Month: October 2013

My last day

I’m sure when some readers saw that title, there was a collective Wooohoooo! No more blog posts! But not that kind of last day. Last week, when I was coming in from a long night after broadcasting football, I was battling a bad headache. Again. I’ve had several lately, but this one seemed especially bad.…

10 years old . . . in the blink of an eye

Today is my son’s 10th birthday. And it’s really hard to believe. Yesterday was his last day in single digits. He told me that no fewer thanĀ 283 times over the past week. Today, he moves into double digits. And as my son told me yesterday, “Ten years . . . where did the time go?”…

He’s willing to die for the king, but . . .

My son and I had an interesting conversation the other day. If you’ve read the blog before, you’ve probably come to realize that almost every conversation with my son is interesting. It turns out my son’s class is studying medieval times, and he has really enjoyed it. He’s enjoyed it so much that he thinks…

My daughter and the REALLY BIG BOWL

My kids are great (ok, I might be a bit biased here). They’re both very smart, and funny, and all that good stuff. But one thing my kids have never been great at is looking for stuff. For example, you could send my son into an empty room containing just one toy, and he would…