Wow that's a heavy title. I should say up front that I make no claim to wisdom. Or street smarts, common sense, book learnin', or even being a good guesser. This is not a How To. Merely a hope to....

I grew a beard once back around the end of 2001. I immediately shaved it after someone told me I 'd looked like Bob Seger.

I'm growing this beard out in the name of handsomeness.

I have no problem with naked time. Not my own mind you. I have a tremendous problem with my own naked time. I mean my kids. Little kids love it and they need it. So I try not to stand...

What are we teaching our kids when they see our asses all hung over and stuff?

For once, I can't blame my kids' histrionics on them.

The only way I can fix my back is to be more like Henry Rollins

How can I save a life for $20?

There is no good metaphor for parenting.

...there she is, sitting on the edge of a table, pulling long and ragged breaths into her small lungs, clearly doing everything she can to stay close to composed, her face wet with tears, her hand wrapped in a bandage and it's red, a generous Rorschach...