Before I was born, my parents lived in Charleston, South Carolina. Dad flew C-141s there, and they had a boat and several sets of wooden water skis. Dad would slalom. Mom would drive the boat. Then, they’d switch places, and he’d pull her on a pair of skis. A few […]
Upon landing in Detroit, we drove to Ann Arbor, and I posed in front of the largest stadium on a college campus in the nation in my yellow pants (not maize). Then? Brunch at Angelo‘s, where I quite possibly had the best omelet I’ve ever had (and this kid eats […]
When I was in law school, a major impediment to my doing well on exams was the propensity of one of the TV stations to show “The Sound of Music” every mid-December. I know a single dude in his 20s isn’t necessarily supposed to love a movie from 1965 that […]
Know what the best part of Friday night was when you were a kid? This: Know what the best part of whenever-the-heck-I-want-it-to-be is? This: Because I don’t have to wait for Friday night any more. I can use our roku box and stream, via Amazon Prime, vintage “Dukes of Hazzard” […]
A few months ago, my friend Jody suggested that 4 of us who grew up together in Hendersonville, TN and all went to undergrad together at University of Alabama bring our families down to Tuscaloosa for the spring football game, affectionately abbreviated as “A-day.” I’ve known Jody since 1983, which […]
April 6 was my 5th soloversary, meaning it was the 5th anniversary of my leaving my job and starting my own firm. I’m not good at simple celebrations that last one day, so I didn’t have one. We drove to northern Alabama and left the 3 youngsters at my parents’ […]
I’ve been writing since 1983 and blogging since 2006. I’ve written for a military blog, legal blog, and humor blog. I’ve yet to have a dad blog–a blog I define as one on which I can write things I wouldn’t mind my children reading one day. So this is it. […]