Hey, remember me?  I used to be a writer on this blog.  I’d tell you stories of a time I shit my pants or a time I cried at a commercial or the time I shit my pants crying at a commercial.   I love to share in the form of the written word.  I... Continue Reading →

I woke up Monday morning with a terrible pain in my side. I could barely get out of bed, and it hurt to breath a bit.  Scrambling my brain to figure out where this pain came from, I came up with a few different things.  I’m doing this new fasting thing so it could have been hunger pains.  I also started a new routine at... Continue Reading →

Right now, I am racing the clock. It’s 10:30 pm and I took an Ambien 10 minutes ago. I just got back from golfing with my dad and father-in-law. Stopped at a bar with a few of them and we ate a little bit, told some jokes and had a few beers. I’m a bit... Continue Reading →

I write a lot about my tribe. I celebrate my tribe with my written word because I suck at doing it in real time with real words. I’d rather write a story about the smell of a hockey rink and how that reminds me of just how incredible my Dad is than to tell him... Continue Reading →

Confession time…. I do not understand the obsession with Taylor Swift.  To me, she was a good artist, but hearing her music I had all these thoughts that she was just a product of a record company.  A pretty face backed by the machine.   My two girls have listened to her for years.  I had... Continue Reading →

Hey-  don’t judge me yet.  Hear me out.  I love my daughters and my god daughter and my niece a ton.  They bring this joy to my life I can’t explain.  They teach me all sorts of good.  And, they have made me such a better human.  Diving into their lives and worlds has completely... Continue Reading →

A poem for my baby girl on her special day A Sweet Sixteen wish for you I will say As I look back and wonder where all the time went  I’m puzzled and my brain is completely spent But I’m smiling from ear to ear thinking of all the memories we share From swearing car... Continue Reading →

Over the last couple months, I have been riding a bike at the gym.  I’m not in a spin class or anything, but I have a program I have built up on different gears and speeds, sitting or standing and an output I am looking to improve on whether that is miles or calories burned or whatever.  Nothing... Continue Reading →

As Jeff Probst begins his soliloquy to start another season of Survivor tears were streaming down my face.  My youngest daughter and my wife were upstairs already, as they have done for years on Survivor night, they get to have a sleepover.  Something is different about this time though.  I’ve got my popcorn and my favorite blanket, and I... Continue Reading →

Friday nights at the football game for the last few years have always been about my oldest daughter and her dance team.  I love that dance family, and I love my daughter being on that team.   They were GOOD.  And I embrace being a dance dad. You know that if you have ever read more than 2 stories I’ve written.  I can... Continue Reading →