If you’re old enough to have moved out of your parent’s house, you’ve likely realized by now that some of your parent’s habits – the ones you grew up with and come to think of it, remember quite often rolling your eyes about – are indeed eccentricities. This new perspective on the differences between adult […]
Archives for April 2013
Smart people know when to say “when”. They also know when not to call their mothers a turkey.
Well hello there and HAPPY FRIDAY awesome Moxie-Dude reader, Today’s post is brought to you by a thought. And that thought is: you’re never too old to learn something new. And when I say “you”, I really mean me. Here’s the deal. You know how when you go over to someone’s house and they have […]
You know you’re a grown-up when you spend a scary amount of money on your house
Hey Awesome Moxie-Dude Reader, If you’ve been listening to the weather reports you know that spring has finally arrived here in Montreal. I have to admit, for a while there I thought winter was staying for good – like that episode of the Flintstones where the Hatrocks come to visit and the only way to […]
There’s just no fooling the kids anymore
Once upon a very long time ago, my children believed that I was a gourmet chef and we lived happily ever after. But that’s when they were young and naive and also believed in the tooth fairy. Things are different today. As it turns out, wisdom really does come with age. With two of my […]
You think you know a plant and then something like THIS happens
Dear Awesome Moxie-Dude Reader, Possibly in celebration of the fact that it’s not my birthday, and possibly in the spirit of “today is the first day of the rest of my life”, I decided to water my plants today. If you’re a writer too, you know damn well that whenever your plants get watered, it’s […]