OK, the question has to have crossed your mind... You are divorced.  You are a father.  How can you possibly be relevant?

Here is the lowdown...  I'm a great friend.  Good cook (and getting better), I'm handy with a hammer, I'm tech heavy and even play paintball.  I look at life through my own unique prism that for the most part is always positive.   Out on a date, shopping for groceries... with the boys (my kids) I have a habit of seeing things in a way that keeps it simple.  I poke fun at life and keep my kids and everyone around me on their toes.  You can count on me to be considerate of everyone, not just the people I'm with, but with everyone I come in contact with.  I'm even calm under pressure.  Well, I may not be exactly calm as I'm an idealist and I'd prefer that the world wasn't so tilted askew!  LOL... But I'm learning to be a compromisationalist!  When some dumb ass demands something ridiculous or I'm ignored... I look at the big picture and if I have to play along with ding-dongs... I go with the flow.   Most importantly I follow the advice of my father... "Son. Sometimes you gotta pick your battles."  And that I do. 

While I hate political correctness and can laugh at jokes about religion, status, nationality or ethnicity, I do not hold prejudices.  I simply think we should all be able to laugh at ourselves. 

While I enjoy being right quite often, I relish the moments I can learn from my mistakes and take a new path from where I may have once been wrong.  I'm always open to objectional viewpoints.

In my life I was a kid that took a lot of shit from other kids and spent a good ...   more »