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It’s a Small World… I Suppose

Long before my wife and I took our son to DisneyWorld he heard the iconic, catchy, and terrible song “It’s a Small World” and believed the lyrics to be “It’s a Small World, I suppose.” We got a great laugh about it and looked forward …

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America, Disney, kids, Laziness, Media, Memories, parenthood, Rants, society, Strollers, TravelLeave a Comment on It’s a Small World… I SupposeMay 28, 2014 By todd

Service Agreement – Reflections on Marriage

Recently, a single guy I know posted an link on Facebook to an article about marriage. The author was a woman who described the typical day with her husband, surviving their kids and life’s madness, and she came across very overbearing and controlling of the …

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Belief, Facebook, marriage, parenthood, Purpose, Rants, serviceLeave a Comment on Service Agreement – Reflections on MarriageMarch 31, 2014 By todd

Geek Tragedy

I consider myself a fairly tame member of the geek world. I’ve never attended Comic-con. I don’t dress up. Many video games and TV shows have passed me by without my time or concern. Yet I can still hold my own in conversations about those …

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Films, kids, Learning, parenthood, Rants, Star Wars, story, StupidityLeave a Comment on Geek TragedyOctober 29, 2013 By todd

Eating Plastic

My son got a kitchen for Christmas. I don’t mean we remodeled a section of our kitchen for him or that he’s discovered how to use our kitchen properly. He received a molded-plastic play kitchen that will be taller than him for the next few …

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kids, parenthood, Rants, Stupidity1 Comment on Eating PlasticDecember 26, 2012 By todd

Unrepresented

I’m pleased to say that we’re on the home stretch. Two weeks from now the political ticker that is Facebook will quiet down and everyone can go back to inane comments and photos of their dinner. Well, actually it will probably be three-weeks from now …

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2012, America, Election, Gary Johnson, ISideWith, Libertarian, Presidents, Rants, society, Stupidity2 Comments on UnrepresentedOctober 23, 2012 By todd

That’s My Penis

I’ve realized that when it comes to bodily functions, I’m a bit of a puritan. In junior high when boys decide that all the best jokes contain waste, I was always the first to be disgusted. And then in college we had a guy in …

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kids, Learning, parenthood, Porn, Rants, shit storm4 Comments on That’s My PenisOctober 1, 2012 By todd

Building Heroes: Armstrong vs. Armstrong

At the end of August, two men named Armstrong were both in the news. Neil Armstrong was mentioned because he died at the age of 82. Lance Armstrong was mentioned because of an ongoing investigation into doping during his cycling career. Very different men with …

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America, Armstrong, Belief, Heroes, Inspiration, Lance, Media, Neil, Rants, society, Technology1 Comment on Building Heroes: Armstrong vs. ArmstrongSeptember 19, 2012 By todd

Death to Funerals

On a recent hike with one of my best friends I mentioned my distain for funerals and he nodded knowingly. You see, he turns 40 this year – and I’m only a year away – so deep conversations are more prone to brush up against …

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beauty, Belief, Faith, fatherhood, Friendship, Hiking, Hollywood, Inspiration, John Hughes, kids, Learning, Purpose, Rants, society, Tony Scott6 Comments on Death to FuneralsAugust 20, 2012 By todd

Worse than a Shit Job

A garbage truck pulled up to my work the other day and the driver got out to empty our dumpster. As always he wore coveralls so filthy they appear to have not been cleaned since he bought them, which actually makes some sense – when …

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Jobs, Rants, shit storm, WorkLeave a Comment on Worse than a Shit JobJuly 14, 2012 By todd

Pondering Your Worth…

I’m so far behind in updating this blog that no one can claim I deal in “current events”. But, I’ve been thinking about a major news event since it happened. And even though it quickly died out of the news cycle, it seemed to me …

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Belief, Challenge, Inspiration, Live Well, parenthood, Purpose, Rants1 Comment on Pondering Your Worth…December 6, 2011 By todd

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