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The Week In Review

The first week of this school year is in the books. All told, I’d call it a resounding success, with a 100% survival rate for all parties.

1. I have an 8th grader. How is this even possible? Didn’t I just finish 8th grade myself?

2. Not only [...]

Take Two

A little over a week after my 21st birthday, The Boy was born. I was about as unprepared for this event as a person could be. I was there for the entire process, and while perhaps a little woozy, I dealt with it fairly well. The part for which I wasn’t ready [...]

Reunion

It’s just not a family reunion without a beating, stabbing, slashed tires, and an (alleged) molestation.

Nope, there’s not an untrue statement in the above sentence. A couple of weeks ago, I attended a family reunion at Lake LBJ. It ran from Thursday to Sunday, but Manda and I didn’t show up until Friday. [...]

Apologies to Mom

As a belated Mothers’ Day gift, I’m posting 10 apologies to my mom, on a blog she doesn’t see. Sure it’s pointless, but that’s kind of how this thing works.

1. I apologize for the fact that when you had me do dishes, I threw away some of the silverware that your grandmother gave [...]

April

With the month of April nearly behind us without a single blog post, I should probably go ahead and write something. At the expense of making excuses, I’ve been seriously busy. Since the beginning of March, we have:

1. Purchased a medical billing company, although I’m still currently working my old job as [...]

Confirmed: My Dad Watches Porn

Yeah, that’s right. Let that wash over you. Ok, bad choice of words there…

Yesterday, we went to my dad’s house for dinner. As is often the case on such trips, Alien and The Boy went to the bedroom to watch cartoons on TV. For some reason, they ran into some trouble [...]

Hompin’

Most of the names in this post have been changed to protect the innocent. The lone holdout is decidedly not innocent. For sake of simplicity, I lifted all names from the 1985 cinematic tour de force, Weird Science.

What began as a nice dinner at a large steakhouse on a hot Sunday in a [...]