It is pretty unusual for me to go 4 days (or more) between entries but, like so many, I've been busy or distracted, lazy or uninterested, or maybe all of the above at different times or all at once ( Read more... )

A summary of birthday #34...

- Co-worker bought me lunch. Very cool.

- Wife and children bought me dinner. Very tasty.

- Bought myself the new Rooney CD, Calling The World. It is pure sunshine and they score major bonus points for somehow getting Andy Sturmer (former lead singer/drummer for Jellyfish, the most underrated band of the past 20 ( Read more... )

There is nothing quite like attending a wedding of two people in their mid 20's to put your mid 30's into some perspective.

I'll be 34 tomorrow and, with each passing year, I find the actual number itself to be less and less relevant. Then again, I'm aging and it is always the older set that wants to tell you age doesn't matter because, hi, we don ( Read more... )

Our little Gavin turns 7 years old today. And, as has become a tradition for our kids (and, from what I can tell, other people's kids too) he is milking his day of birth into a 3-day fiesta. Last night he got himself some Olive Garden and a trip to Toys R Us. The latter was especially nice because that rapidly closing toy chain is one of the only ( Read more... )

Last night I actually had to remind myself that, in fact, tomorrow (Sunday) is my 32nd Birthday. Seriously...my wife, the kids, and I have been so busy that my pending b-day has been more like an item on a to-do list than anything to really get all festive about. Mind you, 32 is hardly a big red letter year but on this go-around I think it's a ( Read more... )

So our little one, G, will turn 5 years old tomorrow (March 2) and there is something about a kid being 5 instead of 4 that makes them instantly "bigger". It's not a physical change but a change in perspective. For example, if you tell a total stranger "I have a 5 year old son/daughter" their mental image of that child will be different then if you ( Read more... )