If this is how I ramble now, imagine what I’ll be like in 36 more years
Posted on March 8, 2010 - Filed Under And your point is?, Adult swim | Leave a Comment
I happened to see this commercial the other day. It got me to thinking. Just watch and then I’ll get to my blibber-blather.
I imagine every loving father would like to be in the position to say this father’s words one day. Some won’t ever get the chance. Children make choices all the time which preclude […]
Read More..>>WEIRD!!!
Posted on August 30, 2009 - Filed Under And your point is? | 3 Comments
Erin and I were sitting around the other night, not doing much for once, when we realized something really strange. Maggie’s birthday is, as you all know, 03/15/06; Wyatt’s is 06/18/09. Look at those two series of numbers carefully for a second and you’ll likely see a couple of things. First, their birthdays are separated […]
Read More..>>Stupid town, stupid laws
Posted on July 4, 2009 - Filed Under Whine with my cheese, And your point is?, Adult swim, Parenting, Uncategorized | 2 Comments
As you may have noticed from some of the pictures posted in the last couple of days, Maggie and I went to the Daniel Dopps 4th Annual Memorial Rodeo here in Mountain Home last Saturday night. It was a good time overall, though there was something that got to me.
It happened almost as soon as […]
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet”—Rousseau
Posted on June 28, 2009 - Filed Under Whine with my cheese, And your point is?, Adult swim, Parenting | 1 Comment
You would think that if you’ve been through something once, you would have learned from it. Well, as it turns out, that’s not always true, at least when it comes to Erin and I. In the lead up to Wyatt’s delivery, we were incredibly anxious—impatient, even—for him to finally get here. In fact, one day […]
Read More..>>Who’s in his 30’s? Surely not me
Posted on February 19, 2009 - Filed Under And your point is?, Adult swim, Parenting | 5 Comments
It is undoubtedly a duty of parenthood to teach children some of the things they can do to be mischievous. Such was my goal when we went to TGI Friday’s this past weekend. (We normally don’t eat there but I got an email from a co-worker entitling the holder to a buy-one get-one-free entree deal. […]
Read More..>>Happy birthday to me
Posted on February 16, 2009 - Filed Under And your point is?, Adult swim | 3 Comments
It’s funny how the most important things in life are those we often cannot touch or see and are definitely not able to buy. We have been going through something very stressful lately (it’s HIGHLY personal, so—and not to sound like a jerk—don’t bother asking). In fact, I would rate it as one of my […]
Read More..>>Dora
Posted on January 25, 2009 - Filed Under And your point is?, The Daily Doodle, Parenting | 2 Comments
If you’re like me, I only know what I know about the world of children–cartoons, toys, characters, etc.–because I have one. I long ago ‘gave up childish things.’ So, normally, I would not know who Dora the Explorer is. However, I have been forced to become very knowledgeable ever since Maggie began getting into her.
For […]
“He loves his old laughing lady because her taste is so sweet”*
Posted on August 18, 2008 - Filed Under And your point is?, Adult swim | 2 Comments
*The Old Laughing Lady by Neil Young. This is a classic poetic Neil Young song, full of meaning and beautiful. The best version of it I have heard can be found on the incredible Unplugged: Neil Young.
Sometimes, we can expect no more from a man than what he has given; this amount is often directly […]
Beauty is simple, simplisticity is beautiful
Posted on June 15, 2008 - Filed Under And your point is?, Adult swim, Parenting | 2 Comments
Last night, I was reading Maggie to sleep. When I finished her last book, I looked at her to say goodnight. She was doing something very uncharacteristic for her—laying there, wide-eyed, silent, and not fidgeting. This caught my attention because, as I said, that is just not her, so I continued watching for the next […]
Read More..>>Important life lessons
Posted on May 15, 2008 - Filed Under And your point is?, Travel | Leave a Comment
1. When Aunt Jessica was little, her parents got her to eat cauliflower by telling her they were CareBear Clouds. So each time she ate a cloud, a CareBear lost its home and fell to it’s death. So sad.
2. While visiting Maggie’s great-grandparents in the nursing home, Jason and his two […]
