First, let me say that I don’t believe there is one rule that fits every divorced person’s circumstance. There are a million and one variables that all need to be taken into cons… Read More

Something fun today. I started my career writing / producing / singing parody songs for Premiere Radio Networks a few decades ago. More recently I’ve been directing music videos… Read More

As I reacted to the natural call of my offspring (“DAD!”) for the 1,528th time this weekend, I recognized that I was starting to sound annoyed in my responses. Annoyed. Annoyed w… Read More

It still amazes me that after a number of children and adults were injured by these little suckers, they were banned by our government. No regulations or restrictions on purchasing. Went str… Read More

I received a few messages from several of you asking, “Where’d you go?”, “You haven’t posted in a while, you ok?,” and the simple answer is, all good. I&r&hell…Read More

Those who stop by here regularly likely know that I’m an avid runner. It’s been a part of my regimen since I was probably seven. I think what started it was my sister telling me… Read More

“Hot damn!” I honestly yelled this out loud when I saw this commercial for Tide featuring a dad dealing with three messy kids. Three messy daughters no less! This guy is my… Read More

I told my kids tonight, “I don’t necessarily remember the gifts I got as a kid at Christmas, but I do remember the people, the places, the moments and the awesomeness of being wi… Read More

For the record, I love the holiday season. Mostly of late, I find comfort in remembering how I felt 40 years ago, doing my best to rekindle those feelings and that perspective of Christmas… Read More

I’m watching my kids and the issues they deal with on a daily basis and I swear, you couldn’t pay me enough to be a kid today. I thought my insecurities were overwhelming when I… Read More

Don’t laugh, but I woke up this morning with the “Theme to Mahogany” playing in my head. If you’re unfamiliar with the Diana Ross hit, the first lines of the song go… Read More

I noticed I haven’t been writing or posting as frequently of late. Trust me, it’s not for lack of topics or desire to write. I’ve simply been working through what I believe… Read More

I am a huge fan of the arts and what they can mean to a child both academically and emotionally. Along with art and design, music has been a focal point of my own career and while I haven&rs&hell…Read More

Today I did something I haven’t done in, man, I can’t remember how long. I just …              stopped. Stopped working. Stopped cr… Read More

The weather across the US was without question some of the craziest I’ve seen for a March in a long time. Ironically, my life followed suit as this March was an equally blustery and un… Read More

As I’m writing this my kids are doing their laundry. When you first get divorced; if your time with the kids is divided, it’s very easy to slip into the mode of letting the kids… Read More

I feel like an old man when I tell my kids, “When I was a kid we didn’t have these fancy smancy ‘iPhones.” We had to turn a big dial with holes in it with our index f… Read More

The last (we hope) arctic blast of the 2014 winter closed our schools Monday and Tuesday of this week. With all signs pointing to school kicking back into gear tomorrow I informed the kids t… Read More