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I'm this great big guy who thinks of himself as a manly man. My daughter is on this jewelry making kick. Guess who is sitting down at night and stringing beads. The things we fathers do for our children never stop. I just hope we don't have company tonight. We're making pink and white necklaces.

We're going to my sister's for dinner tonight. She's fixing her famous crab soup. For the people who don't like seafood, she's fixing chicken wings. One sister fixes vinegar-based wings. The other fixes a sugary sauce. Which do you prefer? I'm diabetic, so I avoid the sugar, although those...

Have you ever gotten switches or coal in your stocking? Am I the only real little boy who once did? My mother lived with another woman for a bit after she left my father. The other woman thought it would be a funny joke. I've been scarred ever since.

My daughter was baptized today. I was thrilled when she asked afterwards if the entire family could go out to lunch together. We had planned to do this anyway, but it makes me so proud to know she loves her aunts, uncles and cousins. Best of all, they are there to share her special times.

Why is it so difficult to apply for a job online? I've been looking into going to work for the state, and it takes a danged degree in technology just to work through the application process.

My wife has just finished up her summer term exam and has decided we're going somewhere with a water park. Some friends want us to meet them and spend a couple of days at Disney World. It will take me 16 hours to drive there. I know I'm probably going to regret my decision, but we're striking...

I took this job because it let me take Fridays off. Now, the boss keeps wanting me to work not only Fridays, but some Saturdays as well. I have told him I need my time. Is it wrong for me to not want to be a slave to the job and to some boss's whims? I have one life.

I've been working like mad to get all my projects up to schedule so I can carve out some time to watch the London Olympics. Who else is a real Olympics fan? I can't wait to see what Danny Boyle has done for the opening ceremonies.

We went to a local baseball game this week. The mascot had my daughter out on the field running bases with him. As sort of a prize, they allowed her to "catch" and keep one of the balls. She's so excited. I think I have a little tomboy on my hands.

My little girl is in her cousin's wedding tomorrow. She's going to be the flower girl. I'm having to wear a tux, but seeing her walk down that aisle looking so beautiful will be worth it. I dread much of the fuss, but I'm taking pleasure in watching her love her new dress and shoes.

Our nine-year-old daughter decided to just take tumbling this year instead of the ballet and jazz she took the last three years. I went to yet another dance recital this week where we sat through two 3-hour performances where we watched our daughter do one small tumbling routine in each...

I am so excited. Our local news station told us we could go outside this evening and see the space station. They told us precisely how to see it. I went outside, followed their directions, and I could actually see it. My daughter and I had a science lesson right there on the lawn. I was more...

I crashed my expensive radio controlled plane this week. Boy, it's a bummer, too. The radio stopped working, and it slammed full-force into the ground. Worst part is that now I don't trust my radio. When you have thousands invested in these planes, you have got to have a dependable radio...

My daughter is always wanting to spend the night with her friends, but my wife very seldom invites other children to stay in our home. I really don't understand this, but I stay out of it. Do other parents agree that there should be some equality here? This is a third grader.

We had a chance to buy a huge box of homemade sausages this week. I've frozen it and we'll be eating high on the hog with breakfast sausage for breakfast and suppers until this stuff is gone. Does anyone else love old-fashioned link sausage?

I've never paid much attention to what we use to wash the car, clean the restrooms and clean the kitchen. I just buy my favorites when we give out. I've heard lately that so many things are bad for the environment. How many others are changing their favorite brands for better choices?

Seeing Jennifer Hudson on the Grammy Awards the other night made me do a double take. She has turned into one gal with a figure. What diet was she on? I seldom listen to celebrities who tout diets, but I might be tempted to have what she's having. She looks great and I need to lose weight.

I'm taking Cinderella to the ball tonight. It's the night my little girl and I get to dress up in our very best and go dancing. Mama stays home. My daughter's dance teacher has dreamed up yet another way of getting money out of my wallet. I do have a love-hate relationship with this type thing...

My sister and I have been going to auctions lately. We often find things from our childhood that we forgot all about. She's collected all sorts of bowls and dishes while I've gone after the old tools. Do other fathers here hang out at estate auctions?

I really hate that I missed getting in on the start of the series, "Person of Interest," that comes on CBS on Thursday evenings. I love that guy who played on "Lost." Now I'm patiently waiting for the reruns to start, or have they already started and I missed them again?