Category Archives: Rob

Lord, Give Me Strength

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

I did something Sunday with an eye on building the foundation for my children’s religious quest. You can take it on faith that it’s something I won’t soon attempt again. I took my three kids to church by myself. I … Continue reading →

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The Curse of the Andino

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, which means pro football. The holiday weekend also means the Iron Bowl and other big college football games. The college basketball season starts to gear up with tournaments in New York City, Hawaii and other locations featuring … Continue reading →

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Splendid Isolation

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

I have at least 10 friends who are Penn State alums. I have a relative who is a freshman on the State College campus. Friend and occasional YDD contributor Tim is far and away the most passionate Penn Stater I know. … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Videos: Songs from my wedding day

Posted on October 15, 2011 by

I most definitely outkicked my punt coverage when it comes to matrimony, and 11 mostly blissful years and three children later I remember much about the day — especially, of course, the music. Continue reading →

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Friday Night Videos: Songs with cool sax solos

Posted on October 8, 2011 by

For several weeks now, on Friday nights, I’ve been posting Web videos on Facebook of songs based on a theme that I pick. Songs about the rain, for example (back when we were deluged with a hurricane and record precip), … Continue reading →

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Fool in the Rain

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

My daughter and I recently went on our first bike ride together. By the time it was over, she was in tears and asking for her mother. We took the training wheels off this summer. Shortly after, her grandparents bought … Continue reading →

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Remembering 9/11

Posted on September 11, 2011 by

I was sitting in front of my house, immersed in an article in my local newspaper, while my kids played outside. The story was about two high school classmates who were in the World Trade Center towers 10 years ago … Continue reading →

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To an editor dying young

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

I was thinking about him right before I found out that he’d died several months ago. It was probably the framed article on my basement wall, a gift from my then girlfriend  – now my Beautiful Wife – about an … Continue reading →

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What a Derek Jeter homerun can reveal about fatherhood

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

The pitch, a curve ball that hung over the middle of the plate about knee high, jumped off the bat of Derek Jeter and climbed up into a sky so blue it’d hurt your eyes just to look at it. … Continue reading →

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‘I found out I’m a pretty bad dad, I don’t know what I’m doing’

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

Two pieces of multimedia for you with a Father’s Day focus. The first is a CBS News Sunday Morning commentary by comedian Louis C.K. He rather neatly sums up fatherhood and many of its highs and lows in an efficient … Continue reading →

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