I realized I claimed 2008 was the Year of the Muskrat, but I was foolish and naive back then. Here’s why 2011 was, in fact, The Year (especially in comparison to 2010): I start writing for DadCentric, and it almost immediately gets voted the #1 dad blog in the world by Babble. And then again [...]
There is nothing pretty about this anorexic caterpillar parked on my face. I even got the “You going for the Chester the Molester look or something?” and “Did you lose a bet?” questions today at drill weekend, which surprised me, since the prevalence of mustaches among enlisted military folk is much higher than what I [...]
I was visiting a few blogs I don’t read often enough tonight and saw this post about doing something that scares you every day for a month. And then I thought: “Hey, it’s only the 2nd day of November, but I’ve done that every day of this month! How cool am I? Very. I am [...]
Thursday night, I co-hosted a Halloween party that was preceded by a Four Loko, which I’ve since learned is NOT supposed to be consumed in one sitting, because it’s like downing 4-5 beers at once. Doing this before dinner is an especially bad idea, and following it with sake and innumerable glasses of straight bourbon [...]
I’ve always wanted to see San Diego. Mainly because I love Ron Burgundy and TOP GUN. So, when BlogHer announced last August that San Diego was where 2011′s conference was going to be, I went online and bought myself a ticket right quick. I even went two days early. I was most looking forward to [...]
