My Dad passed away last night surrounded by his children and his wife of 52 years.

To describe him is to describe my model for what a real man is; strong in body but most especially in will, a bright mind well fed with knowledge and experience then tempered with humor, an understanding that the family you choose is at the center of all of you will ( Read more... )

While I don't post often, I like to make it entertaining when I do.  With that in mind I'm diving in to the debate around the very important topic of climate change... sort of.

A few weeks ago my family was feeling under the weather.  The kids were sick.  My Dear Wife and I were chewing through some crushing deadlines at our respective jobs and good ( Read more... )

 I get such a kick out of it when my son sends me an email.  We built a Gmail account for him that runs everything through Mom's account.  The stuff he comes up with is just hilarious.  This following tidbit was one I received today regarding the very important subject of his favoirte computer games.

Subject: Games ( Read more... )

Well, it's been a bit chaotic for the world at large, hasn't it? Maybe just the people likely to read this. Some of my most beloved friends have moved or will be moving away. For that matter, so have I, though not to Canada or Washington ( Read more... )

...or even a Courteous Country. Outside of few reasoned arguments, I hear a lot of rhetoric that frankly makes the speakers sound confused ( Read more... )

Aaagghhhhhh! Aaagghhhhh!

Okay, I feel better, now. Thank you for being a sn=ensitive audience ;-)

I picked up Bobby from school on Friday after an early appointment with a client. I ended up sitting around for a bout 20 minutes since I got there so early ( Read more... )

Sorry for another philosophy piece, but I've been doing so much "self-development" type reading that my brain seems to be filling to the brim and I've got to put something down on paper somewhere or I'll loose these threads ( Read more... )

Hmm, here I am. I've not actually written anything in a year or so, outside of a rather dubious piece of couseling on the subject of in-laws to wyvernwell ( Read more... )

I'm really not suer what to make of this. I've never had a diary or journal of any kind and I'm a bit intimidated. Luckily, I'm also a typically insensitive male and can just compartmentalize off those feelings and dive in. I tell you, there's a silver lining in every annoying trait ( Read more... )