Years ago I met a woman who was on a personal journey of self-discovery. She had been abandoned by her mother as a child and her father passed away when she was just a little girl. She found herself farmed out to her wealthy grandparents who sent her off to boarding school for 10 1/2 months of the … [Read more...]

All right folks, here we go, Part II of my three part series, Secrets from The Man-ual: Shawn Defies His Brethren.If you missed the lead in, I asked for and received questions regarding all of the weird, quirky and annoying things the men in your life do that drive you nuts. … [Read more...]

So, here's a good lesson for all the wannabe writers out there: when you write something, proof it properly, have someone read it over for clarity and above all else, mean what you say.Want an example?  Ok, here's one. If you want to offer advice to a community of moms who might be puzzled … [Read more...]

I used my daughter today.  And I'd do it again in an instant.It's not what you think though.  I didn't tell someone Pea was sick to get out of work.  I didn't tell a cop my daughter was in distress to get out of a speeding ticket.  I didn't get her to vacuum our house with her … [Read more...]

I have a really bad memory.  My theory is that countless undiagnosed concussions from years of competitive hockey as a fairly small kid have impacted the memory portion of my brain.  So, I remember a lot less about my childhood than the average person might remember.  One of the … [Read more...]

Like many of you, I found Jen's recent post entitled "A Sexual Crisis" pretty interesting. She was open and honest on a topic that most people don't want to talk about with their closest friends, let alone the whole WWW.   So, given the fact that I am a man and think about sex about a … [Read more...]