Last fall, I had the privilege of stepping in to coach the Junior Varsity baseball team at my boys’ school for the off-season program. By rule, the “real” coaches are not allowed to be on the field with the players when they are not officially in season so they recruit others: dads, past players, outside…
Life in Grapevine, Texas during the 1920’s to 1950’s (from the Star-Telegram archive) A while back I stumbled across this post from the Star-Telegram of photos from our little town back in the day. Because too much on the internet gets lost, I decided to grab a copy of it all as an archive for…
I originally thought this would work well as a tweet. It ended up being a little long for that. Last week was Spring Break for our kids. It wasn’t in the cards for us to do a big SB trip but we also didn’t want the boys to not have anything the whole week, either.…
At the time of this writing, I’ve been married over 21 years. I bought this hat in college, prior to getting married, meaning that I’ve owned it for more than 21 years. As you can see, it’s been worn a couple times. The bill shows signs of wear. A frayed edge; exposed guts; sweat rings;…
This is a public plea to @melanieross to let me buy this place in Bjarkøy, Norway. I bet the weather is terrible. And the sun shines for like 3 hours per day. And the food would cause my stomach to do backflips. But those all seem like minor hurdles to owning this slice of heaven.
This year marks a decent milestone for my wife and I, we have now been married for two entire decades. Thankfully, it’s as enjoyable as ever though I know that she puts up with me far more than she should have to. To reward ourselves (as if being married 20-years to me isn’t rewarding enough)…
Posting here for posterity; reminders for us all that there are good things in this world to celebrate. Target (and their Cat & Jack brand) did a bang-up job on this ad campaign. The picture tells most of the story but you can read mom’s words here if you want: https://d.pr/s3T0nh
This past Saturday, the boys and I did a little re-arranging of their playroom. Adding a second bookshelf and a larger TV. While it took a little longer than if I had tackled on my own, I encouraged and appreciated their help with the project. Hopefully it gives them a little more ownership of it.…
Hey Internet, let’s play a game. No, not toilet golf, that would be ridiculous. I received this gag as a gift for Christmas. I tried to give it to my avid-golfing-business-partner but he wants nothing to do with it and though we’ve tried, neither one of us has come up with a compelling reason as…
I started coaching baseball to introduce my boys to the greatness that is America’s pastime and to be able to connect to them through something that we could participate in together. Little did I know how much other good could come from it. Through baseball we’ve been able to minister to others, form new/lasting relationships,…
I’ve only checked out one of these Pleasureable Troublemakers so far but I’m throwing this here as a reminder for me to visit them all. Love the concept of the Keymoment, the keychain rack that subtly encourages you to bike instead of drive. In short, if you grab your car key it spits your bike…
Project7 has been a client of ours for going on probably 4-5 years now, we can’t get enough of them and hopefully they haven’t grown tired of us either. Their mission is ‘Products for Good’ and they are pioneers in the social entrepreneurship arena with a passion for making a difference. They’ve figured out a…
The US Thanksgiving holiday has passed which means it’s time for an updated Christmas playlist. As per the norm, it extends a little further than the standard Andy Williams and Bing Crosby (though those are classics and good in their own right) which you can find on most local, AM/FM Christmas stations. If you’ve been…
*For those tl;dr folks, there’s some pictures down below. If you’ve ever had the pleasure of being in my house, you know that we’re a little cozy and limited on space. Most days I like it that way, helps me to keep my material possession desires in check. We’ve had the boys in the same…
If you have kid’s and/or a soul, I’m sure you are as well. Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock (New Hampshire) performs Katy Perry’s ‘Roar‘
NYC designers Jessica Walsh and Timothy Goodman have a little bit of a reality TV experiment going on over at 40 Days of Dating and weirdly enough, it has kept my attention so far. In a nutshell, they are single friends who have decided to engage in a 40-day relationship with a few rules including…
Below is my “you kids get off my lawn face.” It rears itself on most days when I witness silly first-world problem arguments on the Internet. Also, Feedly is my current Google Reader replacement choice but I’m giving Digg Reader a fair shake as well. You know, in case you were wondering. (For the record,…
Russian photographer Sergey Semonov seems to be pretty good at taking photos; view more of his work here: http://www.sergesemenov.com/