I make no promises as to when I'll be up and running again. I'm not giving up. Just taking a bre...
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Friday, 11 July 2008
Well, not exactly.Basically I've just come to the conclusion that forking out $80 a year to have my own domain name just ain't worth it when I only use the site for blogging, which frankly I could do for the everyday-low-price of free. For that reason, beginning Friday, July 18, 2008 the blog will be coming to you live from www.cocktailswithkevin.blogspot.comMark your calendars, wake the kids, and phone the neighbors. The next rendition of the blog promises to be new and exciting and fun for the whole family. Until then, I'm gonna cash out my...
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
Because it's been a while since I posted a recipe, and I know you people are waiting on pins an needles for me to do so, I've decided to post my famous Dad's Bars recipe. These are so called because I make them and I'm a dad. Should you make them, you can refer to them however you like. Regardless you'll find them to be a yummy substitute for store-bought cereal slash breakfast slash MSG preservative bars.In a large mixing bowl, blend together:2 cups oats (quick or instant or whatever)1 cup flaked coconut1/4 cup peanuts1/4 cup puffed wheat cereal...
Thursday, 26 June 2008
This morning Meryl was sitting in my lap rolling a toy car around my shoulders and over my head.Meryl: (bringing the car to a stop) Here we are at the library.Me: Who works at the library?Meryl: Mommy.Me: What does Mommy do at the library?Meryl: Pick out books.Me: What else does she do?Meryl: Type on the computer.Me: What does she type?Meryl: Dot o...
Thursday, 19 June 2008
There are those who like to apologize for their absence from the innerwebs by prefacing their buhterial with some long diatribe as to why they haven't blogged in so long. Then there's me.Movin' on.I have recently begun taking the local movie theater up on their offer of a free kids' movie once a week. At two years of age, Meryl is limited in the amount of time she can successfully spend in a dark room crowded with half-eaten tubs of popcorn and sugar-laden daycare kids, so we've yet to make it through an entire film. Fine with me. Somehow neither...
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
Sometimes a guest blogger is better than an extended hiatus, especially when the guest blogger supports a worthy cause. Without further ado, here's the scoop from my sizza-in-law:. . . My nephew Cory B. Fleming passed away in April, just shy of his 16th birthday.Laverne is a 1972 Porsche 914 that is taking up space in my garage. Cory was my shinning hope of Laverne leaving my garage. I entered our beat up 1972 Porsche in a CumulusAddress: Unverified...
Monday, 12 May 2008
Now y'all who read my blog more often than you clean your baseboards know that I seldom if ever ask you to give to any charities or anything like that. I don't ask people to jump rope for the cure or any other such nonsense. Just not my bag. But please hear me out. There are people who need your help.I'm talking of course about the Atlanta Rollergirls. They kick ass and everyone who's anyone should run out and buy tickets to their next gig....
Saturday, 10 May 2008
Dear friends of ours have asked if I would be their child's godparent which, in and of itself, really should come as no surprise because I've been a parenting expert for a little over two years now, and if thinking you know everything equals all-knowing I've had a god complex for longer than that. If you put those two qualities together, surely you get the makings for a good godfather. Right?Well, that's what I'm telling myself anyway.Fully agreeing to this was something I did only after a healthy amount of self-debate. My understanding of...
Wednesday, 7 May 2008
Just yesterday my wife returned home from work to find me eyeball-deep in an online training session on bloodborne pathogens.I know what you people are wondering. You're wondering what type of job I have that I need to engross myself with the spreading of bloodborne pathogens. Go ahead. Say it.You're wondering this very thing.I don't generally discuss work here for a number of reasons, the main one being that I want to be able to secure a job in the future without my potential employer being concerned that I'm going to blather all the corporate...
Saturday, 3 May 2008
Occasionally when bloggers find themselves with little to write on, they post a list of things about them a reader might be interested to know. Here is mine:1. I hate making lists.2. That is all.On a more uplifting note, here's a copy of a movie review for the film Evening that I just submitted to Netflix:How such a stellar cast can come together and produce such insipid drivel as this is beyond me. The entire film takes place across two time periods and a dreamscape, all three of which are poorly transitioned from one to another. Something...
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
Though dates had little meaning to me then it must have been September of 1977 that my mother registered me for kindergarten class. As I recall the teacher ran it like an open house where moms sat down and filled out the necessary paperwork while kids got to try out the standard array of classroom toys: blocks, cars, dolls, etc. Light refreshments were served in the form of animal crackers on napkins and orange juice in Dixie cupsThese were the real animal crackers too and not the more economical bootleg Animalitos that I pick up in the ethnic...
Saturday, 19 April 2008
Tuesday, 15 April 2008
Time is a precious thing when I've a kid who's sleeping and I've doubled my teaching schedule on top of that, but I'll make this brief. In response to which of my previous claims listed here was not 100% true, I'll preclude with this:In Steve Martin's book, Shopgirl, the main character whose name is Mirabelle has a theory on lying that for whatever reason I think has merit. She says that in order for a lie to be effective it must have at least...
Sunday, 6 April 2008
There are things about me you people wouldn't understand. Things you couldn't understand. Things you . . . shouldn't . . . understand, but in the interest of public interest I feel it's time I came clean. If confession is good for the soul, then I'm about to do my spiritual body good. I'm going to share with you five things about me, one of which is a bold-faced lie. Cause that's how I roll. Oh yeh, and I'll elaborate a little on each one so's y'all can get some idea as to which one's made up.Kinda like on Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me!,...
Wednesday, 2 April 2008
Dear Guy at Subway,Thank you for the prompt and efficient service you provided to me and my daughter during what was for you I imagine a rather busy lunch hour. You took my order, grabbed the necessary fixings and prepared my sandwich and hers with aplomb. When I asked about the seemingly exorbitant price for a child's mini-sub, you were kind enough to point out that it also came with a drink and the toy you had provided along with a stack of complimentary napkins.I took you up on the accompanying drink and picked out a Glaceau Vitamin Water...
Thursday, 27 March 2008
I know I need to buckle down and get to work on revising this blog template, but I'd rather spend my downtime sorting through old pictures.Here's one from my recent road trip up from Florida. Who would have thought I would have spotted His Holiness and the VeggieTales in front of the VIP Spa off I-75? As I drove by he was chanting something about them not being from the one true church but that he still loves themHe loves them long ti...
You know if there's any group of people that get on my nerves six ways til Sunday it's pyramid peddlers. I swear I get irritated just thinking about them, those wide-eyed weasels with their cheesy conversation starters and their supposedly slick spiel on how to get rich quick. I don't mean to sound overly nasty but I just think the planet would be a better place without these people.Meryl and I were accosted at the local Wal-Mart by a man-and-woman team just the other day and in the children's toy department of all places! They paid her a compliment...
Saturday, 22 March 2008
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
Barring the Vatican, Luxembourg is the tiniest country I've visited so far. My wife and I arrived there after roughly two and a half hours of driving having started our route on Avenue de Franklin Roosevelt leading out of Gent in Belgium and eventually snaking along the E411 leading to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Much like the invitations motorists find when entering Switzerland, Monaco or other small European countries, Luxembourg greets new arrivals with billboards advertising tax shelter opportunities and anonymous banking. Beyond the...
Thursday, 13 March 2008
Dear Meryl,Now, just a few weeks short of your second birthday I find myself looking back fondly on the times that you have shared with your mother and me and the growth that you have shown since May 5, 2006 when we first brought you home from the hospital. You have definitely made me a proud father. I could go on and on about the things I adore about you, but here are just a few things that come to my mind right now:Your vocabulary has grown leaps...
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
On a few occasions, the most recent of which was this past weekend, I have had the opportunity to visit Cincinnati, a city so metropolitan that it merits its own football team, its own baseball team and even its own style of chili. When I go there I am surrounded by constant reminders of my status as an outsider. Not only do these people pronounce pin and pen differently (whereas for me they both rhyme with grin), this weekend the city was taken aback by almost a foot of snow.First of all, that much snow is something that native Georgians typically...
Thursday, 6 March 2008
To whom it may concern,Please be advised that the following times, listed in chronological order, are acceptable intervals during which to call my house:7:30 AM - Noon Yes, I am almost always up that early, and if you call before noon, you're guaranteed to catch me before my daughter goes down for a nap. On weekends, the answer you get will be much more jovial if you hold your call until after 10:00 AM.4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Again, I'm awake. Baby is awake. All is well. We might be eating dinner, but we still welcome...
Tuesday, 4 March 2008
Sunday I was saddled with the responsibility of driving my father-in-law's car back to Georgia from southern Florida, all in all a ten-hour drive. The bulk of my day was spent on I-75 watching fellow motorists scoff at speed limits, recklessly change lanes, cut me off unnecessarily, pick their noses, yammer on their cell phones and pull off to buy fudge, pecan logs, coconut spread, citrus products, adult novelties, Cracker Barrel biscuits with sawmill gravy and discounted tickets to Disney World and Orlando time-share presentations. A happening...
Monday, 3 March 2008
My child lost a tooth over the weekend, and I'm sure that had she been five or six I would have relished her right of passage into budding childhood but since she is not yet two, I was not overly ecstatic to hear about the incident. As soon as I got word, my mind went wild thinking about the various horrific possibilities. What about infection? Tooth fragments and such? Besides, I'm a language teacher and I know we rely on our two front teeth for our interdental and labio-dental fricatives like in the words thimble and this or fairy and very....
Friday, 29 February 2008
Why is it that when a mother is pushing a kid in a stroller no one bothers give her a second thought yet when a father is out with his kid in a stroller he gets comments like Is Daddy babysitting today? If a woman takes her kid down to the mailbox to greet the mailman does the mailman hand her the mail with a smile and say Are you playing Mrs. Dad today? I didn't think so. Why is it then that our country can fathom electing a woman for president yet can't grasp the concept of a dad taking care of his kids?My last babysitting gig was over several...
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
My wife has always held a certain affection for circuses, and while when we travel we don't necessarily go out of our way to look for one, we are quick to buy tickets once we spot one. Not counting Ringling Brothers and Cirque du Soleil which we've seen here at home, we've sat under the big top in France, Belgium and Hungary. While the circus in Budapest offered the most as far as animal exploitainment went (ice skating polar bears and kittens...
Monday, 25 February 2008
I am quickly becoming the father I had hoped not to become. Sure my daughter and I are sitting side by side. She is standing up on the couch next to me with her arm on my shoulder. She is happy; I am happy. She's smiling, and I'm smiling.Why?The reason is because I am typing away on my laptop and she is looking at television. She was never immune to television, but I had hoped we could keep it a treat that only reared its ugly head when she went to go visit family or friends. I am not one of those people who thinks there are quality TV shows...
Thursday, 21 February 2008
Dear Fellow Americans,As this post hits the press, trashrags across our great nation are churning out the latest scoop on Senator McCain and his alleged relationship with a lobbyist named Vicki Iseman.I ask you, if you are not keen on the idea of this man becoming our next president, could you please, please, I beg of you, please come up with something other than this tabloidal rubbish of a story to use as your means for justification? If you're...
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