

Making mocktails
If you actually know me and didn't already know the following I apologize for not sharing. We're expecting our second child in December....

Board games after children (The Mind)
Board games, particularly strategy games, have always been something I enjoy. As a kid through elementary and middle school I played a...

Sick and tired
This was supposed to be a happy post. Going to be called 'The boys are back!' I'd cover the return of baseball over the weekend. It's...

Am I ready?
I really tried to finish enough blog posts to cover an absence of more than a week. Not quite succeeding, at least I only missed one....

2! Where has the time gone?
Our son Jack turned two. I can barely believe it. It doesn't, by any means, feel like we brought him home yesterday. I was still working...

I'm embarrassed...
to consider myself a Minnesotan right now. Minnesotans hugely pride themselves on their way of life, which includes having competent and...

Sanity check
Since we moved to Maryland in 2014, I've always been at home. Most of that time I had a remote job in software QA. Things definitely...

Blogging
The movie idea I had for today got pushed. (Swear I owned the DVD, but apparently not.) So instead, I'm blogging about blogging. It's...

Holding pattern
It's a weird time, since nobody really has any idea how long this coronavirus ish will last. Social distancing seems to be necessary but...

Boy, that escalated quickly
Since it's really the only thing happening right now, might as well write about the coronavirus, COVID-19. It's been some 24 hours. Last...

To sleep or not to sleep
As I get older, sleep continues to grow in importance. This certainly isn't unique to me. But I used to stay up really late, especially...

Too many gifts
I was already struggling with how many Christmas gifts we should get for our son. It's easy to buy a bunch of stuff in the vein of things...

Me, Part 2
There are a lot of interesting things in the world. And time is a limiting resource, like money. Everybody has ways they want to spend...

Me
I grew up in Plymouth, MN and though I don't live there anymore I'm still a Minnesotan at heart (though I've definitely changed living...

Get me two
Hey, I'm Joe. My wife has been encouraging me to blog for a while now and I'm finally going to give it a try. I really couldn't care less...












