I never thought it would happen to me; but my kids have arrived at that age. They used to call it the "Terrible Twos," but I've read a lot of literature (okay, blogs) arguing that three is worse, and four...

My kids rock out to The Jimmies' Christmas album, "Mama Said Nog You Out".

There was the time he got his first black eye and the time he broke his collarbone (4 clearly was an eventful year). He looked at me and said, "I don't want it to all be bad stuff, Dad." So we began searching my blog for the good times. ...

Santa and the necessity of The Big Lie.

Putting up a Christmas tree in Southern California is like having a palm tree in your house in Maine.

A collection of bizarre Christmas ornaments we found at our local Target.

This makes perfect, glorious sense. (via the also glorious fuckyeahlucasfilm)

The Elf On The Shelf sees all.

A coach's outrage.

Four quick move reviews: Cars 2, Winnie The Pooh, The Tree of Life, and The Other F Word