My big boy is Back to School and halfway through his first week of classes. I'm not talking about bright shining faces and new backpa...

I've been pretty quiet on the blog as of late. Life has truly gotten in the way. But I make no apologies because my life informs this b...

Every so often I'll catch glimpse of it. In my iPhone, in a window and often times at night. I look at it and don't understand it, ...

Rounding out the year always causes us in the digital space to reflect on "The Best Ofs"...our best posts, our top trends, etc. ...

Despite all the positive speak I put out here and on my blog it was about a week ago I was ready to quit, EVERYTHING. But I decided to mov...

Two days ago around 2 am I walked right into my son's room. The lights were on, he was wearing a scully (winter cap) and talking on the ...

   I took this picture of my son 3 years ago. It is framed beside a picture of his sister beside our front door. Like #Trayvon, he was...

This is my daughter attending an awards ceremony for a piece of art she created. Bright. Focused. Driven. Poised. and........this is my ...

When it cones to surprises My father is just as much a Chatty Cathy as my daughter. The difference is my daughter is almost six. My father i...

A few weeks ago I got a call in the afternoon from my wife. She was enraged. The fact that she was upset wasn't too much of a surprise....

"We can do this the easy way or the hard way..." This line has been spoken in countless guy/action movies. The statement convey...

This IS NOT a review... Growing up I was the dishwasher. This meant I washed and dried the dishes. My parents put the dishes away until...

This morning during a lighthearted conversation with my teen about kitchen cleanliness my teen told me he didn't have to heed what I had...

Baby Girl & I, Year One. Becoming a father is EASY. Elevating your experience to that of DAD is something else entirely. It isn't ea...

This falls under both AP Manhood and Manhood 101. Any man who doesn't believe he needs to respect or honor women as he does himself is a...

Photo Courtesy Eric Payne. All Rights Reserved. None of us truly knows what lies ahead in the distance. For all that we are capable of we ca...

Those of us who have reached a state of AP Manhood either by choice or circumstance know, understand and embrace the reality that in order t...

Happy Friday! Sorry I've been away for most of this week. I've been busy on the homestead. Today's lecture begins now! In today’...

Most if not all of you probably don't know that I've been home alone for the past 16 days. By Sunday it will be 18. Not literally si...

You might be scratching your heads on this one, but the non-italicized title above doesn't really do justice to the point I intend to ma...