Fatherly Pride Redux
The Story Thus Far Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote about the tremendous pride I experienced, when my then 13-year old son, Julian, took first place in the Men’s Intermediate Division at the annual...
View ArticleBest of Fish & Bicycles: Dad, you’re embarrassing me!
Originally Published: November 14, 2009 He didn’t say it. Didn’t have to. It was frickin’ cold outside this morning, frost on the rooftops and windshields, and I was up at 7am on a Saturday, doing my...
View ArticleBest of Fish & Bicycles: The Fragile Male Self
Originally Published: August 10, 2010 A couple of weeks ago, our cat came scurrying into the house from the backyard, with this in her mouth: I know. Before you’re able to settle into how cute the baby...
View ArticleVideo Fridays: Jake Shimabukuro
In case you didn’t know, the ukulele was the most popular instrument in American homes in the 1920s. Time passed, and on the wave of guitar-centric Folk and Rock & Roll music of the 1950s and...
View ArticleIs That An Ice Pack In Your Underwear, Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?
Male infertility is a serious issue, accounting for 40% of all infertility cases. So, you might think that it’s rather insensitive of me, via the title of this post, to joke about the new...
View ArticleQuadrophenia &“The Universal Adolescent Problem”
When I was a sophomore at Rutgers University, I read an article in the school newspaper that mentioned an album that was very near and dear to my heart, The Who‘s 1973 masterpiece Quadrophenia. And,...
View ArticleTweet of the Day: @TheOnion
As the father of a teen boy who happens to be an avid rock climber, particularly interested in bouldering… LOL!!! Teen Boulder Can't Wait For Landslide To Roll It Into Ravine Where They Get It...
View ArticleMy Teen, My Tug o’ War: A Poem
my teen, my tug o’war the rope stretched taut between us we pull me wanting him closer he wanting to get away… …and yet, no letting go for 15 years years I’ve been telling the same old joke about how...
View ArticleCutest.Beatles.Cover.Ever?
So, there I was thinking that the cutest Beatles cover ever was performed by my son, approximately age 7, in our front yard, using a karaoke machine, screaming Twist & Shout at the top of his lungs...
View ArticleFish & Bicycles Goes On Virtual Hiatus
hi·a·tus noun — A gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break You know, I’ve been working at a university for 12 years, and so, when I hear the term hiatus, I think of privileged faculty...
View ArticleFish & Bicycles Lives!
Um…hello…is this thing on? Check! Check! 1,2,3 check! Ok, so, how does one break a nearly year-and-a-half blogging silence? Well, I left off with a June 2013 post, announcing that I was going on...
View ArticleVideo Fridays: Father’s Day Weekend Edition
Me & Julian, Father’s Day, 2013Since I likely won’t be able to post anything on Father’s Day this Sunday, and since my son, Julian, is now 17-1/2 years old and his days in the nest are painfully...
View ArticleTweet of the Day: @TheOnion
Given my recent post waxing nostalgic and all sentimental on the subject of fatherhood, including references to the common fears that seem to come with the job… …this TOTALLY cracked me up! Report:...
View ArticleTo Man Bun, Or Not To Man Bun?
When I first heard my 17-year old son refer to some guy’s hairstyle as a “man bun”, I chuckled heartily. Little did I know at the time just how much of a thing man buns are! See, I’ve lived here in...
View ArticleVideo Fridays: Mountaineering, Monty Python & My Son The Rock Climber
It’s been WAY too long since I wrote about My Son The Rock Climber! That’s him six years ago, age 12, in the lede photo here, climbing on the wall we built for him in his bedroom. By the time this...
View ArticleVideo Fridays: Jeff Tweedy & Stephen Colbert
After my depressing post this morning, I thought I’d lighten things up, WAY up, with this sweet clip from last night’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert for this week’s Video Fridays installment. I’ve...
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