Ryan loves the ABC show Wipeout. I don’t blame him. I love the show too. It’s impossible to not laugh at the contestants as they take spills throughout the course, and the cornball, over-the-top commentary from John Anderson and John Henson is hilarious. Like everything with Ryan, there are some unique aspects to the way […]
Read more "The Gift of Focus"My college football blogger and satirist cyber-friend Spencer Hall wrote a humorous post the other day about the saga of former Major League Pitcher Kris Benson and his ex-Playmate wife Anna and their legal troubles. He closed the piece with the following: You probably should have stopped reading at the first paragraph for the fun […]
Read more "Lessons in Obnoxiousness"Last night was just the second since June 9 that my entire family spent under one roof. I was off chasing the Stanley Cup between Boston and Chicago and when I returned, Veronica had taken the kids to visit her sister for a couple of days. It was a long time apart, but we had […]
Read more "It Takes a Village"There is one unsettled matter related to my epic, best-of-39 street hockey series loss to Ryan. Apparently, I agreed to some sort of wager whereby the loser would have to do anything the winner wanted. I say “apparently,” because the first time I heard about the bet was about Game 35. But as the end […]
Read more "The Bet"When did I get so old? My youngest — my youngest! — graduated from elementary school last week, and the impact of that hit me like a ton of bricks. I am the parent of TWO middle-schoolers. Ryan is two years away from entering high school. Don’t get me started on that particular bit of […]
Read more "Saying Goodbye to Elementary School"
Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 