If It Can Kill Me, It MUST Be Good

I like to flip through the channels while watching the evening news. The other night while practicing my thumbaerobics, I noticed that the exact same commercial was on two of the networks at the exact same time. That surprised me a bit. What didn't shock me was that it was an ad for a prescription drug.

I decided to start paying attention. I observed that half of the advertisements on the news are for pharmaceuticals. I also learned that I must have at least half a dozen things seriously wrong with me... CONTINUE READING >>

Life After Kids

When Veronica and I began to think about our life after raising kids one of the first things we did was Google "empty nesters." We wanted to see if anyone else was looking at this the same way that we were. With a feeling of “isn’t it great that the kids have moved out, and we'll have life to ourselves again?" To be untethered and free. To wander the globe. To be GypsyNesters instead of empty-nesters.

But no, just about everything we could find was lamenting how terrible it is that the kids aren't around anymore. Even worse, the biggest item on the first page we clicked into was an enormous ad for an ...read more

If It Can Kill Me, It Must Be Good

I like to flip through the channels while watching the evening news. The other night while practicing my thumbaerobics, I noticed that the exact same commercial was on two of the networks at the exact same time. That surprised me a bit. What didn't shock me was that it was an ad for a prescription drug.

I decided to start paying attention. I observed that half of the advertisements on the news are for pharmaceuticals. I also learned that I must have at least half a dozen things seriously wrong with me... read more

Life After Kids

When Veronica and I began to think about our life after raising kids one of the first things we did was Google "empty nesters." We wanted to see if anyone else was looking at this the same way that we were. With a feeling of “isn’t it great that the kids have moved out, and we'll have life to ourselves again?"  To be untethered and free. To wander the globe. To be GypsyNesters instead of empty-nesters.

But no, just about everything we could find was lamenting how terrible it is that the kids aren't around anymore. Even worse, the biggest item on the first page we clicked into was an enormous ad for an Alzheimer’s patch.

Holy crap! We just finished raising our kids, we’re not ...read more