It's rainy and cool as I leave for work this morning. The sun isn't up yet, and neither are Dean and Nicole. I've got a bus and train to catch so I can babysit a sound board out in the north burbs. I 34 and still not sure what I want to be when I grow …

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. …

Six years ago today, we said goodbye to Aiden. It was, of course, worse than all the bad days I've had, put together. Our hearts were shattered and our brains were numb. You reach a point where you don't even know if you're crying any more. But you have to pick up the pieces of your …

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 …

I'm going to try to get back in the habit of posting links to things that catch my attention on the web on a weekly-ish basis. Here's some from the last two weeks. I always enjoy the writing over at Defective Yeti, and his post on "Mindfuck Movies" has given me some fodder for my Netflix …

I have been married to TBWITWW for 1461 days now. (That's exactly 4 years). We've been through poorer, worse, sickness... although we haven't been without a little richer, better, and health. I can honestly say, I've been through things over the last 4 years that I don't believe I would have survived without her by my …