The Modernish Father

Well, I’ve got two excuses as to why I’ve been sparse around these parts lately. And only one of them is a good excuse. But I’ll give you both anyway. First, the good excuse. Last week I had the privilege of helping document a very unique and special program we had at work, the Entrepreneurship [...]

I’m still kind of trying to catch up after last week (more on that soon), but I would be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge a pretty big milestone that occurred today: The Boy entered kindergarten. He was pretty excited about finally getting to go to “big boy school”. We were pretty excited to get him [...]

Here’s a quick look at what I was reading online from Aug. 4th to Aug. 22nd:

The beginning of the school year is almost here, which means getting ready for a group of new students and faculty at work. Just like last year, I was assigned to make a brief but memorable orientation video for our new faculty members. I was really happy with what we did last year and was [...]

If you’re looking for some laughs, just put some solid food in front of a seven-month old and turn her loose. Yesterday, we gave The Girl some “first food” training cereal puffs that have a slight banana flavor. I call it monkey chow. The Girl calls it fun to play with.

Like many Americans, I spent a good deal of time this weekend watching the Olympics on TV. The Olympics don’t seem as magical as when I was a kid, but I still enjoy watching them. Here’s some random thoughts after a good 2.5 days of watching the 2008 edition:

Now that The Girl is ambulatory and apparently mischievous, we’ve rearranged some of the furniture in our living room to prevent her from getting into to too much trouble. One of the items that got moved was her playpen, once again revealing the windows that look out into our back yard. The Girl has decided [...]

I’m not exactly sure how many times I’ve been to San Antonio, but I know it’s more than a few. I always have a good time there, even though we generally don’t have a plan (I’m usually big on having a plan) and it’s always about four billion degrees there. The Wife and I had [...]