Tornadoes are mythologized, marketed and even celebrated. Until they're not. Joplin needs our help. I think The Weather Channel promoted it as The Great Tornado Hunt or something, and there are …
Joplin
Good Game
I coach my son's challenger league baseball team. I told my wife last night it's quickly becoming my favorite ninety minutes of the week. Girls and boys play together. Everybody bats every inning. We …
Dee
I married up. This is not some feeble public attempt at flattery, but rather an objective point of fact. Ask anyone who knows us both. When Gina told me Dee was interested in dating me, I …
“I want to do what you do.”
I hear this a lot. I’ll hear it at least a half-dozen times next week when my wife and I visit San Antonio for the International Water Quality Association convention to deliver the opening keynote …
PostSecret’s Viral Video of the Year
I'm blessed with a beautiful wife and two brilliant children. (Wow - sounds like I'm telling you a little bit about myself on Wheel of Fortune.) But, I haven't always had them, and the holidays …
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My First Performance Review (from Kindergarten)
I've been thinking a lot about the boy lately. It's Special Education Week, and while we're spending time giving thanks to his teachers and his therapists, we're also thinking about the world today …
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