Ok, so I’m a liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittle grump tonight…
It’s all over a meme.
The first, second and third times I was tagged with a meme, I was ecstatic. Someone out there thinks I’m interesting! By the 5th time, I was beginning to get a little jaded. I’m a busy guy. By the 7th, it was like, Can you [...]

When I were a lad, oh matey, did I ever love Christmas day!
Of course, I still do. These days, it’s a shear joy to watch my kids’ delite as they open their own presents while later I revel in the tastes of Christmas food. But as a kid, it was all about my presents.
Here’s my [...]

“You know what I hate? Men who sing like women. It’s a disgrace!”
Thus spake Oldest Son today in the car. (I think he was listening to Mika at the time)

This is my Beloved Son, of whom I am very very proud…

*ewrokka is his online name, his tag.

Amanda (aka Mad Cow) was recently lamenting Long Weekends, particularly the familiar child’s litany of “I’m Bored!”.
As I told her, in my humble opinion, even if you were the fifth Wiggle or Krusty the Klown, you’d still get kids telling you “I’m bored”.
When you hear this litany I hope you don’t take it personally, parents. [...]

I took Oldest Son to the Dentist this morning. I was not looking forward to it. Last year we spent $4000 on Youngest Son’s teeth, at only 7 years of age.
Yes, I did say thousand. Four of them!
So it was with great relief that I heard the Dentist say to Oldest Son ”You’ve done a great job of [...]