Mark's a DADDY!!!

Restroom Rant!

I’ve been using bathrooms for the better part of the last few decades, and I feel fairly confident that I know the landscape.  I’ve been a visitor to men’s rooms in fine hotels where employees in white gloves handed me a towel and offered me a spritz of cologne. And I’ve survived a few locations [...]

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Dad’s Favorite Duds

So, it probably goes without saying that as a Dad, I’m also a guy. And as a guy, I have certain items of clothing that, to put it mildly, I’m attached to–and which others may not see the appeal. (I took some heat a while back for a green zip-up sweater that my [...]

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Yep, I’m a Geek

Here’s the weird thing about moving in an instant from not-Dad to Dad:  everything imaginable changes.  Stuff you never thought would change about you, you realize a few weeks after the fact, has changed dramatically.  Like what?  Well, for lack of a better example, let’s take my laptop.  I’m on the laptop constantly, and if you [...]

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Dads Park, Too!

So, I’ve learned a few things about driving since I became a Dad seven weeks ago today. First, I can’t drive the way I used to. Having that car seat in back kinda forces me to ease up on the gas and hold off on sweet slalom action in heavy traffic. That’s [...]

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