Category Archives: Home is Where the Weirdness Lives
Assume Nothing When it Comes to Toy Assembly–and on Christmas Eve, Even Less
It has been said that you can tell a lot about a person simply by looking at how they handle three things in life: a rainy day, lost luggage and tangled Christmas lights. No doubt, “toy assembly” could easily be … Continue reading
Sound Horn and I’ll Pull Over
“Sound Horn and I’ll Pull Over.” Yep. That’s what the sign stated. Said bizarreness was curiously broadcast on the back of a Bud Light truck I happened to be following the other day. Like everyone else on the planet, I … Continue reading
The Accidental Parent
When it comes to the uncertain journey of parenting, I tend to believe that success has less to do with the desperate search for a one-size-fits-all prescriptive guide (that may or may not exist) and more to do with perceiving … Continue reading
Nobody Likes Me, Everybody Hates Me, I Think I’ll Eat Worms
Purely for the sake of argument, let us just say that I have a difficult child. One that unwittingly, yet ever-so-skillfully, drives me to the brink of lunacy as a matter of course—or to the recesses of a closet, where … Continue reading
Call Me Quirky
Contrary to popular belief, no one on earth is immune. Evvvvvverybody’s got ‘em. Quirks, that is. Some stranger than others. Some stranger than fiction. Personally, I find the whole topic of idiosyncrasies remarkably intriguing. They fascinate me. What can I … Continue reading
How to Win Friends and Influence Children
Dale Carnegie might have made his New York Times bestseller even more successful had he known what I now know about motivating others—especially the mulish imps with whom I reside. He could have rocked the world with the groundbreaking information … Continue reading
