5 Kids, 1 Wife, 1 Grandchild

Earlier this summer I seriously considered making this a once-a-week blog in place of the three-times-a-week cadence I've followed for t...

Except it kind of isn't. I mean technically, yes, there are now exactly 1,000 posts on the blog covering a span of more than 17 years. I...

These are the faces Vanna and Pat would likely have made if the producers had let me appear on Wheel of Fortune. Before we get into this, I ...

Back when I was in high school, the only reason you were ever home at 10 in the morning was if you were sick or if it was a holiday. Then I ...

One problem with being someone who thrives on habit and routine (like me) is that your brain goes largely unused. When you do the same thing...

  One of the first blogs I ever had was an intentionally short-lived one about my successful attempt to attend a taping of The Price Is Righ...

If you've read this blog (or its forerunner "They Still Call Me Daddy") for any length of time, you know the only two interest...

Yesterday, Terry and I spent nearly seven hours at Cleveland State University for Elissa's college orientation. She signed her first-eve...

Everyone has something interesting or strange they've done in their life. And I do mean everyone. I've never met a person yet who, i...

As I said, I've been watching the show everyday and taking notes on prices, bidding strategies, pricing game rules, etc. Generally speak...

For the past few weeks, I've known that I wouldn't be making the trip out to Los Angeles by myself. My brother-in-law, Dave Ross, wi...

So I've begun taping episodes of the show and watching them, pen and notebook in hand to jot down prices, bids, helpful tips, etc. I got...

By all accounts, a taping of "The Price Is Right" is an all-day affair for audience members. And when I say "all-day affair,...

The question of whether or not to wear a goofy t-shirt is something of an eternal debate among Price Is Right fans and would-be contestants....

Since the tender age of about 4, I have been a fan  –  nay, a devotee  –  of that paragon of television excellence, the Game Show to End All...