Because of a promise I made to her several weeks ago (probably to make her stop whining), I took my daughter to a professional hockey game the other night. I typically take her brother when I score some tickets, notably because he likes hockey and promises not to tell his ...

I’m standing in a nail salon with my son and his buddy, Ben. This is not a place for little boys, which is fine because we’re not staying. We’ll be back, but we’re not staying. The salon is called Happy Nails—perfect for the seven seven-year-old girls we have just ferried ...

Cheese and wine are fairly good company.  We all improve with age and someday we will all be consumed.  Two of us by the other.  One by worms or hellfire.  It depends on who you ask. This birthday started like most do, with somebody puking.  However, it was the wrong midnight ...

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Geek fashion is a state of mind, or is it? It has become something of a mainstream fashion trend, so where does that leave us geeks? Fashion trend setters or geeks without a look? I might find out in this tongue in cheek stab at geek fashion.

Making silly lists is all the rage right now. Celebrities I Would Dry Hump! Things I Can Sculpt Out Of Earwax! Things I Like To Think About While I’m Eating Lunchables! It’s like you’re not cool if you don’t have some sort of list on your blog, and you know ...

I’ve been spinning for the last couple of days on a new book proposal, and last night I found myself in one of those pockets of self-discovery that makes writing therapeutic for me. But like real therapy, it’s sometimes an intense and difficult and stretch of clarity—one that shows me ...

“Boys, be quiet,” I said yet again. For them it would happen, the question was when. “Close your books,” I added, “and turn off the light. “Pull up your blanket and shut your eyes tight!” They ignored every word, they laughed with a cry – forgetting that Yoda says do and not try and that doing ...

Since I started working at Oakley two months ago, my watchful eye for great advertising has reopened. And last week I stumbled upon a campaign that I personally believe to be one of the best I've ever seen. The video embedded below, entitled The Human Chain, captures perfectly the tone ...

Image by dumplife (Mihai Romanciuc) via Flickr This weekend was a new milestone, but not the good kind, for our son. We had our first big accident in the house, as little man fell off a dining room chair and split his lip. Seeing the fear in his eyes and ...