The other night I was playing a game of Chinese chess with my son. It’s something we do every so often since the day he asked me what the game with the funny markings was. As I watched him struggle and plot out his moves, I was reminded of an experience I had in Hong [Read More…]
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…]
November 3rd, 2016
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…]
October 25th, 2016
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…]
September 23rd, 2016
“I wish I hadn’t done that…” “I didn’t mean to…” “I didn’t think that would happen…” As a dad these are things I hear my children say, far more often than I would like to. It is heartbreaking to be a parent at the point these words are uttered. That is the point at which [Read More…]
September 16th, 2016
All the ways Hot Dogs get ruined… Bonus Out-Take So clearly 30 mins was not enough for Pat and Eric to talk about the wonder that is the Chicago Style Hot Dog. Here is a bonus out-take in which they talk about how the hot dog is eaten in other parts of the United States.
September 11th, 2016
I sat at the piano this weekend plunking around and playing bits and pieces of songs I used to play all the time when I was in my late teens and early twenties. My youngest son who is currently learning piano was getting quite a kick out of it. At one point I began playing [Read More…]
September 1st, 2016
Ketchup is not for the Dogs – The Chicago Hot Dog Episode The Chicago-style hot dog is an institution, Pat and Eric are both hardcore enthusiasts of this tube meat delicacy. There are many ways you can eat a hot dog… there is only one right way. In this episode you will learn why the [Read More…]
August 25th, 2016
Over plates of spicy Mexican food the other night I revealed to my wife a moment that was one of the most defining character experiences that I have had in my adult life. She was surprised that she had not heard the story before; thinking back on it I am a little surprised that it [Read More…]
