My Dad retired as a volunteer firefighter back in 2002 after a 34 year career that saw him rise from a probational fireman to chief of the department. He’s a big, hulking guy of 6’2″, though time has caught up to him in the height department a bit. He had to investigate arson, watch as [...]

Long time, no post. Sorry. I have started to play board games with my older two children lately, and I have a rule–I don’t roll over and play dead so they can “win” a game. I will modify the rules so the game is easier for everybody, but throwing a game just doesn’t seem right. [...]

Vox populi. A comment I heard on our local sports radio station, which had involved one of the hosts proudly admitting that he did all the shopping for the family. “Whipped” was the response of one of the other station employees, and a few callers. One husband called in with this pithy rebuttal: “‘Whipped’ is [...]

I’d like to tip my hat to Peter, whose post on the differing emotional needs of men and women made for a good conversation topic between Heather and I last night. It rang true to both of us. And she pointed out the great imporance of number 2, “Conversation.” That’s probably my biggest failing, especially [...]

Thanks to Rob for the invite and kind words about my blog. Ditto his generous offer to host the first meeting. One question: “Orange County”…Ohio? Indiana? Ontario? Because I know Michigan doesn’t have one. And because this is a Dads blog, I thought this would be an ideal first link, to an MSNBC story about [...]