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February 2014

February 17, 2014

Woman having affair with her pastor’s wife: “I ended it.” Chalk up 3 more lives decimated by anti-gay “Christianity.”

How wonderful to be straight, and by that fact alone deserve God's favor! Meanwhile, year...

November 2010

November 22, 2010

10 Steps to Winning Back Your Estranged Wife

Blown it? Here's what you do.

November 10, 2010

Letter From an Atheist Man Married to a Christian Woman

What's it like being an atheist man married to an atheist woman?

August 2010

August 16, 2010

Lovely Mexicans Up the Block; Married by a Gay Pastor Ken Doll; 29 Big Ones Today

My wife Cat and I got married twenty-nine years ago today. We got married on...

July 2010

July 27, 2010

“Then What Is Love To You, Anyway?” (From “All In … Almost”)

(More material I've written for my aborning book, All In ... Almost.) I was twenty-three...

June 2010

June 09, 2010

The Moment I Met My Wife

When I saw my wife for the first time, I leaned against a wall for...

March 2010

March 06, 2010

Top 10 Tips For Becoming a Better Husband

Thirty years of being married has taught me these ten things any man can do...

December 2009

December 07, 2009

Should you be married, and Facebook friends with an ex?

Goose, gander, etc.

September 2009

September 30, 2009

When Your Husband Derides Your Faith

In response to a recent post of mine entitled When You Love Someone Who Doesn't...

September 08, 2009

My Wife and I Never, Ever Fight. I’m Too Close to God For Anything That Pedestrian.

A few people wrote to ask if a big fight between my wife Cat and...

September 06, 2009

True Love: The Cruise Ship That Can’t Stay Afloat?

In the past, and particularly recently (with You Want Me To Emote About My Wife?...

September 04, 2009

Here Comes the Sun

I'm every day aware that when I die I will do so having in the...

September 03, 2009

IN YO FACE, CANCER!

Cat's radiologist reports that he saw no evidence of cancer on Cat's M.R.I. She has...

August 2009

August 18, 2009

You Guys Are The Best: Thank You

From the bottom of my heart I want to thank those of you who, in...

August 14, 2009

God and I Discuss My Wife Having Cancer

(After Question of the Week: Does My Wife Have Cancer?) Me: You know I have...

August 12, 2009

Waving Into The Dark

It's 11 a.m. and I'm in a doctor's office, listening on my iPod to M.I.A.'s...

May 2009

May 28, 2009

A Great Marriage is About NOT Compromising

People are forever saying that one of the keys to a happy marriage is learning...

May 17, 2009

My Insane Wife

I have but a moment or two to write; my wife Cat naps on the...

May 14, 2009

The Return of Mom 1.0

My sister and I finally found out where our mom was during the two years...

May 12, 2009

My New Mom, Choppers

Pretty much the first lesson I learned from my new "mom" was Be Afraid.

May 12, 2009

My Runaway Mom–and Her Surprise Replacement

One minute your mom is there, but you're dad is gone; the next your dad...