Mile-marking: Ivy is 4.75 years old. She’s approaching 60lbs and is as long as train smoke. She is shedding the car seat in favor of a booster seat. Her favorite song is anything from KPop Demon Hunters, but especially ‘Your Idol’ by the demon fellas. She has finally joined the ranks of peanut butter and … Continue reading Review (in progress): Fatherhood Pt. 6
Perspective
Mental health advice from some random guy
After all of the subjects that I’ve tackled in this blog, I’ve finally been defeated. I managed to find humor in everything from cilantro to racism (or at least they were funny to me). But this one is decidedly and almost completely un-funny. I kept writing and writing, figuring that the humor would come organically … Continue reading Mental health advice from some random guy
Review (in progress): Fatherhood Pt. 5
Status update: Ivy is almost 4 years old. She is almost 4 feet tall and refuses to stop growing. There came a point during this past year when we virtually stopped using a stroller but I can’t pinpoint when exactly that was. She loves dresses, strobe light dance parties, mac and cheese, and riveting conversation, … Continue reading Review (in progress): Fatherhood Pt. 5
Litterbug: An Earth Day Special
This one is dedicated to my wife, Megan, one of the earth’s greatest champions. Foreword: Several weeks ago, a bird built a nest on the wreath my wife and I keep on our front door, then laid five eggs. After what must be hundreds of hours of incubation, we now have a tiny baby bird … Continue reading Litterbug: An Earth Day Special
Review (in progress): Fatherhood Pt. 4
Status update: Ivy is three years old. Ivy is about the size of a five-year-old. She enjoys pizza, lollipops, strobe light dance parties and television. Her favorite phrase is “why daddy (or mommy)?” Her favorite word is “why?” Her favorite question… “why?” You follow? Ok. She also seems to be reaching a concerning state of … Continue reading Review (in progress): Fatherhood Pt. 4
Loneliness
This feels like one of the occasions for which I should set the scene of my current writing environment. I’m on the roof of a house boat on a lake in central Pennsylvania, underneath the moon and stars. It’s about 5:30am and I’m accompanied by an iced coffee and a Peanut Butter Kandy Kake Tastykake … Continue reading Loneliness
Review (in progress): Fatherhood Pt. 3
I recently went back and re-read part two of this Fatherhood series and reflexively tilted my head to the side and thought “aww.. what a sweet boy. I remember that doe-eyed, lovestruck simpleton I used to be. What a kind soul he was” and so on. Well, that shit is over. I’m just as in … Continue reading Review (in progress): Fatherhood Pt. 3
Letting people in
I know what you think of me. You've read a couple of my blogs already and you’re still in tears with laughter. You think to yourself: “Golly! This guy really knows the score. He’s sharp and witty. He’s probably a delight to be around and, if I had to guess, just a gorgeous sculpture of … Continue reading Letting people in
Making new friends as an adult
Some people enter every social situation like it’s a private party in their honor. For example, when my fiancé, Megan, or my brother, Bjorn, enter a room of strangers, they do so with gravitas and with purpose – scanning to determine in what order they will systematically speak to every goddamn person. I, on the … Continue reading Making new friends as an adult
Being taller than most
Consider the wording here: “taller than most” – not “gigantic” or “freakishly tall” or even “uncommonly tall.” Granted: at 6’5” I’m a very tall person… but that’s it. Very tall. Next topic please. No, I would not like to field six or seven more variants of the “how tall are you” question, thank you. No, … Continue reading Being taller than most
True Jest 