Introduction To Motorcycles

tom | January 28, 2007

Ben and Abby had a slow start today, mostly because I still wasn’t feeling well but also because the weather has been yucky. By afternoon time Abby had made her way to a friend’s place — I gave Ben a reprieve from his nap since it’s still tough without Mom around. Matt came over on [...]

Dear Journal: They Have Me Surrounded — I Don’t Know How Much Longer I Can Hold Out

tom | January 28, 2007

Kerri is out of town for 5 days so it’s just me and the kids. Just like the last time Kerri left town, all of the major appliances and gadgets in the house are broken. I’m handling it all much better this time but I must admit that I’ve tried staring at the dishes and [...]

Portable Pubs: The 21st Century Rules!

tom | January 18, 2007

Every now and again I take a moment to appreciate how lucky we are to live in the times we do. For example, 300 years ago if you contracted Diabetes you’d be dead in short order but with today’s medicine and technologies you can live a normal life. When it comes to entertainment we no [...]

You Know It’s Cold Outside When…

tom | January 13, 2007

…You grab a beer out of the fridge and it feels like you’re holding a cup of coffee. Since I work in The Garage it can get pretty darn cold. In getting prepared for my football session I went inside to get some beers and plop them in my outside fridge. If I’m not careful, [...]

Solving One Of Buisness’ Scourges — It’s Simple!

tom | January 6, 2007

Every once in a while Joe and I will have a phone call in the evening to catch up with the day’s business and it will end at 3am (or later!). This usually means that we spent 30 minutes talking about the work day and 5.5 hours talking about insane possibilities, whether it be new [...]

Do you want to die?

tom | January 6, 2007

That was the question posed to me by Kerri when I said, “I’m gonna do it tomorrow instead”. There was a slight misunderstanding of what “it” was but I straightened it out before having to struggle to remove the blade from my spine. Today I was supposed to fix the front door (the handle is [...]