Shopping Carts Don’t Have Turn Signals
You don’t need a driver’s license to push a shopping cart, but maybe you should. Over the years I’ve spent my share of time inside grocery stores, department stores, warehouse stores, dollar stores, and even craft stores. And one thing I’ve found is that, no matter what kind of store it is, people don’t know […]
It’s February: Get Your Summer Supplies Now While You Can
It’s February. Do you know what that means? If your answer is, “It’s time to get out the squirt guns and beach toys,” you just might work for Walmart! On a recent trip to said retail store, I was met with a fairly balanced variety of heart-shaped gifts and H2O drenching weaponry. To their credit, […]
They’ve Got My Number
I have a name, but no one seems to care. When I go to do taxes, they want my Social Security number. When I go to purchase something online, they want my credit card number. When they ask for my credit card number, they also want that super-secret three-digit security code number that’s on the […]
No, Really, I’m Not Making This Up
One bad thing about being a dad who likes dad jokes, is that sometimes I’ll say something and my kids won’t believe me because they think I’m trying to be funny-ish. Case in point: The other day I was telling the kids that when I was their age there were no such things as Chicken […]
Top Ten Thanksgiving Foods
Food is an important part of almost all the holidays we celebrate (except for President’s Day, where nothing is as important as a good sale at the furniture store). As we enter the most foodiest holiday of them all, here is a countdown of my top ten Thanksgiving foods: 10. Fruit salad: Fruits are woefully […]
Trick-or-treater beware: Size does matter when it comes to candy bars
Is Halloween candy becoming smaller every year? It sure seems so. Candy bar size didn’t used to be an issue. Some were bigger than others, but that was OK and acceptable. A Three Musketeers was bigger than an Almond Joy. They were all “full-sized” or candy bar sized. Size didn’t really matter. As it seems, […]
Questions about superheroes
So, a few weeks ago I was trying to get my kindergartner ready for school. It wasn’t going well. He insisted he was ready, but he didn’t have his socks or shoes on yet. I told him he needed to get his shoes on. He didn’t seem to think it was very important. We weren’t […]
Let the May School Daze Begin!
It’s May! Everyone loves May, right? It’s springtime! The weather is getting better, the flowers are in bloom, the grass is turning green, and the world is full of new life and new excitement! But, for schoolteachers May isn’t fresh, new, and full of life. For schoolteachers, May is the end of a long race. […]
I Can Still Drive 55
By the time you read this, I’ll have already “celebrated” my birthday. As you might be able to tell by the quotation marks around the word “celebrated,” I’m not really excited for this particular birthday. I have my reasons. Upon reaching this birthday, I’ll no longer be able to say I’m in my early 50s. […]
There are Thousands of Bad Photos on my Phone
These days everybody has a camera in their pocket. If you want to take a picture of something, you pull out your phone, take anywhere from one to 47 photos, then slide your phone back into your pocket. Next, you look at the pictures, decide which one or two you like the best, and delete […]
