Hip-Hip Huzzah!

–or–"I've, like, got a note from a pastor and that's totally as good as one from a doctor, right?

I apologize for the lack of posting that has plagued the blog since Thursday. Wife, child, future child and I have been out of town attending my (only) sister's wedding. It was a great weekend [...]

Daddy's Little Helper

Gettin' all suited up and ready to grill:

On go the mitts.

Incoming!

That's right, ladies and gents: Numero Dos is on the way, and boy ain't he/she a beaut? (We're going to be surprised as to the sex as we were with Will).
Baby is healthy, although the ultrasound tech said they're a little on the small side. They said the same thing about Will, and [...]

Our Own Southern Strategery

Last week was a week full of fun, family, friends, frivolity and lots of driving.
Brad has already admirably covered our brief stint in Norf Caruhlienuh, so I will decline to comment upon it except to note that I look far more like John Belushi as "Samurai Delicatessen" samurai than the prototypical Westernized depiction of Jesus.
So [...]

"Inconvenience", Through The Eyes Of A Toddler

I came home yesterday to find that my township, in a fit of civic brilliance, had decided to start a road infrastructure improvement project. Directly. Outside. My House. Now, while this is a wonderful thing (once everything is complete) it does mean that my normal parking spots have gone the way [...]

I'm Living In The Wrong State

Evidence just keeps cropping up that my wife is right and I simply need to bite the bullet and move to Texas. It's culturally, legally and politically far more amenable to those of my particular persuasions. For example, the state legislature sees the idiocy that is speeding cameras and reacts accordingly:

[T]he Lonestar State [...]

My Son: An Orator Of Singular Talent

Will has been getting increasingly verbal in the past couple of months, but unfortunately, it's of a peculiar sort. He has said "kitty", "cup", "ball", "truck" and a host of other words, but each and every one only once.
The words he drops are largely contextual — it's clear that he understands what [...]