Why I Hate Brookstone

Why I Hate Brookstone

No, it’s not all that clever a title, I’ll readily admit. But sometimes it’s as simple as that. This is the story on why we, as a family, have boycotted the seemingly harmless mall store for some six or seven years now. If I have my way, we will continue to do so for as … Continue reading →

Ninjago! Ninjago! Ninjago!

Ninjago! Ninjago! Ninjago!

Since I began this blog, I have become absolutely fascinated by page views.  I am a baseball fan and all baseball fans love statistics.  Anyone who has read the book Moneyball (or, I guess, kind of, seen the movie) knows that there is a search for the one be-all end-all of statistics.  You’re looking for … Continue reading →

Putting My Mouth Where The Money Is

Putting My Mouth Where The Money Is

Throughout my entire broadcast career I have liked to joke that I get paid to talk but really it’s true. At many, many levels it is a silly way to go about earning money. Of course there are many careers that, when broken down like that, can sound less-than-inspiring. Pitchers and quarterbacks get paid to … Continue reading →

My Top Ten List Of Worry

My Top Ten List Of Worry

I have a dear friend about whom I’ve written before. She’s the one who went from a corner office in Chicago to SAHMhood in North Carolina. Despite the challenges therein, she still finds time to worry about all sorts of things I can’t. I’m talking about things like what kind of plastic bottles are made out of, … Continue reading →

A Weirdly Wonderful Place

A Weirdly Wonderful Place

I don’t know about you but I am infected with a near constant state of wanderlust. Anytime I go someplace new, I am excited at the prospect. I remember distinctly that, in 2006, I was absurdly excited to take a business trip to Columbia, South Carolina. I don’t know if there is a city that … Continue reading →

One Sad SAHD

One Sad SAHD

I have never for a moment bought into the idea that stay-at-home mothers lived the life of luxury that I think something people do. I actually wonder how many people really believe that it’s an endless life of bon-bon eating and television watching. I suppose you could also throw in the occasional lunch out or … Continue reading →

Girls Can Like Football Too

Girls Can Like Football Too

I’ve heard the stories many times and so have you:  men who hope against hope that their first child (or any number of children thereafter) is a boy.  Why?  Well, they need that someone to watch the big game with.  They need a boy, apparently, to play catch with, shoot hoops with, or, I don’t … Continue reading →

Back To My Own Future

Back To My Own Future

I am no tremendous athlete.  I never have been.  Point of fact, the peak of my athletic life came a few years ago in co-ed underhand softball when, over the span of a 13-game season, I was actually able to hit pretty well.  I finished the season with the second best batting average on the … Continue reading →

SOPAthetic.

SOPAthetic.

I’ll fully admit that I don’t know every in and out of the SOPA and PIPA bills.  It surely does feel as though it’s using a firehouse to put out a match though. Here are some links to both enjoy and educate: What is SOPA? CBS News primer The Verge SOPA Blackout The Oatmeal The … Continue reading →

Herding Twins

Herding Twins

Answer #48 to the question “What’s the hardest thing about having four kids?”: Getting one good picture of them all together.