• Unlearn what you have learned

    Unlearn what you have learned

    One thing I had to unlearn was wearing my insecurity on my sleeve.

  • On the road again 

    On the road again 

    As this post is going live, I am getting ready for, already on my way to Madison to see kid 2 for the weekend. It’s a semi emergency situation. I had mentioned earlier in another post about how he’s been struggling a little bit with school being away from home…

  • Three seasonal items / flavors I will NOT consume

    Three seasonal items / flavors I will NOT consume

    As WordPress continues to recycle old prompts, I pulled another prompt from The Coffee Monsterz Co to respond to today What seasonal flavor do you genuinely like any time of the year? (e.g. pumpkin spice, gingerbread) I have a little confession to make: I’m not a foodie. At all. So…

  • The rudderless ship

    The rudderless ship

    As sad as it is to say, I don’t feel that there’s anything in my life right now that I’m “really close” to achieving

  • A disclaimer

    A disclaimer

    As an English teacher in a bona fide word nerd, I really started thinking about the difference between a disclaimer and a warning.

  • How Rob Beats the Blues

    How Rob Beats the Blues

    Due to my struggles with anxiety and depression, I think it’s so important for me – probably even more than it is for the average person – to have things in place to lift my spirits when I’m feeling down.

  • Crashing Into The Learning Curve

    Crashing Into The Learning Curve

    Kid 1 is having some struggles in his first semester away at college. I have to say that this wasn’t unexpected.

  • Nothing but a number

    Nothing but a number

    Sometimes I do feel my age, and sometimes I do not feel my age,although it has been no most of my life.

  • Rob’s top 10 horror movies

    Rob’s top 10 horror movies

    I’ve said it before elsewhere and I’ll say it again: Halloween is my favorite “holiday” of the year, probably even more so than Christmas. Whereas Christmas is a time of enormous pressure for an adult, particularly a father, Halloween is just plain fun: some costumes, carve some pumpkins, get some…

  • My criteria for a good vacation

    My criteria for a good vacation

    My two criteria for a “good vacation“ are as follows: