My twins turned seven today. Tessie got her ears pierced yesterday, something that I swore wouldn’t happen until she turned 16, and Victor is getting his first skateboard (the drums will have to wait until Christmas.) It goes without saying that they’re growing up too quickly, but it is worth mentioning that they are two [...]

Truth in Avettising
Victor and I were tackling a fairly difficult, 300-piece jigsaw puzzle last night. We had the Avett Brothers playing on iTunes and one of us was enjoying a pale ale. The conversation had hit a lull and we both found ourselves engrossed in the challenge when the song Paronia in B Major cued [...]

My wife and kids are going east to visit relatives in Maine and Vermont for a couple of weeks. I’ll be staying home to work, because I love it so.

They’re flying out of Midway Airport on a flight that’s scheduled to depart at 7:15 AM. Rather than leave Springfield at 2:00 in the morning, we [...]

After spending the morning as a volunteer to Humanity, and the early evening entertaining the kids as their paterfamilias, I found a moment for myself on Saturday night.
There I was, chilling at home, sipping a Guinness, listening to the Avett Brothers on the ol’ iPod, and reading an article on the Natchez Trace in [...]

 
Happy Birthday, my cuddly little tax credit.

So Mark, what do you want to be when you grow up?
"Well, I’m just gonna be a lion. I’m gonna roar plenty of times."