About me

So, I am your typical suburban Dad. I lead a fairly average life. One wife, one kid, one dog, two cars, one house, and a huge mortgage.

My job keeps me fairly busy. I am on call all the time and never know when something will break, requiring late nights, lost sleep, missed sport practice of some kind, or missed yard work (not that I miss it, but my judgmental suburban neighbors sure don't care for it).

When not working, I try to spend time with the Suburban Wife and the Suburban Kid. The Suburban Dog is usually running (or jumping) in the middle. We currently have a Suburban Cat on loan from Suburban Wife's Nephew. "Can you watch him for a couple of months" has now become fifteen. Suburban Dog and Suburban Cat don't get along too well. I have also discovered an amazing dislike for litter boxes.

After all this is done, I get to sit down for a tasty beverage of some kind. Any MicroBrew ale is my current drink of choice. More on this later.

I'm still in fairly good shape for my age, but of course my doctor thinks I can do better, so I try to work out a couple of times each week. I look at some of my friends and co-workers and think - I can't be doing that bad can I? I don't want to talk badly about others, but I look around and I understand why my friends from overseas make fun of the typically fat American.

Some of this may come from the fact this I do enjoy video games. Yes, they are time wasters, and don't do much for you except waste time, but damn are they fun. I have discovered that I can play driving games while riding the recumbent bike. Cardio while playing games has helped me reduce some of the midsection expanding effects of gaming. Unfortunately, Suburban Kid has inherited Suburban Dad's love for gaming.

Suburban Kid is not a couch potato by any means. He plays sports all the time and is in good shape for his age. He has luckily inherited my fairly decent athletic ability. He is QB of his football team, point guard in basketball, and plays any position in soccer. He eats healthy and will take a fruit or vegetable over cookies or sweets almost every time. That trait certainly came from Suburban Wife.

So, looking at this Suburban life that I lead, I decided that I needed to write some of this down. I occasionally have something funny to say, but usually not. I'm sure my banter will bore most people to tears. Other stuck in this Suburban life may find it interesting.

As much as I may complain, I would not miss any of it.