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Earlier in the week I was awakened by fighting siblings…what else is new. While our children have advanced beyond the COMPLETELY self-centered world from whence they came, random acts of kindness (particularly towards each other) in adolescence are few and far between.
As I made my way downstairs to intervene, our son was already at the bottom of the landing ready to present his side of the confrontation. Read the rest of The Waffle Story
A few weeks ago I lost my precious iPhone. Did I say “lost”? It was mercilessly STOLEN from my office! The deranged purloiner had the audacious cruelty to call me from my very own device and gloat.
Despite my anger I turned the event into a teachable moment for our kids, opting for the “not all people are like that” approach as opposed to promoting “the world is a cold, cruel place” mentality.
This week, I’m proud to score +1 for the human race, courtesy of my better half who lost her iPhone in the local Trader Joe’s grocery store. Within minutes I got a call from my new pal Philippe, a worker at TJ’s who saved us 500 bananas. [Read more...]
Sometimes it takes a good breakfast cereal to help put things in perspective. Personally, I compare EVERY experience to a bowl of Trix ’cause it’s the gold standard of pleasure. Beyond my adolescent, some might say toddler, eating habits there’s another reason breakfast cereals are important to me. Here’s why.
Last year I joined a small and exciting company in the software industry. We’re a “startup,” and in the pursuit of world domination startups need funding. So along with inventing, marketing, selling and crying… uh trying…my colleagues and I have been working our tails off courting investors. “Dear Mr. ‘The Donald’, Have I got a deal for you!” [Read more...]
While the majority of “On Dad’s Watch” stories are about our wacky twosome, I’ve sometimes written about another wacky pair, my very own parents. They’re a couple of old folk who don’t quite know it yet. Today they left on a cruise, where I suspect they’ll surf … maybe not, but the attitude is there.
Each year around this time they make their way out west to escape the unbearable northeast global warming. Annually, I try coaxing them to come earlier and this year, by leveraging an exciting medical emergency, I succeeded! Aren’t I clever.
When you woke up a few weeks ago did you say, “Wow! It’s Super Bowl Sunday!” Or, “Wow! It’s the 7th anniversary of ‘On Dad’s Watch’!”? Come on, be honest.
Well for those of you who didn’t remember…February 6th was Super Bowl Sunday. I trust when you were done participating in whatever nationwide On Dad’s Watch celebration was happening in your local area, you didn’t forget to catch a few of the game’s highlights on the evening news.
