Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:  I love Schuyler's brain, which might seem like an odd thing to say, given her own une...

"No man has learned anything rightly, until he knows that every day is Doomsday." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson It's a popular tre...

Schuyler had a day off for parent-teacher conferences today, so Julie and I took the day off as well. After a brief and painless meeting, w...

I just realized that today is Columbus Day, and in doing so, I remembered writing about this holiday once. When I went and looked it up, I ...

You know, sometimes I hate being right . NBC Cancels Well-Regarded ‘Southland’ Today, NBC canceled one of the best-reviewed shows of recent ...

So I've been having a pretty sorry run of luck in recent years where television is concerned. This past year or so has been particularly...

Oh, hey, look. A weasel. Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob My apologies for the length of this post. Sometimes it's good to get thing...

Isolde Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob It wasn't a huge surprise. She'd been slowing down a lot lately, which is probably why I ...

Tristan and Isolde, in happier days Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob Longtime readers will know that I love dwarf hamsters. I once even r...

Seriously. Getting to chase kids around the museum? I'd only require the assistance of someone to keep me from slipping in the little ...

Storm Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob In my dreams, Schuyler almost always does the same thing. She talks to me. She's al...

Shut up, I do ! (By the way, the macho tv watching behavior I engage in is actually those police chase video shows. Seriously, if I'm c...

Either I got away with it, or she doesn't particularly care one way or the other. Welcome to the fam, Jasper the Second.

The Jaspers Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob It was perhaps tragically fitting that my last post included a photo of Schuyler wi...

I'm jumpy today, and it's just not getting any better. The day started with Schuyler's return to school after two weeks off. Th...

Tough girl Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . It's weird, 2007 felt like it lasted about thirty minutes. You know, this time ...

At last, ultimate power Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . Have a nice holiday, whatever flavor you celebrate? We had a good one...

Two Jaspers and a pug Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . Well, okay, enough of the PajamasMedia idiocy. I'll just have to be...

I had a pretty good Halloween, as evidenced by what arrived from Fed-Ex: (I've been coveting them like the Gollum with my Precioussssss....