For Auld Lang Syne 2011

Well here we are, yet again on the cusp of a brand spankin’ new year. 2011 is in its death throes, 2012 is readying itself to be born. Circle of life, Simba. And so as I’ve done every year since back in 2007 I hereby present a very brief compendium of my favorite posts from … CONTINUE READING »

Tiocfaidh ár lá

It sounds kind of dumb to say it, but I’ve been thinking about life a lot lately. I know what you’re thinking: when does anyone STOP thinking about life a lot, right? Yeah, yeah. But I have, and with a certain uncommon kind of intensity. I guess that’s what happens when your life falls apart and you have to try to patch something together from the vague debris and shifting detritus that remains. What do you save? What do you toss? What do you try to remake, and how do you do that in an altogether different way, so that what rises up from the ashes bears no resemblance to what came before it? I’m trying to figure this stuff out. I’m having a hard time figuring this stuff out.

Six words

My birthday is coming up in a few weeks — and if you want to know how old I’m going to be I’ll tell you that this is the last birthday of the last decade of my life one could even vaguely consider as being a part of my “youth” (whatever that means). It’s weird, … CONTINUE READING »

My 10 Favorite Blogs By Dads

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I’ve had the pleasure and privilege of submitting yet another Top Ten list to Blogs.com as one of their Guest Editors. I don’t know why these people continue to listen to me and my opinions about things, but since they are, I’m more than happy to spread the good word about awesome blogs I love. … CONTINUE READING »

What the whole foods have taught me

As part of my New Year, New Me, Get Off Your Ass And Get Healthy Program (patent and trademark pending) — or NYNMGOYAAGHP for short — I have, among other things, taken to eating as God and Nature originally intended. Meaning: of the earth, of the expensive whole foods, ruthlessly excising– much as a surgeon … CONTINUE READING »