The Price Of What We Do, Missed Bedtimes, & Tongue Tacos

I missed Logan’s bedtime last night. I was off with the chosen family taking care of business and then I was starving so I went to eat with some of them. (I had beef-tongue tacos and they were delicious.) I got home and asked my wife if Logan was asleep. She wasn’t sure, but told…


B.A.C.A 100 Mile Ride – May 21, 2022

Saturday May 21st, 2022. We ride rain or shine. Starting on the Ball Park Side of the Ankeny Sports Complex and ending Houston’s on Main in Milo. There will be a gas stop in Winterset around the halfway point. Registration begins at 9:30 AM, kickstands up at 11 AM. All makes/models are welcome.


BACA Flippy Cup Tournament 3-5-22 @ The Keg Stand

Come have a good time and help the fight against child abuse.


A Love/Hate Story Involving Coffee

Two days ago: I tell the wife I want to buy a Ninja Dual Brew Coffee Maker. We agree and I get it ordered. After work I am tired and would really rather hold down a chair with my ass, but instead I head to Best Buy in West Des Moines to buy it. I…


Video Games & Babies

Author’s Note from 5-11-2011. This hasn’t changed now that Logan is 4 and a half. Logan sometimes, but not often plays some video games we’ve got him, some Paw Patrol or Mario Kart on the kid settings where you can’t lose. He often talks through his thinking process when he is trying to figure out…