Tonight is the first night of Chanukah. As a less than devout Jew, I remember my first Chanukah, or let me rephrase that. I remember the first Chanukah I remember. Actually, due to years of abusing my brain with chemicals, I don’t remember what I had for breakfast. But I’m going to pretend I remember [...]

This week my oldest came home from school and she was sooooo excited that she screamed something inaudible to me that I later learned was, “Dad, I’m the star of the week!” As I prodded about this so-called award, I found out that it’s earned by getting your name pulled out of the hat. There’s [...]