As Mother's Day winds to a close, I'm sitting here finishing my beer and listening to TBWITWW read Dean his bedtime stories. We spent yesterday at Union Station, looking at trains and seeing some interesting displays. Today we went to the Zoo and then out to dinner. I'm a lucky, lucky man. Mother's Day is complicated. …

It's Mother's Day, and while I love my mom, and my mother-in-law is pretty great too, my wife is super awesome. She's put up with an awful lot of crap from me over the years and put up with an awful lot of crap from all other directions as well. And now, we're raising a son …

They have the hardest job in the world. It is physically demanding, emotionally draining, and far too often, doesn't receive the respect it deserves. On top of all that, they run the risk of being killed. Regardless of your politics, and if you agree with the decisions of the leadership. The people who serve in the …

Today, I walked out of the apartment, into the backyard. I smelled grilling hotdogs. I heard firecrackers on one side and a nail gun on the other side. In the background, someone was playing Journey. It's moments like that when you realize that Life really is kind of amazing. Since them, I've gone to a baseball …

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to …