Last night my wife woke up and came downstairs to check the thermostat because that’s what married women do in the middle of the night. Laura noticed that the setting had changed and came to the logical conclusion that someone had broken into our home to change the thermostat and, […]
I haven’t read much today about the events in Las Vegas. I haven’t had much time. As horrific as the shooting was, the number of the dead, the people maimed and wounded, I’ve tried to continue about my day as best as I can. I imagine most of you have […]
My father’s hands are much like my own. We share the same stubby fingers, the same thick thumbs. Our smallest digits, the pinky fingers, spin off at an alarming angle at the last knuckle although my father’s are more pronounced than my own. They are good hands and ones that […]
My wife wants my daughter to have a childhood filled with wonder, which is great. Depending on the day, my daughter wants to be a mermaid, a superhero, a pop star or a dolphin, which is also…nice. For my part, I just want Darcy to put on a pair of […]
“Daddy what’s that sound?” my daughter Darcy asks. “Crickets,” I respond in the clipped manner of a father who just wants his child to go to bed. “I don’t like them,” she answers with the certainty that only a six year old can muster. It’s a new and strange sound […]
Like most people, I have some concerns now that Donald Trump has been elected to our nation’s highest office. I’m worried that a man with no prior experience in government might not be able to properly run our country. He lost around a billion dollars in the 1990’s and the […]
By Richard Black of The Unfit Father I’m tired. I’m tired of people getting shot up in public places. I’m tired of mass shootings. I’m tired of the fact that more innocent lives will be taken while both sides bicker and posture. I’m tired of these tragedies being used as […]
Recently I’ve become…a bit worried about my wife. Things are all well and good on the home front. I’m not concerned about infidelity. Laura and I love each other very much but, even more importantly, we’re both too tired to even think about having an affair, much less take part […]