Add captionOur couch is 11 years old.  It's a greenish color, or it used to be.  The cushions are crushed down a bit in the back but this is only natural after 6 years of kids jumping off it while ignoring my screams of not to. &nbs...

"Turn right here!" Hossmom screamed.  Wine glasses cracked in the distance. "Get your finger out of my face!" I replied. "Turn, turn, turn!""I can't turn because it's illegal, there's a hill, and your finger is my face!"And here it was, Hossmom an...

Garage sales, the national past time of suburban America.  You want someone else's junk?  Then go to garage sales.  Every man's junk is another man's treasure and for a single income household with children, there's no better place to ge...

The pan is sitting on the back of the stove.  It has been there for almost two days.  It just sits there, being a pan and yet, being so much more.  It's a metaphor for marriage.  3 pieces of bacon was cooked in it, delicious bacon. ...

Take a strong look at the picture.  That puckish looking thing was my lunch.  I find that the mystery of it to be part of it's allure, enhancing the taste of it from just plain sawdust to special magic sawdust.  Yes, I ate that...

  The board wants to put out a fundraising matching challenge, but we need your help. The idea is that if the membership can match the amount the board members donate the board will do "something" at the convention. But what should the board do?  Wha...

In high school, I had bad ankles.  It seemed that every time I took a misstep I would sprain one of the ankles.  It would hurt, then swell for a couple of days and then finally heal. But it was ok, because I  had awesome hair. ...

Every time I shake hands with someone, I want them to kneel before Zod.  I have no idea why but that is what I am always secretly hoping for.  Man or woman, it makes no difference.  I just want someone to randomly do the scene ...

The 17th Annual At-Home Dads Convention is coming up soon! This year the Convention will be in Washington DC on Saturday Oct. 6. The official hotel is the Embassy Suites of Alexandria and the discounted rate is $139/night, extremely reasonable for a DC...

Paper, rock, scissors. I lose.Paper, rock, scissors. I lose again.Paper, rock, scissors.I wonder why I keep playing and what makes it worse is that I wonder why I play when the prize is every marital decision that my wife and I have ever made. In tr...