Fear

You know every now and then I get hit with a wave of fear.  Nothing crippling.  More along the lines of uncertainity and I guess the fear of that.
What would I do if I lost my job?
What would happen if my mom or dad died (lucky enough to still have both)?
What happen to my children and [...]

Carl Ripken Jr

Carl Ripken Jr. was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this weekend.  MLB.com did a nice summary of his speech.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070729&content_id=2117722&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
Every baseball player today should be forced to watch or read his speech.  For that matter any pro or amateur athlete should too.

Goodbye Harry

My wife gave me my first Harry Potter book shortly after our son was born.  She thought it would be nice for me to read it to him someday.  Though we haven’t done that just yet, my son and I have enjoyed talking about Harry and his adventures and watching some of the movies together [...]

Why questions

Thoughtful post today on LinkedIn Answers: Seeing Life thru the eyes of a 4 1/2 year old
What I really found most interesting were the responses.  Some cited “no time” while quite a few mentioned “going along to get along” as the reason why as adults we don’t ask Why questions.  I know I’m guilty but [...]

John Lovell, Hero?

HERO: From the Greek ἣρως, in mythology and folklore, a hero (male) or heroine (female) are characters that in the face of danger and adversity, from a position of weakness display courage and the will for self-sacrifice, that is, heroism, for some greater good, originally of martial courage or excellence but extended to more general [...]

Great Weekend

Weekend in summary:

Red Sox win Friday night.
Coached baseball game.
Hosted a birthday party for my little girl.
Red Sox win Saturday.
Celebrated Father’s Day
Went to a baseball game with my family
Dinner out to celebrate birthday and Father’s Day
Red Sox win Sunday
Saved a turtle crossing the road
Did a little fishing.

That, by any definition, is a great weekend!

People suck

I’m fortunate enough to coach my child’s baseball team.  The league is one step above t-ball.  In our division basically the coach pitches to his team.  We do not keep track of strikes or balls and even bats each inning.  This is also the first year the children are introduced to the concept of ‘out’ [...]

The greatest thing I ever heard.

Just this weekend I heard the greatest thing ever.  No it wasn’t a joke.  No it wasn’t that I had won the lottery.  No it wasn’t my wife asking me for once for sex (that would be a sign of the apocalypse).
 The greatest thing I ever heard came from my son: 
“Dad you want to play [...]