I want my kids to fail. I truly do. And I hope that on occasion, after a lot of hard work, personal sacrifice and public scrutiny, that they fail spectacularly. I want them to feel the crushing tightness in their chest of deep disappointment as they recognized their efforts will [...]
Hey smelly. Yes, I’m talking to you and no, you don’t have to check yourself right now. I know you’re probably smelling fine. But, is “fine” the same as “legendary”? No. No it is not. So why would someone as epic as yourself settle on “fine”? It just won’t do, [...]
For too long we we parents have toiled and struggled under this oppressive regime. For years now we have given and we have sacrificed and we have felt our losses acutely. It’s finally time that we take back what we have lost. It’s time that we turn our [...]
I live in Southern California. Even without the historic drought we are in, this little stretch of the USA is delightfully dry, with stupendous temperatures. As a very outdoorsy person and I’m lucky enough to work from home. However, that combination is a crushing blow almost every single day, [...]
When you know the storyline of a film, you don’t typically go in with any reasonable expectation of being surprised. During this film, I was surprised again and again. I was surprised by how incredibly well each animal was animated. You almost instantly forget that these creatures have been [...]
After a lengthy pause between Harry Potter books, J.K. Rowling published "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them". A book that delved back into her magical world by following a name that would be familiar to some of the die hard fans out there who consumed and dissected every word [...]
Camping is incredibly awesome... if you can ignore all of the great many things that make it incredibly terrible. For every “meal cooked on an open fire” and “being one with nature” you can easily identify 10 “sleeping on rocks kind of sucks for my back” and “I now [...]
Unless you are an extremely fortunate individual, we’ve all been in tight financial spots from time to time. Things always seem to compound themselves at the worst times. Tax bills always seem to line up nicely with failed transmissions, a leaky roof and that delightful series of root canal [...]
We’ve all heard the old cliche about moulding our kids, and the reason we still hear it is because it rings true. We’re given this little mushy pile of person and what we add to it, and take away from it is going to ultimately determine the core of who [...]
I’m the 5-Star chef of the house, the entertainer while cleaning, the repairman of all broken things, and so much more. One might wonder…what keeps me smelling good while doing all of this. Well, coincidentally, I was recently asked to be a part of Old Spice’s #smellegendary campaign. In it, [...]
