Family

Our Homeschooling Experience

September 30, 2011

This hasn’t been the easiest summer my family has ever faced. I’ll spare you the details, but things are about to settle down and return to some sense of normalcy. I’m thankful for that. For the first quarter of this school year, we–and by we, I really me I, because my wife has been finishing [...]

Echos of Europe

April 1, 2011

I’m a horrible dad. At their request, I just loaded Europe’s “The Final Countdown” on my kids’ DSi systems. They’re all singing them separately but at different spots in the song. I have echos all over the place.

Harmful Comparisons

February 9, 2011

I recently caught myself doing something I hate. Well, actually, I wasn’t doing it (at least that’s what I told myself), but the way I was communicating with others could have been construed as such. I’m a fairly heavy user of Twitter. As my children were getting ready for bed, my daughter brought me her [...]

The Blessing of Asperger’s Syndrome

February 8, 2011

With few exceptions, the material focuses on the “symptoms” of Asperger’s and how to overcome its obstacles. Without a doubt, folks with Asperger’s Syndrome do face issues others might never understand. But that fact doesn’t tell the whole story.

Rudolph’s Not Real

December 2, 2010

Son: Daddy, do you know how many reindeer it takes to pull Santa’s sleigh? Me: Eight, unless you count Rudolph. Then it’s nine. Son: Yeah, but Rudolph’s not real. Me: Oh, ok.