Today I have a guest post over at Balancing Jane. Balancing Jane is written by another mama to a biracial child. But aside from the racial aspect, her blog is interesting because she examines things with an intellectual twist. She’s a PHD student, working on rhetorical construction of difference. I don’t even know what that [...]
Categories: Guest Post, Texas
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Texas has been on fire since Sunday. Wildfires have been spreading all around Austin, thousands of people evacuated, you can’t throw a stick without hitting someone who has been affected. Having grown up in west Texas, dry summers aren’t anything new to me. Disasters happening all around were not uncommon growing up and they generally [...]
So, I don’t normally write posts advocating any business, but when I got a message from one of the marketing peeps from Chuck E. Cheese asking me to write a post in exchange for free pizza and games, how could I resist? I mean, every kid should experience gorging cheesy goodness, along with an overstimulating [...]
Categories: Blogging, Texas, Travel, Uncategorized
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Everyone in Austin has been complaining about the heat lately. Apparently we’ve had temperatures well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the past couple of weeks. I say apparently because I’ve barely noticed it. I mean, sure, I can tell it’s hot. But I like it hot. I love the heat. I like to sweat. I [...]
Categories: Life, Texas
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We’ve been traveling and Annika had her third birthday in the past week. It’s funny. How the things I want to sit down and write about prevent me from sitting down to write. We went to Detroit over the weekend. I’d be okay if they wanted to search Tigger. As we were traveling back to [...]
Categories: Detroit, Motherhood, Texas, Travel, Uncategorized
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Today I’ve got a guest post by another Austin mom blogger. In her spare time, she writes about wine, instead of whining about having no spare time. Enjoy! Andrea and her daughter, Amelia. Andrea Middleton is the marketing director for a Central Texas general contractor, wine blogger at Wine Scamp, and mother to an exceptionally [...]
Categories: Austin, Blogging, Parenting, Texas
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I was perusing a housewares aisle this afternoon when I stumbled upon this appealing, and wonderfully useful little tool. Initially, I snickered and then walked about three steps before I came to my senses, realizing that I MUST buy this shot glass/measuring spoon. Maybe this will make me want to cook more. Or buy more [...]
Categories: Addiction, Alcoholism, Texas
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I love Texas. It’s my home. Even though I moved to Japan, then Montana, then settled in Detroit for nine years, I always knew that I would come back to Texas someday. As much as I love Texas and feel like it is my home, there has always been this little bit of me that [...]
Categories: Austin, Fatherhood, Motherhood, Texas
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The first time I ever got drunk I was 15. I snuck out of my house with a friend to meet a boy she liked and he brought along his uncle. I’m not sure how old he was, but he was definitely an adult. It seemed like he was in his 30s. He treated me [...]
Categories: Alcoholism, Austin, Books, Fatherhood, Motherhood, Parenting, Texas
So, even though I am still a tiny ass little fish in the big blogging sea, somebody likes me and I got an award! Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Before I write anymore I should tell you. I’m drunk. Yep. Well, good and buzzed anyway. I did it on purpose. See, one of the potential requirements of accepting this [...]
Categories: Addiction, Alcoholism, Parenting, Texas
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