Summer hours
Every summer, to make up for the extra hours we put in during peak times, my company cuts Friday short. At the end of every week in July and August, we shut the office down at 1:00 PM. It’s a great gesture, and it goes a long way, especially when you’ve got a family at […]
Tags: my job, my kid, my wife
Posted in Work and Career |
Phasing it all back in
I’m a guy who likes to try and get a lot done in a day, and a good way to do that is to turn as many jobs as I can into habits. The disadvantage of this is you eventually come to cram your average day with one routine after another. Before long, you’re just […]
Tags: blogging, my job, my kid, my wife, productivity
Posted in Personal |
Just two days to go until the Father’s Day Walk against prostate cancer!
Morning, all! This is just a quick reminder that my daughter and I are headed down to the lakeshore this Sunday to do the Father’s Day Walk against prostate cancer. Many thanks to those of you who have sponsored or supported us so far! I’ve set a fundraising goal of $250.00, and thanks to very generous […]
Tags: AIDS walk, father's day walk, fundraising, my kid, my wife, prostate cancer
Posted in Social Action |
My daughter and I are doing the Father’s Day Walk against prostate cancer (and we need your support)
I had a lot of fun doing the AIDS Walk with my daughter back in September, and I’ve been looking forward to another opportunity to put her in a stroller for a good cause. That opportunity will finally come on Sunday, when we do the Father’s Day Walk against prostate cancer. I’ve set a rather modest […]
Tags: AIDS walk, father's day walk, fundraising, my kid, my wife, prostate cancer
Posted in Social Action |
Happy birthday, Jon!
Speaking of important dates, my brother Jon is celebrating his thirty-second birthday today. Join me in wishing him a great one, won’t you? All the best today, Jon. If the year ahead is anything like the year you’ve just enjoyed, it’s going to be a great one. I can’t wait to watch it unfold!
Tags: my brother, my wife
Posted in Friends and Family |
Here’s an anniversary my wife and I both forgot
Four years ago tonight, I asked my wife to marry me. She said yes, thank God, and now we’ve got a kid and a mortgage. Which is probably why we’d both forgotten the significance of today until my mother pointed it out this morning. Well, what do you want from me? I got two out […]
Tags: my kid, my mother, my wife
Posted in Friends and Family |
A week of milestones (and not much blogging)
I neglected this blog in a big way last week. Work was demanding, my kid was temperamental, and I was generally pretty tired. Everything that wasn’t vital went on the shelf for a minute, just so I could focus on the most important things. My wife was at the centre of two of those things. […]
Tags: blogging, my job, my kid, my wife
Posted in Friends and Family |
Introducing Friend of a Friend Matchmaking
In the spirit of doing a courageous friend an overdue favour – or at the very least, talking about something else – I’m excited to finally be able to tell you that my good friend Sofi has launched a matchmaking service called Friend of a Friend. “Friend of a Friend is an affordable alternative to […]
Tags: dating, Friend of a Friend, my wife, Sofi Papamarko
Posted in Friends and Family |
Now more than ever, patience is a virtue
My daughter has discovered tantrums. We’re doing our best to help her discover that they don’t work. It’s a long, loud process, but we’re slowly getting through it. There’s a precedent for this. For the first three months, she had colic. She was screaming day and night, and there was nothing we could do to […]
Tags: my kid, my wife, parenting, tantrums
Posted in Friends and Family |