My Response to Lance Armstrong: Thank You, Dad

The era in which I have come of age has forced me to be a cynic when in comes to my “heroes” and the successful men that serve as an inspiration. Lance Armstrong, like many of them, is the most recent example of this precipitous fall from grace. With this...

Don’t Hassle Me When I Say “No”

I love my friends and family, I really do. I am insanely blessed, in the friends that I have from childhood, my college friends, and those from beyond. I am also really close with my brothers. In comparison to most of my friends and family, I got married pretty young....

She’s Pregnant: Be Nice for God’s Sake

“The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” -John Wooden Of course it takes nine months to create a baby. It also takes at least nine months to prepare yourself to be a decent parent. And it takes at least nine months for us dudes to...

They are Watching… And Learning…

Be the person today that you want your children to be forever. This is something that my wife and I try to remind each other of on a daily basis. Sounds simple, I know. We have heard it all before. But we are talking about something that is fundamentally difficult:...