My wife is always upset with me at gift-giving seasons, because I never know what I want. This makes it very difficult to shop for me. I know I am supposed to want things; I am an American after all. And yet I really am fairly satisfied with everything I have. In fact, to go beyond that, […]
Category Archives: Christmas
Infamous Gigs: “Every Christmas Gig Ever” Edition
Ah, Christmas! The time of joy and love. The season of hope and peace. And, for musicians, the season of endless gigs. It is no secret that everyone hates music that was not created by some sort of computerized machine, which is why it is so hard for non-robotic musicians to make a living. But […]
How to Cram Two Children and a Large Tree into a Mazda 5
“It’ll fit,” I said, sizing up the tree out in the field. “It’s the perfect size.” My wife was the one who’d found it, using her spacial awareness superpowers to sniff out the perfectly sized and shaped tree for our living room. She wasn’t in costume, but her superpowers still worked. Ruby agreed that this […]
That’s It! Christmas is Cancelled!
It is not courtyard season. We don’t see our neighbors as often as we do during the summer, when the children play on the hill and the adults sit on benches drinking cold drinks. Now if we see a familiar face, it is bundled up under a scarf or a hat, and it is only […]
I Am A Mother
I am not a mother, in case that post title was somewhat misleading. I am a father. But I may not be one in the traditional sense of the word. As a stay-at-home Dad, and blogger about such things, I am at the forefront of the online men’s movement to become more like women. Wait, […]
How to Know When You’ve Won Christmas
Well, Christmas happened. Edward and Ruby got more stuff than they could ever need, as usual, and they have been happily playing with it all ever since. And after Christmas morning we went up to my mother-in-law’s for more presents. We did have a nice day off on Friday, but then on Saturday it was […]
O Vague Pronouns (Bring Death to Them) – A Holiday Grammar Parody Video
This is a video with a song which I know you will like. Wait, will you like the song, or the video? Which is which referring to?! Argh! To avoid such horrible mistakes, whilst also, and at the same time, celebrating some Christmas spirit, please watch the video. It has some helpful parts and some […]
I Hope His Teacher Likes Baymax…
Uh oh. The last days of school are winding down before Christmas break, which means we are heading into the dangerous waters of…(dun dun duuuuuuuuuunnnnnnn!) teacher gifts. When I was a kid, we had one teacher, and we brought them one gift. It was often something terrible that either we made, or got for $5 […]
We Finally Know What We’re Doing! – Gingerbread House Party 2014
As you may recall from my posts on Gingerbread House Decorating Party year 1 and year 2, we have traditionally had some issues with this amazing annual event that my wife likes to organize. We have had houses falling down. We have had walls and roofs breaking. We have run out of time, money, and energy. […]
He Picked the Nail Polish
I knew it. I knew all of my flexible, liberal, permissive gender morals were going to get me into trouble someday. You see as much as I hate society and everyone in it, I also love society, and everyone in it. I want to be a part of it. I want to be normal, while at […]