As a direct result of me being a stay-at-home Dad, I was called up from the reserves to fight in a combat situation. The grocery store. If I were to describe my shopping method before having kids, it would be tactical with a pinch of OCD. Getting in and out of the store in record time is something I’ve always…
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A lot of people think that getting a dog before you have kids is a great move. Canines certainly aren’t as complicated as infants, but they do force you to understand what it might be like to have someone depend on you and the responsibility of keeping them alive. The upside is love and companionship. The downside is being an…
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The evolution of tailgating continued after I became a Dad. What originally started as an underground subculture, had pushed it’s way into the mainstream. In high school, for me, tailgating was a couple of guys huddled around the tailgate of my ’85 Ford Ranger at the Hosensack railroad tracks, shotgunning a case of Natural Lights we stole from someone’s open…
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My memories of the pediatrician are few, but the ones that I do have are very distinct. Whether it was a yearly check-up, immunizations or a sick visit, my Mom (a nurse) was, by default, better equipped than my Dad to accompany us to the doctor. Plus, like a lot of us, my Dad’s kryptonite was screaming, germ-ridden kids, so…
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My first day back at work after the holiday was a rude awakening. Within a few hours of being at the office, I found that my company had decided to take a less aggressive approach in scripted development and ultimately changed their direction. With that, I was out of a job. I had worked in comedy for the last 10…
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