Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords

On seeing the Empire State Building Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . As I'm writing this, Schuyler is sitting in the seat n...

Travelers Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . So is it real irony or Alanis Morissette irony that Mister Fancy Pants Author forgot...

UPDATE: Okay, I closed the poll a little early since I needed to print up the results, and they were running pretty consistently. Thank you...

Sometimes I get email from old skool readers asking why I don't write about politics anymore. I don't know. I guess I usually just ...

On the bumper with Dad Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . In a week, we head off to New York City, and Schuyler is getting excite...

This was put together by a tenacious group of teenagers who are much more significantly impaired than Schuyler but who use similar speech de...

A number of you have written to me to let me know about this, which is coming to Dallas at the end of the month. I saw a commercial for it ...

Small amazement Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . Schuyler was recently invited to a birthday party by one of the girls in her B...

Schuyler in NYC, 2003 Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . If you find yourself wandering the streets of New York City any time bet...

The end of a relationship can be hard, but it can also feel like a fresh, cool breeze on a sweltering day. Sometimes you get to the end of ...

The Plano Balloon Festival took place this weekend, and unlike last year's Elmer Fuddlike weather ( "Awise storms! North winds bwo...

Maxie Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . Schuyler and I were discussing our impending trip to New York City (impending as in &quo...

At play with the wolf cub Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . We were watching a pair of documentaries on television about the wor...

Monument in Lights, 2/02 Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . I was channel surfing this morning and came across MSNBC's replay...

Our first artistic collaboration Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . When Schuyler gets handed school projects that are beyond the...

The book release it still five months away, but I got my first press since the Publishers Weekly announcement a year ago. It felt sort of f...

Do you remember in the scary and tumultuous days following September 11, 2001, when news sites like CNN.com were so busy that the servers we...

Schuyler at the airport Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . I'm not going to set this up with a lot of commentary. I will sim...

On many of the writer sites I visit, I have been informed that not much goes on in publishing during the month of August. I can believe it....

Homework Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . Schuyler started school this week. Second grade, believe it or not, which is the app...