40 is the New -9

Jan 25, 2019
It got really cold this week! I don’t know if you noticed, but highways in the north were closed due to ice, snow plows were out in full force, and officials were telling people to stay off the ...

Oh, For the Love of Pants!

Jan 18, 2019
If I had a choice been fighting with my four year-old each morning to get him out the door for school and going to the dentist every single morning … well, let’s just say that my dental ...

Fury of a Million Acorns

Jan 11, 2019
I’ve got a real problem with my nuts. Wait – that didn’t come out right, did it? Acorns, nuts, demon seeds – call them what you will, but I’ve got entirely too many of th...

Stick to Writing Jokes, Funny Man!

Feb 23, 2018
As a humor columnist, I get told to mind my own business … a lot! Just because I’m probably going to make fun of something doesn’t mean that I’m not allowed to have an opinion...

Son, Don’t Bite Your Valentine…

Feb 16, 2018
This week I was informed by my son’s teacher that he bit one of his classmates at school. He’s not even four years-old yet, so it’s pretty safe to assume that it wasn’t to foll...

A Failure to Communicate 

Nov 10, 2017
Talking to kids is hard, and not just because they’re not very good at pronunciation and rarely care about whatever it is that you have to say… Sometimes I catch myself trying to talk to my so...

The Poopy Door

Oct 20, 2017
Any seasoned parent knows that the worst enemy of a parent is poop. It’s not when the kids erupt into random tantrums in the grocery store or even when they wipe their runny noses on you, t...

Subtle Differences of Land and Sea

Oct 13, 2017
I don’t mean to brag, but my life has been pretty awesome for the last six and a half days.  I can say this because I’ve been on vacation … on a cruise, in fact … and we a...