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I’m fat. Need help.
“I’m fat. Need help.” . That was my plea — in shortened form (the TL;DR*) — to the group of dad bloggers I chat with on Facebook. News to no one, I’ve been overweight for a very long time. I’ve been...
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Chuck the Chunk: Baby Steps
Scroll down a bit to the lovely infographic of my chunky self, and you’ll see I’ve shed 4 lbs since starting my Chuck the Chunk (CTC) weight loss adventure. I lost all four the first week and then held...
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#SuperMilkMan to the Rescue!
As a marketing/design professional and an admitted non-sports fan, the commercials truly ARE my favorite part of the Super Bowl. And last year’s big game featured an awesomely over-the-top spot from...
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Chuck the Chunk: My Love Affair with Two Men from Vermont
I will not be wearing this shirt for weigh-in photos again. So here we are at the one-month mark of Chuck the Chunk — and I’m proud to say I’ve lost nine pounds! I’ve shed more weight in less time in...
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Chuck the Chunk: “Daddy, your butt is big!”
I made a little more progress this week, but taking (and posting) photos each time reminds me I have a big chunk of work to do. Or maybe I can just avoid being viewed in profile for the rest of my...
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Testicular Cancer and Embracing Your Nuts
When your last name is “Almond,” you learn at a young age to live with the “nut” jokes. From the constant jingle-singing* (“Almond Joy’s got nuts…”) to the crazy/nuts remarks, the cracks start early...
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Chuck the Chunk: Keep On Chuckin’
Other titles considered for this post, “Slow and Steady is Boring and Slow,” “Two Steps Forward, Three Steps to the Couch,” and “I’m So Lame.” Yes, I’m still doing this. (This being Chuck the Chunk.)...
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What’s Been Going On With My Face…
Here we are, halfway through November, and you may have seen quite a few new facial hairs growing on the men in your life or around the interwebs. In case you’re not familiar, this is the phenomenon...
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The Macaroni Incident
As I’m thick in the throes of wedding planning, I thought it would be a fun to share some witty words from a fellow dad and superhero lover. Yet Charles Baserap is more than your average fanboy. He...
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I Went to a Conference for Women, and All I Got Was a Big Rash
JOCK ITCH. The “big rash” was actually jock itch; I just didn’t have the nerve to stick it up there in the title. It was only midway through the first full day of BlogHer — a ginormous conference about...
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