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Think You Know Incriminating? Yeah, I Wore These Costumes
I don't know why I'm doing this to myself, but hey, I ran these pics last Halloween so it's like I should still feel embarrassed right? Never mind. In the spirit of the season, and because I'm buried with several other writing projects at the moment,...
Some Naughtiness In The \'Burbs
Hey desperate housewives. I've got someone you need to meet. Her name is Petra (Bio) of The Wise Young Mommy. Petra is one of my best blogger friends in whole world, and if you follow her you will quickly see that, in addition to being vibrant, intel...
There's This Contest. I'm A Judge. It's Really Scary
Apparently I am highly qualified to serve as a judge for a contest to identify the scariest products around. Despite some of the crazy (and terrifying) stuff brought to my attention already, this is going to be a lot of fun. So what exactly is this c...
I Have To See This Movie... There Are Goats!
I saw this trailer yesterday and the world stopped...Reasons I have to see this movie:1. George Clooney2. Jeff Bridges + Big Lebowski + the Army = WIN!3. The subject matter: I was an Infantry Captain and my dad was a Green Beret4. It's basically a tr...
Monday Morning FAIL
Because I failed to complete any of my writing assignments over the weekend, including a post for the Lunchbox. Because I am failing to feel the motivation to be any more productive today. Because it fails to be Friday, I give you... the Monday morni...
Superman's Not Whistling & What's That Horse Doing Underground?
I'm admitting to taking shortcuts on the blogging of late. I've also been a no-show on reading everyone else's, but it's a temporary thing I assure you. Right now there's a few priorities dominating my time. Ol' Clarkie needs to put some food on the ...
Favorite Spring Break Sayings
This past week I was on spring break with my boys Noah (10), Harrison (7), Sawyer (4). We had a great time, but, as always, it was too short. Watching them drive off with their mother, I feel a piece of me die. They are growing up, and circumstances ...
Any March Madness Fans? You'll Love This Idea.
The NCAA Men's Basketball Tourney is a sort of a big deal in my family. To illustrate, my father has been in serious need of surgery to both knees for the past several years. Finally, this past August he conceded to do so, with an understanding he wo...
My Wordless Wednesday
Words can't describe......how much I love this woman. ...
Tuesday Touché
Tuesday. Like Monday but with a "T." I could be accused of being lazy here, but I'd only admit to it and there's no fun in that....
What Is It They Say About Mondays?
Well, it's Monday... and I've got nothing....
The Creepiest Commercials... EVER!
People, these quite frankly are the creepiest commercials I have ever seen. Am I crazy?I hope this dude doesn't have a creamy middle. And for crying out loud want guy in his right mind wants to smell like a Hershey bar? I guess this next one is supp...
A Flare For The Dramatic
During the holiday vacation, my mother announced to my sisters and me that she had boxes of junk that belonged to us, and it needed to dealt with. In other words, make it go away, I'm sick of tripping over it. And thus, one day for several hours my s...
Tagged With An Easy One
I'm a little late today, I know. Let me say this for anyone planning to write a book, editing is much harder than the actual writing. It's boring, repetitive and takes up a bunch of time making you late to your own blog. That's my excuse.Next week I ...
On The 12th Day of Christmas The Lunchbox Shared With Me
...A return to the regular routine.This is the last of the reposts - I just needed a breather before getting back into the routine. Speaking of routine, this comes from last spring and tells of the morning routine I had to go through in getting Allie...
On The 11th Day of Christmas The Lunchbox Shared With Me
...More about the mini-van!Well, the holidays are over and now it's time to make the return trip back to Texas. This of course involves a long drive. So in honor of the single greatest engineering feat this country has known, stripping men of all the...
On The 10th Day of Christmas The Lunchbox Shared With Me
...This Blogger Showing Off.First off HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope you enjoy your day of parades, food and football. I'm not going to interrupt it with a whole lot of clutter to read. Instead I'm going to show off my hobby doing paintings in my "copious" f...
On The 9th Day of Christmas The Lunchbox Shared With Me
...Dove Chocolate.Is anyone here a Dove Chocolate fan? I love the dumb things and what's even better is that dark chocolate is a good source of anti-oxidants when taken in moderation. Dove is one of those brands that's recommended among the list cont...
On The 8th Day of Christmas The Lunchbox Shared With Me
... Superman! Go figure right? Well this is a repost of an article for another blog, and I wanted to share it again specifically on the Lunchbox. It's about how Superman made me a better dad, and one of my all-time favorites. Right now as I am spendi...
On The 7th Day of Christmas The Lunchbox Shared With Me
... Pancakes!Since there are so many kids and family from out of town, my sisters and I decided to split up cooking and cleaning duties to alleviate our poor mother from having to do it all herself. My primary job? Breakfast. And why? Because I make ...
On The 6th Day of Christmas The Lunchbox Shared With Me
...BelchingI hope everyone had a nice Christmas and got all that you hoped for. I'm assuming most of you had nice dinners either at home or with family. If that's the case, be glad you didn't have these little girls in attendance. Many of you have re...
On The 5th Day of Christmas The Lunchbox Shared With Me
...A Book Exerpt.MERRY CHRISTMAS To you and your families. Not that I expect anyone would be reading on a holiday, but I posted just for the heck of it. This is another excerpt from the book found in a chapter titled "Match.Con." The chapter itself g...
On The 4th Day of Christmas The Lunchbox Shared With Me
...Keeping Up with the KabalariansIt's Christmas Eve, the night prior to day traditionally celebrated as the birth of Jesus Christ. I'm not going to make any strong statements on my religious beliefs here. Naturally I have them and you can search thr...
On The 3rd Day of Christmas The Lunchbox Shared With Me
...Things Not Recommended For A Mini-VanToday we are swinging over from Chicago picking up the boys and heading to Pennsylvania. That's about 8 hours of driving with five kids. In honor of this wonderful experience, I give you a post from this past s...
On The 2nd Day of Christmas The Lunchbox Shared With Me
... Chicago.Well, sort of. This is a re-post from Thanksgiving of 2007 just before picking up my boys. I really hate the level and quality of writing so forgive me, but thought I'd run it anyway, because as you are reading it we are on our Christmas ...
On The 1st Day of Christmas The Lunchbox Shared With Me
...Sleep Domination.Here is a short excerpt from the book I've been trying to get finished up. It's from a chapter called "Sleep Domination" dealing with the adjustment I had to make in order to get used to sharing a bed again after being married. Th...
Meme'd For Life
Last week turned out to be a complete bomb in terms of productivity. I did knock out some Christmas shopping, but due two strait days of providing testimony in a deposition pretty much wiped out all plans to sharpen the pencil on sample chapters for ...
Order In The Court
Okay - looking to kill a major portion of your week? Try giving a deposition in a Federal lawsuit where you are the key witness. I had big plans, big, big plans for this week. Finishing shopping, book editing, catching up on blogs, writing posts for ...
What Happened To The Ghost Of Christmas Easy?
Due to space in the mini-van (I need room for the cage matches), we've been buying gifts on line and having them shipped ahead of us. You would think that avoiding all the hassles and frustration of going to actual stores - the crowds, finding a park...
Where In The World Is Clark Kent: Review The Clues
It's been over a week since the disappearance of Clark Kent and all we have are these clues as to his whereabouts. Remember, A reward has been posted for any reader or guest author who can put the clues together and be the first one to figure out Wh...
