Category: deep thoughts
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I got game
Today I substitute taught at a juvenile correctional facility. Juvie. I had heard about the facility a while ago, and i was tempted to fill-in there but it wasn’t until I talked to some teachers at another local school that I really thought i’d give it a try. Like a…
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Weathering the storm
A valuable lesson in checking your e-mail on a timely basis: This past Sunday I opened an e-mail from Jabba explaining that her dad had died that Friday night. It seemed both crazy and not at all unexpected. He’s had health issues for some time. I also know that the…
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this is forty
Am I doing everything I can for The Kid? If I were to lose him tomorrow (God forbid) could I live with myself knowing that I did everything I could for him?
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somewhere between a death and a busboy
A random thought from the other day: Several years back, I had gotten into doing the Windsor Pilates workout. There was a bit where Mari Windsor is talking about exercises you glutious maximus (your butt) muscles and she says “Gotta make both cheeks even,”. That stupid line has stuck with…
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A crisis of the mid-life variety?
As I stated in previous entries, I’ve never been a person to say “this is mature, that is immature,” or “I’m too old for this, I’m too young for that” but it seems as Year Forty draws closer, I’m getting more annoyed at maturity level of – not so much…
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Rob Reacts: Matthew McConaughey’s Very McConaughey Oscar Acceptance Speech
If you had told me 20 years ago that THIS guy would win an Academy Award, I would have had you committed.
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hoping for the best
Despite the experiences – good and bad – we all have with one another, we always look for the best in others.
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loose ends
Something that I’ve learned over the last few years (and has been reinforced in me even more so recently) is there is no such thing as a routine divorce. No divorce that I know of goes “by the book” or “by the numbers”. I can’t help but think of some…
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snow-bound
Like most Americans, i’m dealing with the effects of Winter Storm Ion (and when the hell did they start naming winter storms anyway?). I’ve been more or less staying close to home the last several days due to a combination of the snow amounts, cold temperatures and poor road conditions.…
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the seeds of a revolution
I’m not in the mood for New Year’s resolutions for 2014, I’m looking at starting a New Year’s Revolution. I’m not interested in making little change to enhance my life. I’m looking at making the massive modifications necessary to achieve the goals I have been setting for my life.Sadly have…
Rebuilding Rob 