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Jun 19
The Father I Want To Be, But Am Afraid I Am Not

My extended family has some stories. Not all of them are the funny, light hearted things you might want to share with strangers at parties to break the ice. They are the sorts of things we don’t talk about. Not with each other let alone with the public. There were choices made that could have […]

Jun 13
“Daddy, you need your coffee.”

When a baby is born, a dad is born. I became a father just over three years ago. Mr. Dude's arrival into the world changed my life in ways I had never anticipated.

Jun 10
Watch “Voltron: Legendary Defender” Now on Netflix!

While on the DreamWorks campus we were ushered into a theater where we got to not only watch the first three episodes, but do a Q & A with executive producer Joaquim Dos Santos (The Legend of Korra, Avatar: The Last Airbender) and co-executive producer Lauren Montgomery (The Legend of Korra).

Jun 09
You Were A Good Dog, Phoebe. Good girl.

We said goodbye for the last time to Phoebe this morning, June 9th. She will be deeply missed in our home.