While my son was joyously climbing aboard fire engines and tractors, my daughter and I were engulfed in tragedy and heartache.

My son loved Touch-a-Truck. There were dozens of trucks to climb onto and into and around. It was his own personal nirvana.      My daughter loved Touch-a-Truck for about 30…

Continue ReadingWhile my son was joyously climbing aboard fire engines and tractors, my daughter and I were engulfed in tragedy and heartache.

Stupid yoga may be turning my son into a dweeb. Or perhaps he’s trying to get the attention of women like his father once did.

I’m not sure what’s going on here.   Maybe his yoga class is influencing the way that he sits now. Maybe television isn’t exciting enough anymore, and he’s looking for…

Continue ReadingStupid yoga may be turning my son into a dweeb. Or perhaps he’s trying to get the attention of women like his father once did.

Office space turned dance hall, yoga studio, lunch room hell. I bet they’re all organic, gluten-free, transcendentalist vegans, too.

We’ve come a long way since Mike Judge’s Office Space highlighted the drudgery and monotony of cubicle life. Some offices may have gone a little too far. This German office…

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September 26, 1983: The day a Soviet colonel and forgotten hero saved the world from nuclear destruction.

On this day, let us not forgot the man who may have saved the human race from possible extinction. September 26, 1983. The Cold War is at its height. The…

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