Head Bloke

Adventures in Dog Sitting

In all my 52 years so far on this earth I’ve never owned a dog. It’s not that I don’t love animals. I absolutely do but it just never worked out timing wise. My dad refused to have a dog while we were growing up except for the 1 year my mother brought home a […]

The Graduation Gift Dilemma

Hear how a dad considers what gift to give his son as he graduates high school and heads to college and adulthood

A Tribute to Char

Charlene (Char) Schill is in a word, a firecracker. The OG firecracker. Posthumously she would hate that I’m writing this tribute about her because she never wanted or needed the attention. Most of her life is grounded in how she focused on and affected others in most profound nurturing way, me included. An adopted daughter born […]

My Divorce Journey

A father discusses his thoughts on his divorce and the journey he took

AI Machine Learning May Put Photographers Out of Work One Day…. But Not Today

Pretty much everyone in high tech has atleast one head shot of themselves. Whether it’s on their employee badge or their Linked in profile or avatar for online work conference calls. It’s everywhere around us! And in quite a few cases many of us are running around with photos that look like we just got […]

The Old Lion and His Protege

Every year at Thanksgiving my father and my step mother fly down from their home in Canada to visit me and my family here in California. It’s a tradition we’ve had for many years and hope for many more years to come as we finally get back some some semblance of normalcy in the time […]

What is a Modern Bloke?

Bloke – According to wikipedia, a slang term derived first in the 19th century that refers to a common man in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Globally the world is full of us blokes. Some are good ole blokes. There are naughty blokes, sentimental blokes and old fashion blokes. And […]

Surviving Disneyland

(Disclaimer – If you think this will be a traditional helpful hint guide that tells you all the ins and outs of the parks, which apps to use, which Disney characters to seek out and where to save a $1 on a coke please turn that cruise ship around now and find another port of […]

Fire Up The Covid Porn

Sheltering in place, it’s time to fantasize what we really want to do again to get life back to normal

Zooming With Seniors

In our new normal of home imprisonment and socially accepted day drinking its important to stay connected with family members near and far. Our family has taken up regular zoom happy hours every few days to pass the time and justify my recent $187 to go order at BevMo. And yes BevMo is an essential […]