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You’re like the David Bowie of food, and I'm all about that 😊 

Then I splash in just enough half & half Read more

Best advice ever: If you’re not sure you want kids don’t have them.

In our pre-baby class the teacher said, “for the first 3 months, their wants are their needs, you can’t spoil them, just help them.” That took off a bunch of pressure. Read more

A friend of mine is a older than me and had 3 kids before my first. He is also a SERE instructor for the Airforce. He once told me it takes at least 28 days to starve to death. If you kids don’t eat their dinner don’t fight with them about it just tell them that they get nothing else for the night other than their… Read more

Contrary to her practice of commenting on nearly every aspect of my own life, my mother was refreshingly subdued when it came to offering parenting advice. One thing she did say was that, just like kids need to learn to walk, and feed themselves with a spoon, and hold a crayon, sometimes they need to learn how to… Read more

Don’t let your kid drink milk in their carseat. It will spill. It will spoil. The smell will never leave.

“Maintain their self-confidence and everything else will work itself out.”

You said what I wanted to more clearly.  The people that can or have been vaccinated are the age groups and workers that are generally better at taking precautions.  Give this to a group of college kids in Florida and it will be viewed as a free pass.

It’s me!

I’ve been using vermouth in place of wine for a few years, it’s worked pretty well so far.

boxed wine is the best wine, period Read more

Young Tom Hanks, showing that range all in one scene.

This is a great idea.  

Already have some!

NASA just landed a 2,300 lb rover on Mars, which is currently 127 million miles from Earth.  We’ve got “deals” and Muppets.

You missed Buddy Rich... and DRUM WARS!!!!

Yes. Hanks is 27 and probably playing his age (roughly) as the younger brother of his mom. Michael J. Fox is 22 playing 19. And his parents are young (hippies who had him when they were just out of college). So a 10-15 gap between him and his sister works. My father in law (born in the 50s) is the 2nd oldest of 8 and… Read more

Even 40 years later, I still remember the Mark Hamill episode. Gargling Gershwin.