Cute Little Bastards

We bought web cams a few years ago to make business travel a bit easier and so that we could see Max and Charlie when they are in California during the year. Being away from each other is really hard on all of us and if we are able to see one another, at […]

You don’t have to wait until your Father gets home to unleash a can of whoop ass - time outs have a whole different meaning.
There’s no need to worry about a psycho stalking your family when you’re out of town on a business trip.
If there’s a bug that needs killin’ - thy will be done.
No […]

I was talking with my second oldest son Charlie the other day and I asked him for some advice on how to keep doing one of the workout routines that we like to do together. I call it the 5×5. It is 5 sets of differing strength training exercises that I started doing earlier this […]

I was having our school session this morning with John and Julia when John looked out at the window and exclaimed:
“Yook! Is that a rocket ship?”
I looked out the window. There painted in the sky, was a bold vapor trail that ‘yooked’ eerily familiar to the one the Space Shuttle left over Cape Canaveral […]

Although I was born and live here in the U.S. I spent 10 of my more formative years growing up in Australia. My mum and step dad live there, as does my father. You can say that Oz, and the rich experiences I gained there, figure prominently in my life and in my parenting […]

I’m a golfer and I love to take my kids golfing. My oldest Max, who is now 15, started out really loving the game but his current status as a Teenager who thrives on music and counter culture, means that it’s not cool to play golf. Let’s just say Max doesn’t run with the preppy […]