I think the statute of limitations has run out on this so on with the post. And if the Feds are reading this it’s completely made up. I have a confession to make: I am a betting man; the kind of man who loves to watch sports and, when possible, make money on said games. [...]

During the larval stage, moms tend to take charge on Halloween costumes. And at that point, it really doesn’t matter. Your baby really doesn’t care if you’ve stuffed him into an Eeyore costume or turned him into a drooling jack o’ lantern. Mom gets the pics to plaster all over Flickr and you potentially have [...]

I recently celebrated my seventh wedding anniversary. By no means is seven years a milestone, but in this day in age when divorce papers are as common as wedding nuptials, seven years is a pretty good benchmark. We’ve made it this far. Haven’t killed each other yet. Finances are in order. Food is on the [...]

Last weekend Katie & I took our daughters (Molly- age 5 & Abby – age 3) out for a family dinner at Bertucci’s. The girls had been a tad on the rambunctious side, so we were relieved when the hostess presented each of them with a big gob of play-dough. In the world of restaurant [...]

This week the kids, wife and I attended the haunted hallway at my oldest’s grammar school. It was very creative and scared the crap out of the kids and event startled the wife a couple of times. The best action, however, was outside in the 45 minute line that we waited in. Overheard: Mom: “Dylan, [...]

My oldest son was having trouble in 1st grade gym class. He couldn’t hop on one foot. He confessed this to my wife but he admonished her, “Don’t tell daddy. I don’t want him to know.” I may be reading too much into this but I am wondering if my son doesn’t want me to [...]

Thank God for home improvement projects. (No, really. Thank you God!) If it wasn’t for having to dig out bushes, install sinks and fans, change light fixtures, fix the toilet, paint each room in the house (all at least once), hook up the waterline in the refrigerator….well, you get the idea….I’d have no tools at [...]

It irks me to no end when I see what passes for children’s entertainment these days. I blame it on the Teletubbies, as they started this ridiculous trend where amorphous blobs who blather on in unintelligible clicks and whistles have become the standard for children’s entertainment. Whatever happened to Raffi and Sharon, Lois and Bram. [...]

Being a paperboy used to be a right of passage for kids in America. I am sure at least half of those people reading this post either had a paper route or had a sibling with a paper route. It just was part of the fabric of America and the newspaper business.

A new weekend tradition was born in my house recently: the pajama road trip. This was brought on by two phenomena. First was the opening of a new Dunkin’ Donuts near our house. Second was the fact that it was entirely too early to get dressed for a weekend day. Problem: how to get doughnuts [...]