Well, this is mortifying. Somewhere along the way I turned into THAT guy. You know, the guy who starts a blog and proceeds to neglect it for months at a time. The guy who makes you wonder why you bother…
Well, Pinewood Derby day has finally come and gone. Jason was hugely excited about the whole thing, having placed second in his den last year despite all his competitors being a year older (Jason was the only Tiger cub in…
The first vote I ever cast, way back in 1984, was to re-elect Ronald Reagan to a second term as president. It may also have been the last time I really felt like I was voting for something, instead of…
One of the (many) joys of my childhood was The Sailor Bob Show, a locally produced children’s program with puppets, skits, cartoons and (best of all, for me) lots of drawing. The main attraction, though, was host Bob Griggs, a…
Jason’s going through a sweet phase where he likes to tell me I’m a great dad. I’m trying to enjoy it while it lasts, and bank up all this praise to get me through his teen years, when he’ll doubtless…
I was 15 years old when John Lennon was killed. At the time, I wasn’t at all into pop music; all the records in the house belonged to my parents, and they were all show tunes, folk or comedy albums,…
