12 Not Particularly Angry Men (and women)
September 3, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 Today I changed people’s lives. Not in some conceptual “if a butterfly flaps its wings” way, but in a concrete, definitive way. I stood up along with 11 other random strangers and affected the actual path along which people previously unknown to me will follow. This came about with a simple,
Are You Okay?
August 17, 2008
Friday, August 17, 2008 I just realized something about myself a few moments ago. I’ve lost a fraction of my ability to be a simple human being. I was driving home from a totally monotonous little errand. Mabel and I were sitting down to watch a movie and I asked her if she wanted some
Splat….
July 5, 2008
Saturday, July 5, 2008 After seven years of gloriously incident free riding, including multiple visits to racetracks and many miles on the twisty roads of Northern California I experienced a rather unpleasant convergence of three things: Gravity Traction (of lack thereof) Momentum Perhaps a little bit of hubris on the side, to be honest. I
Moments
June 9, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008 It seems many folks we know have either recently become parents, are expecting a baby or, like us, have a young child (or more!) and are going through the wonderful experience of sharing their lives with kids. Yes, it’s hard. Yes, it’s scary at times. But when you have a little
He’s O.K.
May 23, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008 It’s amazing how such a simple phrase changes everything. Our family and friends have ridden a truly exhausting roller coaster of emotion this week. From the now quaint worry over a gallbladder surgery that is by all accounts routine and (when done the “modern” way with a laparoscope) minimally invasive to
This Dad Thing
May 16, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008 I’ve figured a lot of it out. Be firm, be loving, be ready with a smile as quickly as you’re ready with a stern look or a hard voice. Appreciate the things your child does, the smallest details, because before you realize it they’ll have moved onto other things. BE there,
Mom Knows Best
May 11, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008 Ok, go ahead, call this a blatant pandering for the Mother’s Day holiday. It’s quite frankly exactly that to a degree – but only because this Hallmark Mafia Holiday (as my buddy Gefter terms it) gives fathers and son’s pause to consider the role of women in their lives. So indulge
Remember When…
May 3, 2008
Saturday, May 3, 2008 As probably pretty much every single parent from the dawn of time has done, I find myself guilty of the kindest of crimes – wanting to share a passion of mine with my child. Specifically BMX. BMX (or bicycle motocross) is essentially the same as the motorized sport – racing on
Why can’t it just be simple?
February 10, 2008
Sunday, February 10, 2008 Ok, first and foremost I’m going to make it very, very clear that I have precious little to complain about. Given the readily obvious contrast of those that live under oppression, struggle in abject poverty, suffer in conflict and worry about how they will feed and shelter their families we should
Welcome Back
January 10, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008 Man it has been a crazy few weeks. All the insanity leading up to the holidays at work (but with the very nice and unhealthy flood of cookies, chocolates and other treats), then a trip to Florida to visit family and loved ones. Of course it was strange being back in