For the past few weeks, Niko has been complaining of his ankle hurting. Dr. Dad and Dr. Mom didn’t see anything visible on his foot, but we do believe him. Nurse Riley cat doesn’t know anything except for the fact that his shoes smell like feet, socks, and school and they have been outside. We…
Author: Mark
The Dad Speaks – UPDATES
I had a writing presence online at www.thestatmanspeaks.com since July of 2011. I was a high school football statistician and I shared my thoughts on the games I worked, along with photos and stats. When Nina (my wife) and I announced to the world on October 31, 2015, that we were pregnant (she was,…
Nothin’ Comes Easy: The Life of Rodney Dangerfield – by Michael Seth Starr
I got this book from Netgalley, so I can read and review it before it’s published. Now, I knew of his comedy and his characters from CaddyShack and Back to School, but I knew of nothing else. I was really interested to learn more. I didn’t know his father and uncle were vaudeville performers. I…
Robert Parker’s Virgil Cole & Everett Hitch, #1 through #10 – by Robert Parker and Robert Knott
While I was waiting for one of the Spenser books at the library, also by Robert Parker, I decided to start another of his series. I have already read all the Jesse Stone and Sunny Randall books, and I like his style of writing. I read that first book, Appaloosa, last October and was hooked….
The Shops at La Cantera
Yesterday, the three of us went to The Shops at La Cantera (Niko wanted to go last weekend, but he changed his mind at the last minute). It was cool and cloudy, so we ate lunch outside at Lucianos’s. Niko ordered for us all: mozzarella sticks and a small cheese pizza. It was yummy. The…