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Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Harry Potter changed our family 23 years ago

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Elissa at  The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando. Today is Harry Potter's 44th birthday. Or at least it would be, if he were re...
Monday, July 29, 2024

An entire stage of life captured in one JCPenney Portrait Studio photo

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About a month ago, my sister-in-law Chris brought over some old photos she found at her house, most of which were baby/toddler shots of our ...
Friday, July 26, 2024

The temptation, when you're trying to be healthy, is to eat the same things over and over, day after day

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When I started working with my personal trainer Kirk a month or two ago, he mentioned that I should be eating roughly half my body weight in...
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Wednesday, July 24, 2024

The official summertime uniform of the Midwest suburban dad

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We never got together and formally ratified this (there are, after all, probably a few million of us), but somehow, collectively, many of us...
Monday, July 22, 2024

My top five 1980s arcade games

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I spent quite a bit of time (and money) in arcades in the early and mid-80s. The games were so much better than the systems we had available...
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Friday, July 19, 2024

Running through neighbors' backyards probably carried less risk in the early 80s than it does now

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Mr. Kevin C. Buchheit, the man who served as my Phone-a-Friend when I appeared on "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire" (true story). T...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

When you're the youngest by a wide margin, you get to hear about the totally separate life your family lived before you came along

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I had no idea how to illustrate today's post, so I just went with this great photo of my son Jack taken many moons ago. Today is my brot...