Summer is in full swing and with a new pool complex and a lake nearby, we've been taking the kids swimming quite a bit lately. Now the problem with being a middle-aged guy (BIKINI) is that if you have eyes (BIKINI) in your head (HOTTIE) it becomes difficult to focus (BIKINI) … [Read more...]

Having a Date Night tonight. Date Night, for the uninitiated, is when a sucker true family friend offers to baby-sit your kids (sometimes for free!!!!) while you and your spouse go out on a date. Which you haven’t done in nearly a decade. And here I thought since we were married … [Read more...]

I didn’t know what to expect from group therapy. I felt reasonably comfortable talking one -on -one to my shrink, but not so relaxed with a bunch of strangers. Besides, I recognized that I had a certain quirkiness about me, but I was no weirdo. Frankly, I was scared to be in a … [Read more...]

One year ago, my friends and I played a prank on our good friend Stewart. We took his wallet when he wasn’t paying attention and hid it from him. We all thought it was a good prank, because Stewart rarely misplaced his wallet. You should have seen how he paced around his living … [Read more...]

"This time, it will be different." Count on it, single guy. Count on that shoulder-perching little imp, teasingly muttering. No matter how terminally single a single guy is, the day will come. The day when endless pizza and unselfconscious scratching in public just aren't … [Read more...]