Oh, hi. I'm afraid I neglected to tell you that I would be on vacation this week. Instead of working or writing or yard work or doing anything else that might resemble your normal responsible adult behavior, I'm looking out on the Atlantic Ocean righ...

The Weekly Bold Restaurant Move. I went to a restaurant last week that has an all-bacon menu. Even bacon-flavored beer. For a second I regretted my vegetarian ways but then I realized they had regular beer. I felt better. The Weekly Beer. I'll pre...

Beth and I have owned a home for about eight years now. Our first house was an adorable little town house with a giant magnolia tree out front. We loved that house but when we learned Owen was on the way all the rooms suddenly seemed much, much ...

I grew up reading. My parents read, my grandparents read, and everyone read to me. When I was a kid I loved books of all kinds though I was partial to the Wizard Of Oz books, the Narnia series and A Wrinkle In Time. At some point ...

In the evening - after work is over and the kids have gone to bed - I write the things that get spewed out here the next day. If I had to guess I'd say I spend 20 minutes a day writing. This accounts for the poorly edited ...

Let's skip past the biologically obvious fact that without moms we'd all be, well, not so much here. That fact notwithstanding, I'd still argue the fact that moms pretty much make the world go 'round. There are elite teams of men trained to brave the...

Mother's Day was a great big 'ol success. Monday, however, just blows.

The Weekly Greatest Newspaper Slip-up OR Best Band Name. Cummerbund Bandersnatch. The Weekly Bold Political Move. President Obama finally clued us in to his thoughts on gay marriage. I'm starting to remember why we elected this guy. The Weekly Rea...

I don't like the Beastie Boys much at all. Since I don't like rap, this shouldn't be much of a surprise. But I did my due diligence yesterday, reaffirming my stance, when I spun through a few of their albums. Don't get me wrong. I fought ...

My TiVo is sad. Last night it told me it was only 22% full. And that's not because we flip it on and push play constantly. No, we neglect it...because we don't watch anything. It feels like it's missing something. It also feels ganged up ...