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Behind the Process: The 2 1/2 Year Break
Sometimes it’s important when one is in the business of writing humor to take a small break from time to time … to recharge the old batteries and reconnect with the world around us that se...
10 Things I’ve Learned in My First Year of Parenting…
There are a lot of first moments worth celebrating when you’re a new parent – first full night of sleep, first sounds that you think are words but any reasonable person will insist that th...
Six Months In, and We’ve Still Got a Baby!
Achievement Unlocked – Kept newborn baby alive for six months! See – that wasn’t so bad, although it probably hasn’t hurt to have a dedicated spouse like mine handy who knows to keep an eye ou...
The Dog Food Days of Insect Repellant
Cockroaches are disgusting. I don’t really think that I’m crossing any boundaries making a proclamation like that, and if I am, by all means I’ll be more than happy to respond personally to any ...
The New Daddy Chronicles, Volume 3
All I want is one day where this baby sleeps consistently like he did the night before. Also, a day without mega poops … the kind that peel the paint from the walls and make you want to claw you...
The New Daddy Chronicles, Volume 2
Whew! You know what they say – time flies when you’re raising a newborn correctly and without any general cause for alarm whatsoever… My life is currently a mystifying blur of di...
The Sunburn Kid … Finds a Sidekick?
I’d forgotten just how bad sunburns hurt the next day. Sunburn is basically our Sun’s way of saying, “Witness what my mere presence some 92 million miles away can inflict upon your fleshy mortal...
The New Daddy Chronicles, Volume 1
What can I say? It’s been a pretty busy month… If you happened to miss my column back in March, well the joke is certainly on you because I had a baby – at least in the capacity t...