• Where be his quiddities now?

    Where be his quiddities now?

    I was stunned, in that way that people are when they hear something come out of left field like that.  Instinctively, I asked “are you serious?”  which I’ve always thought was a really stupid question at a moment like that.

  • Feeling Roger Murtaugh

    Feeling Roger Murtaugh

    I’m almost forty years old.  I haven’t worked out for months, I don’t party like I used to and I’m not getting any younger.

  • faster, higher, stronger?

    faster, higher, stronger?

    I used to love watching the Olympic Games. I still love the athletic competition, don’t get me wrong.  i think over the last few years, I’ve gotten really frustrated over NBC‘s coverage of the games.  I swear, they don’t show anything unless its an event in which the US is…

  • A leopard never changes its spots

    A leopard never changes its spots

    A store-bought pie and a 1995 Thanksgiving dinner: the moment Rob realized he was dealing with an ‘affinity for bullshit.’ Revisiting a 2014 classic about honesty, gaslighting, and the red flags we often ignore. A raw look at the origins of the rebuilding process.

  • when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object

    when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object

    I took a page out of her book:  after warning her several times to stop the name-calling, I told her that I would continue this conversation when she was ready to talk like an adult.

  • In defense of Planet Fitness

    Planet Fitness Is Not a Gym | Men’s Health. Personally, I love Planet Fitness.  I love the “Judgement-Free Zone”. I love the Lunk-Head alarm. I love the inexpensive monthly rate.  I love the incredibly flexible hours of operation – with their higher-traffic locations open 24/7.  And I love the fact…

  • digging ourselves out

    “…nothin’ lasts forever, even cold November rain” – W. Axl Rose The weather is finally breaking and people are starting to come out of their homes and resume their normal lives.  It’s kind of surreal:  local temperatures are about 35 degrees higher than they were 2 and a half days ago.…

  • down in a hole

    People think that getting a divorce decree is the final step in the whole divorce process.  I’m coming to the realization that it is just the beginning. As I posted earlier here, this past Christmas, my divorce and my interactions with The Kid and with Jabba were taken to a…

  • 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.…