This is the category where I want to write about the stuff I use. Or the stuff I like. Or the stuff women might think about buying for their men (you know, ’cause I’m a guy and I like it, your guy is a guy, guys are all the same, yadda-yadda).

But here’s the thing - some of the links I’ll put to stuff in here will result in a few nickels getting tossed into my soup can if you buy it. I know that may not be popular with everyone, so I want to be completely up front about it.

Here’s what I can promise: I’ll never recommend stuff that I don’t already use and/or like. Most of the posts you’ll find in this section will include a picture of that stuff being used in my house anyway, so it’ll have that nice scent of authenticity.

I just wanted you to know.

Jack: “Why are you moving all of Agalia’s toys higher up on the toy bin rack?”

Diane: “To get them out of DJ’s reach. You told me I had to.”

Jack: “I said we should think about moving the toys higher.”

Diane: “Exactly.”

Jack (to self) :  Hmmm… My powers of persuasion must be greater than I’d realized.

Jack: “We should think about you showing me your boobs.”

“At least the germs were boiled off of it.” - Jack

I thought I’d start this dad/family/whatever blog by being long-winded about the trepidation of blogging about my kids vis-a-vis the gradual devaluation of human life in present-day society and ruminate about what what I may be exposing my kids to by blogging about them.

Instead, I’ll keep it short and sweet. I really wanted to have a place to brag on my kids and wife, encourage them when they’re down and to keep some sort of record of our lives so when the kids get older they can look back on this and understand where dad’s mind left the tracks.
But I’m also nervous about the big world out there. Lotsa crazies. To that group, I offer this: I’m big. I do hard manual labor for a living. I own guns. I’ll do anything and everything to keep my kids safe. That includes killing you.

Now that I’ve let that ray of sunshine out there to warm the earth, I guess I’ll get to the business of blogging.

Thanks for reading.