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In the past 2 months, Nadia (age 5.5) has exploded as a reader. She’s also figured out how to shower herself. So bedtime, which used to co...

Elysa Coles Sicard. Well, sort of. You see, Elysa and I knew each other when we were both students in Japan in 1997. We saw each other o...

For the 4th year in a row, Tikkanen and I hosted a Father-Daughter Tea Party . Inspired by the book Strong Fathers, Strong Daughter s, we de...

Had a demoralizing talk with a longtime friend when I was in New York the other day. He's been practicing corporate law for almost 20 ...

If I am not mistaken, the first and only time I visited the World War II Memorial before today was with my grandfather, Stanley Robinson, on...

On the bus from the parking lot to the beginning of the North Face Endurance Challenge Half-Marathon at Algonkian State Park, I was chatting...

As many of you know, the NFO is a serious dancer. So, it’s no surprise that Tonka and Nadia and, to some extent, Paco, are also fans of danc...

I really don’t think this will translate well to the blog, but here goes anyway… I was dropping Paco off at his friend, Josh Daniels’ house...

I was in Las Vegas last week for a 3 day group off-site. On the one hand, Las Vegas represents the worst side of humanity. Yet, I still can...

Read disclaimer at bottom first before going further. So, I won 2 nights at a hotel in Las Vegas (MGM Grand) and I am not going to be abl...

This blog post is dedicated to my friend, Tom Siegman. I called him on his birthday the other day and he said, “hey man, keep on blogging.” ...

In the spirit of bringing hiqh quality medical procedures to the world, here's the latest .

Now this is simply remarkable.

The joke here isn't the se gment from the Daily Sho w. The joke is that most ppl think the segment is a joke. Thanks to Mindy Barenbla...

I held the kids a little bit closer this afternoon. The sun seemed brighter and the air felt fresher. Our weekend had been sent into a ver...

We just refinanced our mortgage. I was surprised by the language in the first sentence. A relic of a different era?

As is my custom on any business trip, I make a point to do something unique to the area. Proud to report that I “ran the Dish ” at Stanf...

I read this article,   Montgomery County workers took $30,000 hit since recession ,  in our local newspaper and I was so taken aback by its ...

Not sure exactly what it is about running 12 miles on a cold, windy day through the hills of West Virginia and stopping every so often to de...

The last few weeks have been hectic, more so than usual. If I was lucky, I was getting 5 hours of sleep a night. I know. Not enough, but ...