This past Saturday, Emily’s friend Christopher McGinnis had a birthday party at the local Laser Tag emporium. I went with her to provide another large, ungainly target for the children to shoot. While at the arcade, I noticed that they had several old arcade solitaire machines in the window, each marked with a $25 price [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2003
Dates with Dad
February 4, 2003 – 11:42 pm
As part of my ongoing struggle to balance being a good father with being a good husband, good employee, and not going stark raving bats, I’ve recently begun taking the kids out individually once a month for a “Daddy Date.” It has been a load of fun for me to have the one-on-one time with [...]
Writing, Momentum, and Surprise Encouragement
February 4, 2003 – 11:25 pm
I’ve been having a tremendous lack of motivation to write anything here lately. I don’t know if it’s just the periodic realization that I’m trying to do too much and the corresponding short-lived attempt to cut back, or that I have too many other interesting distractions competing for my attention, but it has been hard [...]
