JULY 27, 2018 For those of you keeping score at home, Murphy and I started our vacation on Friday. New York City is just a stopover before hitting our final destination. Usually I try to provide a little education when I post about my travels, but I don’t think there’s much I need to say … Continue reading NEW YORK CITY/DUBAI – JULY-AUGUST 2018

In Kansas City, we have the Arthur Bryant's vs. Gates barbecue debate. In Detroit, the big food rivalry involves coney dogs: hot dogs with chili, mustard, and onions. Back in 1917, Gust Keros came to town from Greece and opened American Coney Island restaurant featuring coney dogs. A few years later, his brother William came … Continue reading Lafayette vs. American

Divorce sucks.  I wouldn’t wish it upon my worst enemy. When mine was finalized in 2014, I suddenly became a statistic.  According to the 2010 United States Census, I joined a club of about two million other single fathers in the country with about 880,000 of those as the result of a divorce. My parents … Continue reading What I’ve learned as a single father

Since I started this blog, I've had a few people get in touch with me about my recent 35-pound weight loss journey and ask me what was my secret for success.  My answer is that you have to have a commitment to long term success. If you believe that all you have to do is … Continue reading Changing your habits

July 23, 2017 One of the perks of a credit card I use is access to some airport lounges on a card called Priority Pass. I was able to get my mom, Murphy, and I into the Korean Air Lines Lounge in the International Terminal at LAX on the way to Japan.  Free food and … Continue reading OKINAWA, JAPAN – JULY-AUGUST 2017

From Emilie Wapnick's book, "How To Be Everything": What do you want to be when you grow up? It's a familiar question we're all asked as kids.  While seemingly harmless, it has unintended consequences.  It can make you feel like you need to choose one job, one passion, one thing to be about.  Guess what? … Continue reading WHAT’S A MULTIPOTENTIALITE?

  HQ Trivia is a game show app where people can win real money by answering trivia questions.  If you answer all 12 questions correctly, you win or split the total prize money for that day with all the others who got all the questions right.  Usually, the pot is about $5,000 for each game, … Continue reading I won HQ Trivia!

Childish Gambino - "This Is America" As a proponent of thinking and reflection, I believe that the arts provide a major outlet for people to do both. I've always thought that Donald Glover was extremely talented and entertaining, but this piece of art he created and released in the last few days as his alter ego, Childish Gambino, … Continue reading The Art of Childish Gambino