I’ll get the disclaimers out of the way first. 1.) Teachers are incredible. They have undertaken one of the most difficult, thankless jobs in the world. Teachers should be making more money than...
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(Buckle up. This is going to go longer than the na-na-na-nas at the end of “Hey Jude.”) At the beginning of this year, when Laura and I went full-in and spent a massive chunk of our hard-earned pay...
Earlier this week I got an email from the dad of a player I coached back in 2015. The subject was “Thank you for being Philip’s best coach” which made me think, oh that’s nice...
I spent many a Father’s Day on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It always turned out to be the time that my family would vacation there. We did it for more than three straight decades...
APRIL 28, 2023. WHITEHALL, PENNSYLVANIA. A week after the massive explosion of SpaceX’s gigantic rocket named Spaceship exploded over the Gulf of Mexico, the reclusive Old Fart who lives down...
I talk about my family, the Beedle side, a lot in this space. And why not? They’re pretty great and hard to ignore. And it is my blog after all. Last week I had a reminder of how remarkable the other...
I had great plans for my deck, so I had a big one built. Besides the deck I needed to install a sliding door where the windows used to be. Oh, and Mr. Deck Guy, as long as you’re here, do you do...
Edit Timeline of Scene 5 2022 is almost gone. I’m not here to assess it. It walked in, all full of hope, then did its thing: did some good, then did its damage. And now its leaving. It’s a thing we...
In case you’ve wondered where I’ve been lately.
So, there’s this party tomorrow… Any parent knows the one great truth about being a mom or dad: If your kid is happy, you are happy. And right now, Laura and I are overjoyed. From...