Category: My Life

To Fail as a Son

To Fail as a Son

The last time I saw my father I was twelve years old.  Before boarding the airplane that would return me to the home of my mother and step-father, I had sat on the edge...

My LEGO Team of Mighty Heroes

My LEGO Team of Mighty Heroes

I’m going to go out on a limb and declare that I am more attached to my son’s Lego toys than he is.  And he simply thinks the world of them.  The boy has...

Loneliness and Loss

Loneliness and Loss

Not so long ago, I met a young couple who had unexpectedly lost their newborn baby shortly after birth. Upon my first seeing them, their heads were bowed and their eyes were downcast. Both...

Transformers and the Absence of Peril

Transformers and the Absence of Peril

I’m so glad that our local public library now carries DVDs of the old 80s Transformers cartoon; the newer versions feature the nauseating combination of whiny robots and even whinier humans.  And I just...

Weirdness

Weirdness

As of today, I’ve been doing this blogging thing for five years.  I’ll spare you any reflective introspection as this milestone seems underwhelming next to the daily successes of my recently potty-trained fifteen-month-old.  Not...

A Query about Cleanliness

A Query about Cleanliness

Yesterday, my son, fearless of grime, scum, and germs, pulled out the plug to the bathtub and looked as though he was going to place it in his mouth. “Whoa,” I said, OCD alarms...

Higgs Boson Found?

Higgs Boson Found?

To my dismay, Google shows me that all my adolescent Higgs Boson jokes have been done a thousand times over.  I also see that a search for the elementary mass-giving particle and yours truly...

How Marriage Works

How Marriage Works

I took this past week off from my day job to get some writing done on a long term project, and decided, during this time, to start on a beard.  My new beard was...

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