Saw my doctor this morning. I’m down four more pounds over the last seven weeks. That’s not nothing, but as much as I still weigh, I definitely could have done better. However, on the way home I was considering that it represents an important shift in how I do things. Before, when I would fall … Read more
We are blessed with an abundance of good kids/families, with whom we have significant prior experience, on Nathan’s soccer team this fall. Did you mom and/or dad ever say “this hurts me more than it hurts you” when you got spanked, or grounded, or otherwise punished? Wow, do I ever know what they meant now. … Read more
In the late winter/early spring of 1987, I was a landscaper for a few weeks. I got laid off because my boss didn’t get a big contract he was expecting. (That was the stated reason. The actual reason was mostly that I was doughy and lazy.) Prom night my junior year, I went into Taco … Read more