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Michelle was out of town last weekend, so Tommy (my youngest son) and I took our boat out for the first time this spring. If you know me, you know it’s always an adventure when we launch the yacht (okay it’s more like a 20 year old, 20 foot boat). And it was no different […]
My wife and I love our boys. But sometimes that picture above sums up how we feel. We want to wring their necks. It was Tommy’s time for a neck wringing this weekend. “Where you headed?” After a couple of inches of rain Friday night and Saturday morning, the sun was out in the afternoon. […]
It’s almost midnight and 5 teenagers are in the back of our Suburban. Not like that picture above. They’re asleep now. It’s the only time they’ve been asleep at this late hour all week. Just like babies, they’re so well-behaved that way. There’s been a steady rain the past seven hours. It’s been a day of burger […]
Today is Valentine’s Day. Uh-oh. It’s a day you either score … or strike out. With gifts, that is. There’s a lot of pressure to please on this day. Especially for guys. And let’s face it, many of us don’t have a clue. There’s plenty of swinging and missing that fat pitch as it comes […]
You know what it’s like to take something for granted until you don’t have it anymore? Michelle and I sure do. We took a short trip to Oregon recently to visit family. I grew up there, and Michelle and I lived there when we were first married. I worked at this TV station during […]
It’s a busy day for my son Jacob. He just ended his freshman year at OU, and he was hired by parents to deejay the end-of-year party for his former elementary school, Cedar Ridge. I snapped a few photos as he played the tunes. Tonight he’s one of the openers at Cain’s Ballroom in […]
This is what I came home to late last night. After another day of reporting about murders,scandals and disasters, stepping over a snake in my house isn’t my idea of relaxing. I hate snakes! Looks real doesn’t it? That’s what I thought for a heart-stopping moment. To top it off the joke happened the same […]
I’m making progress. Better still, my kids are making progress. Two of my three boys have left home and are in college. However, that doesn’t mean they won’t come back. Many do. Thanks to the recession, the percentage of kids moving back home is at a 50 year high. As many as 3 in […]
It was a big weekend for my youngest boy, Tommy. That’s him showing off his state championship ring. His high school football team, the Union Redskins, won their fourth straight state title last December. The bling came just in time for Tommy’s sophomore Winter Dance. Just like with our other two boys, Michelle and I […]
One of our stories this week on the newscast brought up the age-old spanking debate. Canadian researchers reviewed some 80 studies and found spanking was associated with higher levels of aggression almost without exception. That always sparks a heated discussion. Here’s another form of discipline that’s striking a nerve. A father posted on YouTube a rant […]
