'I think I need to write about sex"This sentence hung in the air when I uttered it to my wife who was plowing through season 2 of Downton Abbey in the bed next to me the other night. Considering this television show has replaced any chance at any action lately, I thought it fairly … [Read more...]
Hey man, nice shirt
I can pinpoint mine. It was the first day of grade seven and I was starting at a new school after recently moving into the area. I was wearing an AC-DC concert t-shirt, a black corduroy jacket and blue jeans. My hair, the white man afro, was reaching for the blue September sky and my thumbs were … [Read more...]
Just B cause
When Hudson was a baby and toddler he had no comfort vices. Didn't suck his thumb, used a soother for about 10 minutes, no special stuffy that he cherished and no one blanket that he loved. We tried to offer him these things, especially the blanket as when traveling we thought the familiarity of one … [Read more...]
I’m with the band
I wasn't always fat. I distinctly remember playing house league basketball between the ages of 9-11 feeling somewhat lean. I also remember the peanut butter years. The globs and globs of peanut butter I would sit and eat with white bread in front of Jo and Tootie and Blair and Natalie as my voice … [Read more...]
I should thank you
Some weekends are a blur, bouncing between social, parental and extended family responsibilities can leave you breathless in your front hallway, 12 year-old dog looking at you, random sock in mouth, like she has never seen you before. This past weekend was like that. A Friday night embarking on a … [Read more...]
Time cuts down all
Every year around this time I get a little nostalgic. No it's not due to March Madness or the announcement of the new line up of Dancing With the Stars, it's because it was March of 2006 when Hud, my pregnant wife Stephanie and me returned from a 11 month tour of Fiji, Australia and New Zealand. … [Read more...]
Murky waters
As most of the world knows, during Sunday"s Oscar telecast, Jennifer Lopez did (according to everyone) or did not (according to her stylist) have a wardrobe issue. I thought it was pretty innocuous. Hudson actually was the first to notice and of course thought it was a tiny bit hilarious. My … [Read more...]
Downhill from here
Dreading winter is a familiar character trait in many of my friends, work colleagues and mild acquaintances. As the cold November rain (thanks Axel) turns to fluffy December snow, and the fluffy December snow turns to the January bitter wind and so on, the chirping begins about a season that happens … [Read more...]
Uphill both ways
So we all hear it. The comparisons of parenting when we were kids compared to the parenting now. The accusations of overprotecting or coddling of our little stinky treasures. Many of us have memories about bolting out the front door after breakfast and coming home when the street lights came on. I … [Read more...]
Commencement
You don't want another boring introduction to another blogger. You don't want tiny nuggets of biographical information about someone who thinks he is witty and smarmy and charming (smarming?). You don't want to hear about another hectic morning of tying knots, wiping snot and connecting … [Read more...]
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