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A couple friends and I spent last weekend in Nashville, there to see the Vikings play the Titans. It was the first time in Music City for...

For boy #2 we're in a period of transitioning away from naps. Remember, this is the one I once named ' the baby tornado , ' an apt...

In 2016, when Stranger Things debuted, it immediately became a favorite show of mine . Arguably #1. Mix a bit of Stephen King, a bit of...

In October 2019 we made a weekend excursion up to Maine. We had only one kid, a little over a year old, and I'd been staying home with...

Since last year's October 7th attack on Israel I've wanted to write (and learn/refresh myself) more about the Middle East. Finding the...

Friends from our church invited us over for a chili cook-off this past weekend, and both my wife and I made one. Hers was a longtime...

I'd been back and forth on whether to do another whiskey comparison before resuming more intimate looks at individual bottles, or...

We had the shortest of trips this week, as my wife and I visited Atlanta without the kids. The purpose was twofold. My wife wanted to...

This year I started reading some longer, more advanced books to our eldest (and the two others if they sit still and be quiet), who's...

Our daughter and youngest just turned two recently. It made me think of something. The Simpsons has always been big, essential really, in...

Time flew the fastest this summer and I'm both kinda sad it's over and glad for it. Prior to this year we'd travel a little bit and...

The Olympics are over, but there's still a good story to tell and you'll have to pretend this was more timely. This year, for the XXXIII...

I don't often get sick, and when I do it's not often all that bad or for all that long. Most of the time when I sense a bad headache or a...

When I first saw ads for House of the Dragon , I was profoundly confused. Who wants this?!? My reaction shouldn't be surprising, the ending of Game of Thrones was so hated, seemingly universally, it was somewhat stunning HBO made a spinoff so soon. It turned out, however, the answer was me. I wanted it. Greens, left and Blacks, right. The choice is easy. Let's start from the top, for anyone who knows nothing about this world. Game of Thrones is an adaptation of a fantasy ser

One of the fastest growing segments of American whiskey is perhaps not what you'd think. Spirits made predominantly from corn (see:...

We've been tempted to get into sourdough for a while now. The bread and the rest are super tasty but going down that road can be a little...

Last week we were in Alaska again and, while it's always a good trip, it brings some challenges both physical and emotional. From MSP...

1968 was a tumultuous year of protest. Anti-government and anti-authoritarian sentiment, amongst a host of other issues, resulted in...

We're attempting to get a couples with young children small group off the ground with some people at our church and had our first little...

Until very recently I knew the name Burt Reynolds, but to be honest I think I'd only completed one of his movies, the original The...