Volunteer at @BurningThruPage, quipper, father, believer in humanity, lover of dogs, and generally awkward at social gatherings. Hoping to get cooler with age.
Had a new acquaintance call me a “master of deflection” today.
Having heard this from a very close friend and my counselor lately, I’m just so thankful people are noticing I’m really-really good at something.
The 6 year old came home with this Taco Dino drawing and it has improved every part of my weekend.
I’m thinking it’s a Barbacoasarus, but am open to suggestions.
The world has been horrid and hard lately, so I hope this improves your Sunday too.
My 6 year old tiptoed into my room at 5AM sniffled and said
“Dad, I’m having a lot of tisssssssues this morning… like issues, but tissues because of my nose.”
You could see him beaming in the darkness.
I love being a parent.
Highly recommend kid comedy as an alarm clock.
One of my greatest regrets of 2026 is that I forgot to commemorate the 6 year anniversary of Denver’s attempt at prohibition yesterday.
Those were a dark few minutes/hours and they shouldn’t be forgotten.
The year is 2026.
Having been divorced for years I get a notification that my ex wife “poked” me on Facebook.
I have no idea what to do with this.
Uh, I need an adult.
The Boy has been working on cleaning up after himself more.
So, this morning I checked if he rinsed out the sink after brushing and found his toothbrush stuck to the mirror.
Sink was clean, though.
Solid parenting progress over here.
Did an exercise at the gym and saw a young boy mouth “holy shit” and I suspect this is the closest I’ll ever come to understanding the feminine joy of saying “thank you, it has pockets”.
I love being a parent.
In a meeting with my kids counselors we talked about how my daughter was addressing bullies.
I gave the retort I taught her and both therapists yelled in unison before cackling.
They think she’ll go to the principal’s office.
If so she’ll get cake too.
You ever have those moments where you recognize you’re delightfully broken?
Caught up with a dear friend and mentor and as we parted she says “Evin, why do you keep doing these things to yourself?”
Those words inspired my insides to beam and a wild smirk
There’s a cool, and arguably overly kind, subreddit that focuses on who your doppelgänger might be.
So I threw a couple photos up there this morning and the results have been, in two words, fucking wild.
A dear friend’s middle child tried their first olive and said “it tastes like a Catholic Church smells” and that unexpected truth will linger in my mind and nose forever.
My daughter and I got into disagreement at a wedding that resulted in putting a cheeseburger in a blender.
And being able to write a sentence like that, amongst so many other reasons, is why I feel fortunate beyond measure to be her dad.
Saw a woman about my age rocking a shirt saying “Cougar Pride”, which made me wonder if there’s a local school whose mascot is a mountain lion, and then saw this restaurant name down the street…
Beginning to think the south metro suburbs bring the sizzle.
I have many regrets in life.
Among them not speaking at my grandfather’s wake and not working on my health, mental and physical, sooner.
But perhaps my biggest misstep was not changing my relationship status to “It’s Complicated” while going through a divorce.
Leaving the game after a Broncos Win and the entire city is screaming.
Cars are honking and people are cheering.
My degenerate gambler friend whenever anyone goes by:
“But winners cover!”