My opinion on everything
You think I haven’t been running, don’t you? Ha. I have. Been. Running. I just haven’t talked about it as much. Trying to come back from injuries is humbling. Injuries themselves are humbling. Especially when they happen one right after another. It feels like constantly being tripped up in the aisle of the school bus. […]
Continue reading The Part Where I Talk About Running AgainThis is me wearing my writey hat with my writey face on. Sarge says he can hear my brain gears turning when I look like this. Not sure about hearing them, but I can damn sure feel them. I’ve been known to grind the clutch so bad it leaves a mark. Brian is over on […]
Continue reading Yes, I said 6 QuadrantsIf I regret anything as a parent, I regret spanking my kids. With an interminable passion, I regret spanking them. I stopped when they were very young, so I don’t know if they even remember it. I hope they don’t. It’s a subject that goes way beyond merely being controversial. Especially in the part of […]
Continue reading ….Yet They Belong Not To YouHumans are quite inward-thinking. Do you notice that? Certainly, it must be a function of evolution. Perhaps even one of those things that have made our species so successful at it. Evolution, that is. Comparatively speaking, that is. But, I think there is a tipping point. Where that inward-thinking-ness becomes more of a hindrance than […]
Continue reading Challenge: Be HumanI am sitting here at 9 o’clock in the morning on a Tuesday contemplating the direction my life has taken. I know that, beginning tomorrow, things will never be the same. Well, at least not until February 3rd. I thought I had done all the right things. I thought I had been careful. I thought […]
Continue reading Like Sands Through The Hourglass….One of my blog bros wrote a piece the other day on teenagers and money. He and I both have youngins about the same age, dealing with similar teenagey things like driving and money and hormones, so we are frequently able to commisserate with one another on the joys of parenting our burgeoning rock stars. […]
Continue reading Childhood BankrolledA lot of peeps have told me I should write a parenting book. Not because I am any sort of expert on the subject. FaaaaaaaR from it. But because my take on parent/child relationships seems to have worked, for the most part, for our children. Knock on wood. It’s a delicate balance between authority and […]
Continue reading Kind of ManI get in these strange moods sometimes. Especially now that the weather is changing, I want to run all the time. ALL. THE. TIME. If I knew I would not get hurt, I would run every morning. 6 or 7 miles. Then, I would run again in the afternoon, right before work. Probably another couple […]
Continue reading Hurry DownSo anyway. I know you’re just chomping at the bit to read the anecdotes and crumbs and chestnuts that coalesce to form that which is my life. For they are many, bright and dark- times that shine a light into the darkness, and the creeping darkness which shades the eyes from burning shine. As the […]
Continue reading One of Those MoodsTomorrow, I will be Today, I have been a nonsmoker for a whole year. No cheating. Cold turkey. In the middle of doing yoga on a Tuesday. That is not to say I haven’t craved it. Oh, I have. Just the other day, I said “Why the hell did I quit smoking? That was pretty […]
Continue reading BreatheI’m waiting for the panic to set in. The “Oh my gawd, we’re actually doing this!” panic. We interviewed two different real estate agents last week. Lemme just say. Disrespecting your competition with a smarmy grin on your face when they are not there to defend themselves is just sleazy. Yeah. That was the first […]
Continue reading A Couple StuffHey. Did you know I have sleep issues? That’s a joke. Of course you do. It’s one of the silly little number of subjects I cycle through on this blog. I’ve had sleep issues since I was a kid. Most of the time, I just didn’t. Sleep. At all. For several years, I had a […]
Continue reading When It’s Time To Go Night-Night