A geek and a father tries to empty out the mess that is his brain. Watch your step - it’s messy in here…
I typed this earlier as a response to a friend’s blog about religion. But I realized if I left this buried as a comment, I might not get to offend as many people as I normally do when I get into religious discussions.
So, since I’m in a mood, and for the sake of pissing everyone [...]
Well it’s Sunday night.
We are off to another school week.
Last week was less than pleasant.
I’m hoping this week will be better.
My daughter was really showing some immaturity during the week, and I was embarrassed for her. The poor kid cried in school almost every morning. And not just a little crying. We are talking full-fledged [...]
There is a distinctive smell in the air on the morning of the first day of school. I used to think it
was my imagination. School can’t make the air smell different, can it? But, dammit, I remember the
smell of school starting.
Maybe it’s what morning smells like to someone who prefers sunsets and stars to sunrises [...]
I’m tired.
I’ll try not to ramble on too long – I need sleep.
It was a long weekend.
It seems, though, that the meaning of weekend and weekday for me is fading.
It’s just another day.
I kinda like that.
For the kids, however, those distictions are about to mean everything again.
School starts tomorrow.
One starts 2nd grade, the other 5th.
It’s [...]
OK – I’m going to try to spin this a different way.
I’m chock full of negativity lately.
But I’m not sure that all that badness is all bad.
I think a lot of the bad is probably good.
Being happy and content all the time is not necessarily a good thing.
Neither is laying back and just letting things [...]