(Carrie and I have decided that our Christmas present to each other is going to be a bark collar for our dog, Scout (a 2 1/2 year old Sheltie).

We’ve tried loads of different behavior tricks. I tried a friend’s suggestion of calling him into the kitchen and giving him a treat when he barks, but the …

I actually mean that too – not in a Farnsworth way.

This post is f-locked for obvious reasons. Anyway, I got a great phone call yesterday on the L on the way to the airport: I got a new job!

Starting two weeks from Monday, I will be the new Manager of IT Operations for a company that will be named …

POTF 2007
Originally uploaded by thewyckoffs.

This weekend was the 14th year of the annual “guys campout”, also known as “Piss Out The Fire”*.

The whole shebang started in the spring of 1993 (our senior year in high school) when Clint, Kurt, Chris, Hay, Schultz, and myself went on a campout …