Clearly, I Suck.

February 15, 2012

Share I’ve never liked popularity contests. Mainly because I never win. Actually, there was that one time in high school where I was the sole recipient of the “Tallest” award, but there’s really no merit in that. It’s just genetics. A win by default. When a bloggy buddy of mine shared on her Facebook Wall [...]

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Mahlika

February 14, 2012

Share Well, we finally decided on a name for our newest fuzzy family member. While I fancied my sister’s suggestion of “Giblets,” considering they’re also from turkey, I ultimately lost out. Personally, I thought it’d be awesome to see that name emblazoned on her dog tags, veterinary records, and rabies certificate, but Heather vetoed the [...]

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5,000 Miles to Freedom

February 14, 2012

Share Well, we did it again. We brought another abandoned pooch into our home. Only this time, we went international. Two weeks ago, our newly adopted 2-year old Golden Retriever was 5,000+ miles away in Turkey. Tonight, she’s on our living room couch. A dear friend of ours made a recent trip to Istanbul and [...]

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Lock Box

February 13, 2012

Share As President of the PTO, my wife is responsible for, well, everything. One of the zillion responsibilities she has is to raise money at various PTO events so that the school can fund things like field trips, reading programs, and Family Fun Days. With how difficult it’s been for her to fundraise in a [...]

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Thick and Rough

February 11, 2012

Share I love my wife. Not only because she’s my soul mate, but also because she hands me innuendos and blog topics on a silver platter. I know it’s unsportsmanlike for me to take advantage of the things she lobs over the net, but I just can’t help channeling my inner McEnroe and ruthlessly smashing [...]

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The Whitey Shuffle

February 9, 2012

Share Wow. White guys SUCK at dancing. I say that emphatically. We really suck. I know it’s cliche to poke fun at the white man’s ineptitude when it comes to the dance floor, but it’s a reality we just can’t shake. Much like our money makers. What’s the deal with this? Why do white guys [...]

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Stuffed Larry

February 3, 2012

Share How cool does a cat have to be on the cool cat scale before it’s socially acceptable to have him stuffed upon death? I only ask because my wife has repeatedly told me that when our cat Larry dies, we’re having him stuffed for display. At first I just kinda laughed it off like [...]

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The Dream of Home Ownership

January 31, 2012

Share In the spirit of full disclosure I should probably mention that this is a sponsored post inspired by Genworth Financial. I say ‘inspired’ because they graciously offered to pay me to write anything I want about home ownership. They didn’t tell me what to write or even give me any guidelines to follow. They [...]

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

January 30, 2012

Share What? Too soon? Not at all! In fact, it’s almost too late. If you have kids or access to kids or just want to act like a kid, see if your local Red Cross is taking part in the “Hearts from Home” initiative whereby Valentine’s Day cards are sent to our troops overseas. Considering [...]

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And a Lemon P

January 28, 2012

Share If you haven’t yet seen “Nursery University,” you have to. It’s like a train wreck that you just can’t take your eyes off of. My first impression was that it was a fake documentary in the vein of “Best in Show” because I didn’t think people could genuinely become this obsessed over being awarded [...]

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Plateau of Mathematical Learning

January 23, 2012

Share When our 10-year old son comes to me for help with a math problem, I feel empowered. He’ll sidle up next to me, explain the problem, and then we’ll sit there together and solve it. I love feeling like a hero. I love when he looks at me with amazement because I’m SO smart. [...]

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In-House Entertainment

January 20, 2012

Share I’ve been overly and chaotically slammed as I try to catch up on work lately. Between typical holiday fallout and breaking appendages, it’s been difficult to find the time and opportunity to write. So, to at least give you something to look at as you await my return, I’m attaching a short but adorable [...]

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Chillin’ on the Sopa

January 18, 2012

Share If you’re confused by the media and political circus surrounding SOPA, don’t expect to find any better answers here. In a world piloted by agenda, it’s almost impossible to truly gauge a bill’s impact unless you take the time to weed through all the biased opinions and influence. When I first got wind of [...]

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That’s Right, I’m Giving You the Finger…

January 16, 2012

Share …update. Let me begin by personally thanking everyone for all the well wishes and heartfelt surgery-free thoughts after my devastating sports injury on Thursday night. They worked! I met with an orthopedic surgeon this morning and he told me that my finger sustained no ligament or tendon damage. While I have a ton of [...]

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Are We Done Now?

January 14, 2012

Share Heather’s last words before I left to play basketball last night were, “Don’t get hurt.” Twenty minutes later I was calling to tell her that she needed to take me to the Emergency Room. I had just passed the basketball to a teammate when someone on the opposing team made a late swipe for [...]

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