Sk8 And Destroy
I’m not the kind of guy who has altruism down and unconditional love in the bag. There are millions of people who have a better grasp on these virtues. I’m working on it, though, but for now I’m a little bit jealous as I’m sitting…
(Why) I Hate Candy Land
Long before I met Mario, or slipped my first grubby quarter into a Dig Dug machine, or sat down to master the finer arts of Ms. Pac Man, I loved playing games. Board games, card games and run around outside games like tag and capture…
A Losing Proposition – The Games We Play
I hate losing. It consumes my body: diaphragm, clinched teeth, muscles tensing up underneath my flab. My son Sebastian hates losing even more than I do. In fact, losing resembles a small death the way he reacts to it. When he loses a game, any…
Too Much Summer
It seems sacrilegious to even say so, but it’s true. We have all reached that special moment in time when all the sun, the fun, the play and the games come home to roost. The ice cream: peppermint stick and rocky road and bubblegum and…
Dad #Fail
I fully recognize my stupidity in this post. A swim diaper is a disposable garment specifically designed to be porous, allowing liquid to freely flow from inside to out without absorption. It’s a poop catcher with an interesting backstory. A diaper retains all. However, at…
H2No
If I were smart, I would have long ago fully outsourced the task of teaching my kids to swim to a professional. Then I could sit poolside, comfortably dry and smiling supportively as some other poor bastard cajoled and grappled with my two sinking monkey…