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Tweet of the Day: @TheOnion
As the father of a teen boy who happens to be an avid rock climber, particularly interested in bouldering… LOL!!! Teen Boulder Can't Wait For Landslide To Roll It Into Ravine Where They Get It...
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My Teen, My Tug o’ War: A Poem
my teen, my tug o’war the rope stretched taut between us we pull me wanting him closer he wanting to get away… …and yet, no letting go for 15 years years I’ve been telling the same old joke about how...
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Cutest.Beatles.Cover.Ever?
So, there I was thinking that the cutest Beatles cover ever was performed by my son, approximately age 7, in our front yard, using a karaoke machine, screaming Twist & Shout at the top of his lungs...
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Fish & Bicycles Goes On Virtual Hiatus
hi·a·tus noun — A gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break You know, I’ve been working at a university for 12 years, and so, when I hear the term hiatus, I think of privileged faculty...
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Fish & Bicycles Lives!
Um…hello…is this thing on? Check! Check! 1,2,3 check! Ok, so, how does one break a nearly year-and-a-half blogging silence? Well, I left off with a June 2013 post, announcing that I was going on...
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Video Fridays: Father’s Day Weekend Edition
Me & Julian, Father’s Day, 2013Since I likely won’t be able to post anything on Father’s Day this Sunday, and since my son, Julian, is now 17-1/2 years old and his days in the nest are painfully...
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Tweet of the Day: @TheOnion
Given my recent post waxing nostalgic and all sentimental on the subject of fatherhood, including references to the common fears that seem to come with the job… …this TOTALLY cracked me up! Report:...
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To Man Bun, Or Not To Man Bun?
When I first heard my 17-year old son refer to some guy’s hairstyle as a “man bun”, I chuckled heartily. Little did I know at the time just how much of a thing man buns are! See, I’ve lived here in...
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Video Fridays: Mountaineering, Monty Python & My Son The Rock Climber
It’s been WAY too long since I wrote about My Son The Rock Climber! That’s him six years ago, age 12, in the lede photo here, climbing on the wall we built for him in his bedroom. By the time this...
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Video Fridays: Jeff Tweedy & Stephen Colbert
After my depressing post this morning, I thought I’d lighten things up, WAY up, with this sweet clip from last night’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert for this week’s Video Fridays installment. I’ve...
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