Tag Archives: Mr Mom

Mr. Mom and Summertime


As I took Will and Cait to the bus this morning I noted that they had exactly one month left of school.  This made them very happy.  Me, not so much.  Then, I looked in my rear view mirror and … Continue reading

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Mr. Mom’s Early Morning Meanderings


Why is it that gun nuts fear a national registry? We regulate everything in this country.  We register our cars, license our dogs, regulate our hunting and fishing, and even require our security guards to get a guard card.  Really?  … Continue reading

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Mr. Mom’s Blunder


It seems I spoke too soon. On Wednesday, the weatherman predict snow for most of Thursday, starting late Wednesday evening.  So when Thursday rolled around and, lo and behold, there was no snow, I thought we were in the clear.  … Continue reading

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Mr. Mom’s Happy Day.


Twelve years ago yesterday my children were born, and I remember it well. Kathy’s water broke near to midnight and we rushed to Milford Hospital, which, thankfully, was not capable of handling a birth six weeks premature.  We were put … Continue reading

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Notes From the Frozen Tundra


I’m starting to think Lucy Liu and Lisa Ling are one and the same.  I have yet to see them in the same place together, not once, and I never know which is which. For those of you who haven’t … Continue reading

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Mr. Mom – Football Prognosticator


After a rough start, to put it mildly, in our new feature of predicting NFL football games, we here at breezespeaks finished the season with a flourish.  We correctly predicted the outright winner of yesterdays Super Bowl, as the Baltimore … Continue reading

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Mr. Mom is Proud


“We live in a society where we’re taught that you need to be thin to be considered pretty, where falling for someone of the same gender is immoral, where fighting will solve everything and that being different is wrong.  It’s … Continue reading

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Mr. Mom Becomes Mr. Fix-It


I have never been mechanically inclined.  Even when I joined the Army, they told me I could do anything except mechanical maintenance.  I could have learned a second language, or worked on missile placement, but God forbid I needed to … Continue reading

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Mr. Mom’s Saturday Morning


It’s not about how much money you have in the bank, or what kind of car you drive, or the size of your . . . house.  (What did you think I was going to say?) Cait had a soccer … Continue reading

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Mr. Mom Celebrates


Will and Cait started school Tuesday, so you will have to excuse me while I do a little dance.  It’s not that I dislike spending time with my kids; on the contrary, they are fun to be around, but as … Continue reading

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