Coffee and diapers

I was lying down with Theo this afternoon, half-sleeping, when I realized that my phone had been buzzing in my pocket far more than normal f...

Theo and I are catching a sleeper train tonight from Okayama to Tokyo. Right now the challenge is keeping him from disintegrating while we w...

I was interviewed a couple weeks ago by Amy at SpouseBUZZ.com about some of the unique issues of being a male military spouse. The video is ...

Yesterday afternoon I found this Ta-Nehisi Coates article while waiting for Theo to wake up from an unexpected nap. For once, maybe convinc...

I already posted this over on Dailymile, but I've added to it somewhat here. This is a story from yesterday's run -- the experience ...

Ruth: "So what do you think of the new Starbucks logo?" Me: "It's fine. Who cares? It's like 90% of the old logo, are...

So I wanted a run today, but with Theo out of school for the week, it had to be an after dinner run. By the time I could get out the door, i...

I find myself envious of people who have a passion in their life and the courage to pursue it. I've always been a "Jack of all tra...

Today someone on FaceBook asked, "Why is it that there are a billion different boner pills, pills that can help you "manage" ...

DSC_4750 Originally uploaded by javelis3 This post and the associated photos are nearly a month old. As i'd intended to do at the time,...

I've been wanting to sit down and write posts for the past few days, as life has finally settled into a somewhat predictable routine for...

Today's moment of funny that made up for a long day: Theo is getting ready for bed and Daddy is whistling "Don't let's star...

SANY0996 Originally uploaded by javelis3 I've been writing down as much as I can about recent events, but it all still needs serious edi...

Most people would say I'm a bit of a weirdo. I don't mention it often, but I truly, deeply miss the days when everything I owned fit...

A week or two ago, I realized that our pantry and liquor cabinet were still way too full, considering that were looking at just a few days u...

Oh, yeah, I have to log on and TYPE INTO IT. So it's been a crazy few months around here. We're just over a week from having movers ...

It's been hard, the past year or so, to really think of myself as married to a Naval officer. In January, when we came home to Norfolk f...

I had an "I'm a bad, selfish dad" moment on the walk home from dropping Theo at his 2-morning-per-week school. It was supposed...

Theo and I spent most of our afternoons in August at the pool around the corner from the house. Theo has always loved being in the water and...

So it's been a while ago that we transitioned Theo to a full-sized bed. He started asking to sleep in the guest bed one day, so we gave ...

Just dropped off Theo for his first day of preschool. He's going to a small school in the neighborhood, just two mornings a week. He...

Most of our previous attempts to get Theo to clean up his toys resulted in Ruth and I scrambling all over the living room to put stuff away ...

I realize that it's too early to make any assumptions, but... Tonight, Theo picked up his little foam football and started throwing it b...

Just a running update: The good news, I ran the CHKD 8K Run-Walk for the kids on June 13. I was pretty happy with my time, 48:19, consideri...

"No no no, Theo. That's Daddy's penis. You can touch Theo's penis, but we don't touch other people's penises."...

Do I just not leave the house enough? Monday morning, couple weeks ago now, I still had the rental car I'd used to drive Theo and I to P...

I hope both my readers spent today appreciating me -- today has been declared "Military Spouse Appreciation Day." I guess I always...

I've been using this banana bread recipe since pretty much forever. Makes a huge loaf. Saw a Twitter contact ask for a recipe this morn...

Last week I finally took my bike down to the local shop to have a toddler seat installed. After using it yesterday for the first time, I...

I had a couple more posts all queued up two weeks ago until life interfered, as it sometimes does. Car problems , Computer problems , Theo p...

My wife was in the sword arch for a shipmate's wedding last weekend. It's not very often I catch her in dress uniform, so I brought ...

If you're looking at the blog's main page, you may have noticed my Twitter feed, under the "What I'm doing now" headi...

As I noted on Twitter, Ruth and I had a very successful Shamrock 8K this morning. Ruth has had old injuries that have kept her from running...

Ruth and I ran the Shamrock 8K this morning -- details coming in the next post , but suffice to say it was a great race, we both ran well an...

I wanted to note that the blog is now featured in the " Blogs2Watch " section of CinChouse.com , a community site for "milita...

I haven't posted about it here, but around the beginning of the year I decided that the only way I was ever going to get my weight under...

I've never really gotten the hang of dinnertime with Theo. We've always wanted part of our routine to be sitting down to dinner with...

Terri Barnes, the " Spouse Calls " blogger and columnist for Stars and Stripes , linked to my blog this week as part of a series o...

Paul and I were just discussing Facebook and Twitter -- what they're good for, why do we bother, what do we find amusing about them. We...

My son just said the word "sausage" for the first time, while enjoying some with dinner. I'm overcome with emotion. Now we sta...

We're watching this week's episode of CSI. During the episode, Laurence Fishburne's character consults with "Dr. Stewart,...

After being here five months (feels like so much less) we finally had friends come to town for Presidents' Day weekend. Of course, there...

The highlight of our weekend with friends near Philly was their (always huge) Super Bowl party. We've been at the party so many years no...