Category: Family

  • Sabbatical recap

    Sabbatical recap

    Well, my three-month sabbatical is over, and I’m back at work as of Monday. I was off work for 96 days. It was the longest I’ve been off work since my last parental leave in 2017 (about the same in terms of time), but for a good chunk of it the kids were in school…

  • Needler Nerf to the rescue

    Needler Nerf to the rescue

    I recently got the coolest Nerf gun yet and it couldn’t have come at a better time.

  • 2024 Santa letters are now shipping

    2024 Santa letters are now shipping

    It’s go time. Similar to the birthday lists, the crew here has selected that one thing they are hoping for IF they make the nice list.

  • Cool lamp bruh

    Cool lamp bruh

    Did you know that no one really knows what is inside a Lava Lamp? It’s supposedly a trade secret. As shocking as this is, it just makes them cooler.

  • There will be light

    There will be light

    I was actually in favor of not getting a tree this year (we’ll be traveling for the holidays), but my wife and kids looked at me like I was crazy, and, as a result, I ended up going kind of crazy in the other direction. We have a tree now, and lights too! Lots of…

  • What will this thing play?

    What will this thing play?

    This seems to be the question with any device that my kids pick up these days, be it their Chromebook from school, their watch, or anything containing what might look like a screen.

  • Kicking off the season coaching pee wee soccer
  • Back to school (in the States)

    Back to school (in the States)

    Today was the first day of school!