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...
Friday, 29 February 2008
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
The day I joined the circus
Posted on 18:34 by Unknown
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
Becoming her bad father
Posted on 05:09 by Unknown
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
Gutter-free politics, please
Posted on 09:49 by Unknown
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...
Monday, 18 February 2008
Antofagasta : Where happy feet and yankees meet
Posted on 09:35 by Unknown
On two occasions I got the opportunity to visit Antofagasta, Chile while my father was working with their major electricity provider down there. Chile is a long skinny country spanning the western coast of South America, and Antofagasta finds itself in almost the northernmost tip. Elaine and I weren't yet married but my parents were kind enough to invite her to come along as well which made Chile our first and second overseas trips together.Each...
Saturday, 16 February 2008
Chinese cuts, the ancient art of the no scalpel vasectomy
Posted on 06:22 by Unknown

This is going to be a very special episode of cocktailswithkevin so if there are kids watching, you might want to ask them to leave the room.No, there are no graphic pictures forthcoming, so there'll be nothing that will require any library staff member to employ the shoulder tap. It's just that I'm likely to forgo clinical terms and instead employ such slanguistic gems as balls, nutsack, and peepee used as a noun. As far as the vas deferens is...
Thursday, 14 February 2008
Are you ready for your mystery date?
Posted on 10:06 by Unknown
Eons ago my wife and I instituted the concept of the mystery date into our courtship. No, not some 1960s Milton Bradley board game with a catchy jingle on the commercial. I mean once a month one of us would plan an outing and surprise the other with the date.There really are no guidelines. A mystery date could be anything from dinner and a movie to tickets to some event or even champagne and a fireplace if it's done up right. Mystery dates seem...
Tuesday, 12 February 2008
My recent escape from Paris
Posted on 10:07 by Unknown
On my most recent trip to Paris I stayed at the Hôtel du Mont Blanc in the Latin Quarter on rue de la Huchette. My wife found it years ago when we were visiting the city with friends, and I highly recommend it if you're looking for a quaint yet affordable place to stay in Paris. It's in a pedestrian district around the corner from the rue du Chat-qui-Pêche, the smallest street in the city. Notre Dame is within walking distance and the neighborhood is a direct ride on the Métro from Charles de Gaulle airport.I sprung from the bed that morning...
Wednesday, 6 February 2008
Ascencia bank frustrates and disappoints faithful consumer
Posted on 12:16 by Unknown
Because some drug-happy criminal got a hold of my debit card number and used it to purchase pharmaceuticals from an online Filipino pusher I have been on and off the phone with Ascencia Bank for over a month. While I give Ascencia kudos for finally crediting back my money and untangling what could have easily elevated into a financial mess for me, I was quite disappointed with their bumbling when it came to doing something so presumably simple as getting me a debit card replacement.Ascencia is strictly an online bank based out of Louisville, KY....
Tuesday, 5 February 2008
Traveling Tuesday
Posted on 04:40 by Unknown
Not long after my seventeenth birthday I took my first trip overseas. I was to stay with a family who lived in Seyssinet, a small city near Grenoble in the southeastern part of France, but because the student group I was with flew on KLM, I had a brief stopover in the Amsterdam airport. While the layover was just barely three hours long and I never stepped foot outside the terminal, I still think of this as my first introduction to European culture.I forget exactly how many other soon-to-be exchange students were traveling with me, probably about...
Friday, 1 February 2008
AAA child's passport photo
Posted on 11:06 by Unknown
Meryl and I set out today to the nearest AAA office in order to get her photo taken for a passport. Sure, passport photos can be acquired just about anywhere for a minimal fee including the post office which is right around the corner from us, but my wife informed me that because we are AAA members, I could pick them up for free at the local office. Huzzah! No matter that the AAA office was 30 minutes away and therefore required almost a quarter...
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