The weather in San Francisco has been absolutely stunning for the past couple of weeks. If you don’t live in the city, allow me to explain how incredibly rare this is. Our summers consist of fair mornings that give way to windy and foggy afternoons, usually with an afternoon high in the low-60’s or high-50’s. [...]
There are hundreds, even thousands of things those parenting books don’t bother to tell you about. Enough to fill a few books with, to be sure. The books all cover the basics, the things you would expect to need to expect. Few of them have broken ground to cover that which is unspoken truth, those [...]
Tomorrow marks one year since Tolstoy passed away. I am constantly amazed at how much I still miss the guy. When food hits the ground, I still immediately think, “Oh, Tol is going to love that.” When we get home from a trip, I still hesitate coming up the stairs, wondering how pissed he is [...]
A few weeks ago, Dan Patrick had Chi McBride on his AM radio sports show. Chi (sounds like “Shy”) does one of the best Christopher Walken impressions on the planet, and goes on to tell three classic Walken stories. I ganked the audio and cut it down to just the good stuff: click here to [...]
PG&E crews have been tearing up the streets in our ‘hood for a good five or six months now. Seems there was this federal grant that PG&E was sitting on, and even though they declared bankruptcy, the fed insisted that the work get done or the money get returned. It has been great for Ryder, [...]
I’m constantly amazed by the connections Ryder is able to make, as well as his hilarious sense of humor. While we were getting ready to put Ryder to sleep tonight, Michele hoisted Ryder over the bed-rails straight into the middle of the bed, declaring, “Wow, you flew into bed with the greatest of ease!”
“I flew [...]
11/27/06: Post 1.015
One of the things I’ve always looked forward to in parenting are the toys. I’ve been waiting to introduce my child to Erector [...]
7/23/06: Post 1.003
Sleep is not overrated.
After extensive and ongoing experimentation by my son, gravity continues to function as theorized; especially on spoons, water [...]
7/20/06: Post 1.002
Michele, Ryder and I recently returned from a week on the South shore of Kauai. In our past lives, pre-parenthood, Michele and I [...]