salon chain here. My youngest (California-raised) boy had questions… 10 yo: What’s a spray tan? Me: People go into a tanning salon and basically have their skin sprayed a little darker. 10 yo: like spray painting? Me: Yeah, they [Read More…]
Pat and I investigate the “Stork” Theory of childbirth… You are welcome!
On the third attempt to wake my youngest son today he and I had THIS amazing exchange: Me: Seriously, dude, this is like the third time we’ve tried to get you up… My Son: I know just a second… Me: Come on dude… My Son (still curled up in bed with eyes closed): I was just thinking, [Read More…]
I’m teaching my kids about God in their Sunday school class, funny thing is… I’m an atheist. Most Sundays for the past 2 years you would find me in the a place that should be the last place you would look for me, in a church. Recently, more than just in a church, as a matter of fact [Read More…]
April 16th, 2016
I am watching my boys grow at a spectacular rate. Spectacular because they are growing big, strong, and healthy, but at the same time they just keep growing. Relentless in this goal to break free of the title of my “little boys”. That time will be here sooner than I know it and part of [Read More…]
April 8th, 2016
Pat and I investigate the “Stork” Theory of childbirth… You are welcome!
March 30th, 2016
Now that you are in a sugar coma from Easter… Or if you are smelling an egg that was “hid” too well, Pat and I are ready to tell you what the Easter Bunny has to do with this holiday… Happy Easter!
March 17th, 2016
Pat and I spring the luck o’ the Irish on ya… we break down the mythical origins of Leprechauns then jump into the science of rainbows, and finally give you the inside scoop on what you’ll find at the end of the rainbow… You won’t want to miss this one! Happy St. Patricks Day!
March 8th, 2016
I love playing chess. It is fun solving a puzzle that reacts to each move you make. You have to consider at each move what it could mean three or four moves later. Just because you can take a piece doesn’t mean you should and just because you like a certain piece doesn’t mean you [Read More…]
February 29th, 2016
What is a leapling… Did the Egyptians really celebrate leap year, and what happens when a woman in Finland proposes marriage to a man on Leap day? Pat and I dig into the history and mythology of the leap year… Happy February 29th
February 25th, 2016
I have given up on watching my language around my kids. I don’t let them swear though and I have no problem with the double standard either. I have friends on both sides of the fence on this issue. Some are very careful about every word that comes out of their mouths and vigilant about [Read More…]
