Pater Familias

We were blessed with delightful weather for Thanksgiving and as you can see, the girls took advantage of it -- perhaps the last time they...

Part of my job as pater familias is to keep the family well-entertained. My dear wife will attest to my efforts (if not to the fruits of t...

First post in a while. I'm supposed to write about Jack- ther -Frost or about the recent homilies at Mass or about the Wile E. Coyote o...

Vignette 1: adagio Sometimes, work is like this . I had just finished listening to my theme song (yes, that's me on lead guitar, and,...

I met with my friend, Mike, on Friday, to save the world , and to discuss techniques for saving the world, when I found myself the proud ow...

Okay, this link is too good to pass up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXX0sxUHQiU ... it's kind of like this one, but not: http://www.y...

As you can see from other stories I've told , I'm quite the animal, um, activist. Well, coming home from a trip to northern NJ, our...