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February 22, 2017
How the Squatty Potty Has Me Doubting Everything I’ve Ever Learned
It started as a joke. I had never heard of this thing called the Squatty Potty, but anything with such a name must be investigated. When I went to Amazon and read the reviews, I was hooked – laughing my butt off. I slowly found myself believing that this might be a revolution in elimination. […]
February 15, 2017
Immigration Reform
I am not meant or designed to take on weighty issues. I look at the problems of today and see that there are often no good answers and it makes me glad I’m not in charge. Immigration reform is one such conundrum. On the one hand, if we stop immigration, we cease to be the […]
February 13, 2017
Deja Shoe
I had one of those déjà vu moments – déjà shoe actually – because I looked down at my shoes and had a fleeting thought that they had been exactly there before. Have you ever had one of those? They can feel so real and some would say that they are; there are spiritual and […][image error]
February 8, 2017
Please, Don’t Make Me
A poster came in the mail. It completed the basement wall where we’ve displayed posters from the musicals we saw in 2015 – both here and in New York. We had quite the season of theatre – tickets to eight shows! We bought ten tickets to Newsies so Kylie could take her friends to the Fox for […]
February 2, 2017
Our Mutual Rescue
We were thrilled to be chosen for this film that details the relationship between Kylie, Liza, and Robin (known here on my blog as LW – my lovely wife). They did a beautiful job bringing the story to life and sharing Kylie’s joy in spite of her circumstances. I am credited only as Butt-Shaking […]
February 1, 2017
Tom Brady, By Gawd
For the average fan, it isn’t often when your team makes it to the Super Bowl. There are exceptions, of course, but most of us don’t see our team there every year. I painfully remember the Falcons last trip. We were a huge underdog to the Denver Broncos and true to predictions, got steamrolled. I […]
January 30, 2017
It’s in the Leaves
“Can we play in the leaves, Daddy?” she asks whimsically. “Sure we can, baby. I’ll get the blower.” Eyes full of wonder, her mind races as she builds on her request. “Can you make a pile big enough that I can jump out of the window onto them?” I laugh. As a manchild, I give […]
January 25, 2017
My Political Machine
The real political landscape has been such a train wreck of late that it is nearly impossible to turn away. My ideal version of politics doesn’t have staunch opinions, sound platforms, or cohesive arguments as much as it has snark and sarcasm. Over the weekend I made a couple of political observations that received some funny feedback: […]
January 18, 2017
Cinnamon Roll Sundays
For twenty years at our house, Sunday mornings meant waking up to the sweet, sugary taste of cinnamon rolls. The smell was enough to bring some from their beds and the fear of missing out brought the rest down. If you’ve ever popped a package of them, you likely have stumbled across Pillsbury’s three design […]
January 11, 2017
My Movie Ban
Aren’t memories a lovely thing? Isn’t it amazing how we can sanitize them so that as we look back, the waves of time have washed over our lives and we recall only the good ole days? Even in the best of times, there had to be negative emotions, hurt feelings, or repressed fears. Yet through the Pollyannaish lens […]
