Category Archives: Humor

The Monday Five – November 30, 2022

Uf. We’re at the doorstep of Christmas.  Are you ready? Because I’m not. I’ve barely begun any shopping.  As the father of a six-year-old and the husband of a woman who enjoys Christmas, I’ll be partaking in all the usual … Continue reading

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The Monday Five – November 21, 2022

We’re entering Thanksgiving week.  I like holidays in theory, but I find them a nuisance as well. My work week will be well disrupted between people being home on days they aren’t usually, travel, more travel, recovering from travel, and … Continue reading

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Dear Jackrabbit #44 — Sleeping On Hot Nights

Dear Jackrabbit, It’s hot out, boy. Super hot. The first heat wave of the year. We’ve had it pretty easy so far this year, but the past few days have been awful for someone like me who hates being too … Continue reading

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Dear Jackrabbit #36 — The Truth Must Be Told

Dear Jackrabbit, One day you may be given a school assignment to write about a member of your family. While I heartily recommend that you write about your mother who is a much better person than I and who, as … Continue reading

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Dear Jackrabbit #35 — On Growing Up Too Quickly

[My apologies for missing a couple of regular blog posts last week. The boy has been going through another one of those periods where he wakes up yelling in the middle of the night and it’s played havoc with my … Continue reading

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Calculating Baby

There is a pretty classic brain teaser about a farmer, a fox, a chicken, a sack of corn, and a river. It goes kind of like… A man has to get a fox, a chicken, and a sack of corn … Continue reading

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Welcome to mornings (or, hehehe…air-butt!)

A short entry today as I have a lot of work to do. Confession… one of my most favorite times of day is when it’s time to wake the boy up. Half the time he’s wide awake and pushing himself up … Continue reading

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Pie Thievery

It makes me sad that my boy will never know the unbridled joy of stealing a pie that has been set on the windowsill to cool. It seems people don’t do this sort of thing anymore. Now, granted…stealing is wrong… … Continue reading

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Dear Jackrabbit #32 — Generational Differences Revisited

Dear Jackrabbit, Here we are again looking at some of the differences between then and now. Yesterday I did a couple of mundane things like call a store and take a picture and thought about how much a difference fifty … Continue reading

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Never eat anything bigger than your head.

The mouth still seems to be a favored tool for exploration… or it’s part of the teething thing. In any case, watch your fingers when you handle the boy. A list of more things the boy has tried putting in … Continue reading

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