Having my mom come without my dad makes for a much more relaxed visit (but I wish that wasn’t true).

Find a way to delay tough decisions until you can regroup and think.

You can ruin a lot of chicken with dollar store spices.

When bringing guests home, over-communicate when you’ll arrive so your wife can make final preparations and gear up. A “1-hour warning” is best.

When your boss tells you the owner is getting impatient for change, it might be time to lay everything on the line.

It’s sad when a pet dies, but it’s a good reason to have a cookout.

If you load everyone up and head out to the bowling alley only to find out it’s not open, pick up ice cream on the way back home.

Locking the bedroom door with some wine, popcorn, and a movie can make for a great night “out”.

Boys, campfire, tent, hot dogs, fishing, swimming…oh yeah!

Dreading work and always looking ahead to the weekend is no way to live.

Be satisfied with yourself today but don’t stay there tomorrow.

It’s good to have finally figured out who I’m so driven to impress with my unbalanced, unhealthy, high-stress lifestyle.

Continual, explicit challenges to legitimate authority require a response. Ignoring it is also a response.

Successive defeats in chess at the hands of my 13-year-old, my 11-year-old (3 times!!), and even my 9-year-old (!), makes me think maybe I’m supposed to be learning humility.

I am so far from being the man I want to be it’s ridiculous.

Sometimes the best conversations are texted.

Coming in just to check up on us is pretty transparent…and pretty lame.

Feeling like I’m on vacation reminds me I need to take a vacation.

Helping to move the casket of a 26-year-0ld soldier killed in an accident makes you think.

Maybe more confrontation would be better at work.