Category Archives: Parenting

The Torch of Fashion Dork-i-tude

Just so we get it out of the way upfront, let me state for the record that I love my Dad, Wes. He’s always been a supportive and encouraging Father, a good listener, a strong advisor, and an excellent role model. In terms of the luck of the draw, I couldn’t possibly have asked for a better …

February 12, 2013 – 5:26 pm | By mike | Posted in Kids, Life Lessons, Man-Dom, Mid-Life Crisis, Parenting | Comments (5)

When Then Grandparents Leave

Yesterday morning my folks headed out to DIA for their return trip back to Pittsburgh after a 10 day visit here in Denver. Here are some quick thoughts on how life changes at our house when the Grandparents pack up and head back home: When the grandparents leave all 3 of my kids wake up every …

January 3, 2013 – 7:01 pm | By mike | Posted in Holidays, Kids, Life Lessons, Parenting | Comments (3)

Winston Churchill, Catch Football, And Wanton Parental Contradiction

  I hate to sound like one of those cantankerous mid-40’s white dudes who spends all his time bitching about how much better the world was when he was a kid but my wife says it’s one of my strong suits, so I’m just going to go with it. The focus of today’s mid-life bitchery has to …

November 14, 2012 – 6:19 pm | By mike | Posted in Kids, Life Lessons, Man-Dom, Marriage, Mid-Life Crisis, Parenting, Sports, Television | Comments (0)

The Biggest Mistake of My Life?

Where I grew up in Pittsburgh we didn’t have “Middle School”.  Instead we had something called “Junior High School”.  But don’t get overly consternated by the slight difference in name.  Other than the fact that Junior High is made up of only grades 7 and 8 (as opposed to grades, 6, 7 and 8) I …

July 17, 2012 – 3:07 pm | By mike | Posted in Kids, Life Lessons, Mid-Life Crisis, Parenting, Sports | Comments (2)