Sean's Ramblings

Let me preface this post by writing that this is not about the second amendment or gun control. I'm limiting my writing to the story of ...

Last Friday, I received a random message on Instagram, which led to a week-long conversation. While I could explain the situation, I thought...

About two months ago, I volunteered to take a trip to Kansas. One of my bucket list items is to visit all 50 states. I’ve been stuck at 41 s...

My street is a dead end. If I want to sound fancy, I can say that I live on a cul de sac though it’s an “L” shape ending rather than a tradi...

* For his latest Cub Scouts meeting, Pedro Tulo learned about knife safety and how to effectively use a pocket knife. I consider it a huge w...

As you can guess from the title of this post, my sleep schedule is awful. After a long day of work, taking the kids to their activities, and...

When you write a blog for 18 years, you occasionally end up repeating stories or at least covering similar topics multiple times. For exampl...

This blog can vote! It can buy lottery tickets and fireworks and tobacco. It can gamble in some places, donate blood, join the military, and...

The Moose, who is in 6th grade, wants a phone. Badly. He mentions this regularly and recently told me that his friends at school make fun of...

In looking for something to watch on Wednesday evening, I stumbled on Special Forces: World's Toughest Test on FOX.  I had no idea what...

Welcome to my annual best and worst of 2022 in pop culture and more.  Best TV Shows: Severance and The Afterparty There is a lot of good te...

When I go to concerts, I try to record part of a song or two. Holding a phone up to record the entire concert or even an entire song just do...

Here is where I am at 47. I’ve worn glasses since 6th or 7th grade, and in recent years to see small text, I either need to take off my glas...

Happy Hanukkah to those of you who are celebrating! Hanukkah started on Sunday evening and whether or not you are partaking in the annual ce...

Like Fetch, I'm still trying to make eating pickles part of the Hanukkah tradition happen.  2022 marks the 25th anniversary of this trad...

The Washington Post   recently announced the discontinuation of the weekly Washington Post Magazine . I was a Washington Post subscriber f...

I've mentioned several times that my kids only seem to want to listen to current pop music. Sirius XM's Hits One station ends up bei...

Today, I’m writing about the Pittsburgh Steelers and specifically about Steelers fans wanting the team to lose. Look, I get it. Even with th...