With the fall soccer season in full swing, the posts and articles complaining about participation trophies and lack of keeping score are rolling in. "Back in my day participation trophies weren't given out" or "who cares if you win 30 - 0. We just played better." "Not keeping score and giving trophies [...]
I have always been a morning person but ever since my oldest son was born, the mornings have morphed into something different - a sanctuary from the upcoming craziness of the day. During the first year of my oldest son’s life he used to wake up around 4:00 a.m. like [...]
After a half hour of complaining about the piddly size of my Burgerville chicken strips - and even returning said chicken strips for a full refund of my $4.29, my 8 year old son kindly stated to me that it wasn’t a big deal, or wasn’t the end of the [...]
So I need some help. I posted the following pic on my personal blog. Besides the obvious - a cannon - what the hell else could my son have been thinking about when he created this with Bendaroos (which are awesome by the way): A Cannon Thank you in [...]
Yesterday was my son’s eighth birthday. Fortunately we celebrated on Sunday night because on Monday no one was really in the mood to celebrate. Its difficult to celebrate on a day of such tragedy. Although as a family we didn’t discuss the events, they were on everybody’s mind. My wife [...]
They should make coffee cups that say the most Average Dad in the World. You see I am not shooting for the best dad in the world title. No, I am striving to be an average dad. Its a difficult task. You don’t have to be perfect but you also [...]