Every so often, Lis and I will overnight babysit my nephew, now 4-years-old; and on these occasions, every woman in my family takes the opportunity to hiss, “Tough, huh? A real armful, huh? And that was only one night — imagine you had him all the time! Not ready for a kid, are you?”
To which, […]

Hi, everybody, and sorry for the prolonged absence: first I took a vacation (back in December), immediately followed by a second vacation (which lasted into January), after which my work schedule got hectic (like, right after Vacation #2), then I had to babysit a 4-year-old for 27 hours (necessitating an eventual third vacation, whenever I […]

What follows is a misguided (and, hopefully, relatively brief) incident of sports-related dementia. That right there might be enough to dissuade a handful of potential readers from forging on; as for all the rest of you, please bear with me.
Relatively brief backstory: I’m in a fantasy basketball league — and I presume no one needs […]