It's 8 pm on a Sunday night. The Oscars are on tv and my wife, my two daughters and I laying on the couch being lazy. Blankets everywhere, people fighting for that extra inch of space. When it becomes evident there is an odor in the room. My youngest finds it first and tells the... Continue Reading →
Socks and War
My kids shower at different times of the day. Mostly at night, sometimes in the morning, but I can always tell when my youngest has showered. No, it's not because the shower curtain is never closed shut, or that the mirror is streaky from the towel they used to wipe the steam from it, or... Continue Reading →
About the Blogger
Hello everyone! Marks blog has officially been taken over by a couple members of his tribe. As some of you may know today is Marks 40th birthday. So we decided since he loves to tell you about us we would in turn tell him and all of you who Mark, the weird beard blogger is... Continue Reading →
Mug
His morning coffee steamed from his favorite mug It was too hot to drink so he stared off into space for a few minutes. He remembered the day the mug was given to him. It was 25 years ago on a lazy Sunday morning in the middle of June. His daughter, Christine, tip toed into... Continue Reading →
Circles
One of my favorite music artists died on September 7, 2018. But, recently his team came out with the record he was working on when he died. I know that music is subjective, I know I would be bias when I heard it, but it is fantastic. It is Mac Miller's Circles album if you... Continue Reading →
Inspire
Inspiration can come from lots and lots of different places. It can be large, like say something like the Ice Bucket Challenge and getting lots and lots of money raised for charity, or something extremely small, like observing someone holding a door for someone and reminding you the world is still an okay place. Maybe... Continue Reading →
Alone (Part 3)
Note: This is part 3 of my story entitled "Alone". Parts 1 and 2 are below. I suggest reading those first so you aren't completely in the dark, but you do whatever makes you happy... Part 1: https://weirdbeardblog.com/2019/06/18/alone/ Part 2: https://weirdbeardblog.com/2019/06/20/alone-part-2/ He turned and yelled at the driver "What the FUCK is going on?"... Continue Reading →
Alone (Part 2)
Note: This is part 2 of my story entitled Alone. For Part 1 please click here: https://weirdbeardblog.com/2019/06/18/alone/ He didn't have his thumb up very long before a small beat up Toyota Tacoma pick up truck pulled over about 20 yards ahead of him. Lee guessed it was somewhere between a 1985-1989 model, not because he... Continue Reading →
Alone
He held his hand out to thumb a ride out of this place. As with most of his adventures he wasn't sure where he was going, but he knew he had gotten all he could out of this small town on the edge of South Carolina. He had loved his time being able to dip into... Continue Reading →
Co-Parenting
Being a divorced parent must be almost impossible. Raising kids SUCKS lots of the times, and raising them with someone you hate or someone who hates you must make it a billion times harder. Like, let's say your wife cheats on you or leaves you, and you are emotionally broken, but you have to put... Continue Reading →