One of the many safety devices that Laura begged me to install, was the oven guard. This is one that I snapped to attention and put into place on my first chance. Why this particular child safety device is so important is it shields the one and a half year old Carter, the … [Read more...]

I’ve been married for four years — all to the same woman. But if I want to keep her around, I need to look less like a clothes hanger and more like those cabana boys my wife, Kelli, drools over. I need some muscles, pronto. That’s why, after sharing my sob story with the good … [Read more...]

Help! I am trapped in a fast-food line and I can't get out! I'm running late for work -- again -- so I whipped into this drive-through to snatch up a quick lunch to take with me. Life in the fast lane. But here I sit four minutes later. Had I stopped to smell the roses outside … [Read more...]

As I was typing away in my office a few weeks ago, I received a frantic call from my wife. “Help, come quick.” This was serious. I raced upstairs without checking my email for jokes or last night’s sports scores on ESPN .com. When I reached the dining room, my wife said with … [Read more...]

In my second life I want to come back as a TV remote control. Why? If you’re a woman, need you ask? Better yet, if you’re a man…well...duh. Especially a southern man, who, surrounded by car magazines, pretzels, and ice cold beer, (all man’s best-friends—sorry, Fido) snuggles … [Read more...]