At Least I’m Not My Dad
In hindsight, I probably was not quite as strict a disciplinarian with my girls when they were growing up as I should have been. Certainly nothing like how my dad disciplined me. I realize now […]
Tag: family
Turkey walks down Memory Lane
My son is coming home from college for Thanksgiving and I can’t wait. I miss him. In reality, he hasn’t gone anywhere—not yet, anyway. The kid is only 13 years old. He’s in junior high […]
Off without a Thanksgiving Hitch
It’s Thanksgiving—time for my Alfred Hitchcock movie marathon! My wife and nine-year-old son roll their eyes. Hey, it’s tradition. I get that they don’t get how Hitchcock suspense movies have anything to do with a […]
Pumpkin Pie
Last year before Thanksgiving, my son, who was 9 at the time, tried to convince me that Mommy hated pumpkin pie. How can you hate pumpkin pie? “It’s one of her favorites,” I said. “Mommy […]
HumorOutcasts Radio – Interview with Dorothy Rosby
Dorothy Rosby was back this week to talk about her book I Didn’t Know You Could Make Birthday Cake From Scratch: Parenting Blunders from Cradle to Empty Nest as well as her award-winning humor column […]
Milk Mania!
It’s night. Good Guy is fast asleep in bed, unshakable. Outside, Bad Guy is armed, dangerous. He breaks into Good Guy’s house. If only Good Guy could hear Bad Guy down the hall, he could […]
Nobody gets to drive this but me
I don’t like house chores at all, but my wife and I recently bought a new vacuum and I’ve since changed my attitude about carpet-cleaning duties. Let me break down the model we bought. First […]
Tooth for a tooth, eye for school supplies
I don’t remember my elementary school sending home a list of supplies to buy when I was a kid. From what I recall, my parents bought what they thought I’d need. I like to help […]
Ham and Cheese on Why
Bad things happen to me and I ask, “Why?” The other night, my wife and I took our 11-year-old son and his friend to dinner, and two total strangers sitting across the way paid our […]