Sidney

Sid peed in the kitchen while we were at work Monday. This is extremely rare. Usually only when sick, but she seemed fine. Then she did it again Tuesday. I am leaving earlier and Katie is getting home later, plus Sid is 2 months shy of turning 15. Other than the peeing, she is completely…


In Remembrance of When I Could Remember

I turned 42 a few weeks ago. Thanks to popular fiction I assumed I would get the answers to Life, The Universe, And Everything. (If you don’t get that reference, go read a fucking book, you cretin.) Instead, I got a brain that suddenly decided to stop functioning as well as I’d like. Case in…


Being a Dad – 43 Days and Counting

I’ve been a Dad for 43 days now. Some observations and thoughts: – First, my wife is amazing. I already knew that, I was the one who dubbed her The Amazing Katie after all, but she’s gone above and beyond. She’s handled pretty much all of the middle of the night Logan stuff, with me…


Hospital Billing Is Stupid

We had the baby, now we gotta pay for everything. I’m good with this, it’s part of the package. But this thing where they send us hospital bills from 73 different places is annoying as balls. We stayed at one hospital. All the people we dealt with were associated with the same hospital. But we…


Wherein I Solve A Problem

Our country is divided. People are protesting, people are rioting, I see friends and family hashing it out over Facebook using language that would get them beaten in real life. It’s really sad. I was pondering this sad state of affairs and wondering what I could do to make things better when inspiration struck. I…