Never try to bluff a 2-year-old when there are toys on the line. Today’s tale is in the Seminole Chronicle. Click here to read it! Keywords for Searchers: Bluff, Carly, Trash

Here in central Florida, we have these creatures called “love bugs.” For those that haven’t seen them, they are shaped roughly like fireflies, but don’t glow, and they get their name from the fact that they are constantly mating. The things actually fly around with their ends connected to each other. How they manage that, […]

The kids go to a pre-school that is associated with a church. This isn’t that unusual. Most preschools around here are associated with churches. Sometimes, however, it leads to strangeness. Yesterday, while I was in the kitchen cooking dinner (and my wife was taking her traditional Mother’s Day nap), I heard the following little tune come […]

I listen to a wide variety of music when I’m up in my office: reggae, classical, jazz, blues, folk, “international”, classic rock, even a little pop from time to time. Realizing this, my wife keeps her eyes out for interesting CDs. Last year for one of the holidays she gave me a CD called “When […]

Perhaps the biggest question of our family right now is exactly what sort of creature Goofy is. It has long been my contention that Goofy is *not* a dog. That he is, in fact, his own creature. The rest of my family rarely agrees with me on this, and it has led to meany long […]

A few weekends ago, we went down to Magic Kingdom with some friends. It turned out to be one of those really crowded days, with more people than sidewalk space. Even the men’s bathroom was crowded. When I took C in, we found a crowd of guys waiting to use the various facilities.  Fortunately there were a […]

Some of you may remember my best day ever. For those that don’t – or are too lazy to click that link and read about it – I basically had an absolutely fantastic day at the Animal Kingdom with N (who wasn’t even two years old at that point). It culminated in a real tear-jerker […]

I had a funny one happen the other day. We were down at a place called Bagel King for breakfast, when C (our 4 year old) needed me to take him to the bathroom. We went to the restrooms, only to discover that they didn’t have the regular boy/girl pictures on the doors. Instead, each […]

Our 4 year old has in his class a child that is pretty close to being a bully. He’s one of those kids who does mean little things as soon as the teacher’s back is turned: taking your chalk, pushing, that sort of thing. As you may remember, our little guy doesn’t back down very […]

For obvious reasons, I tend to prefer sitting in the back at church. It makes sneaking out much easier, and there’s a much smaller chance of the kids’ voices being picked up by the priest’s microphone. This past Sunday was an unusual day for us, however. J was speaking during the service so we had to […]