Onword and Upwords by Dennis Brady

  • Take It Like A Man

    Sandra burned me yesterday. Not in a metaphorical way. A real way. Like a cattle prod branding kind of way. Maybe she was marking her property. She can be dangerous. What was she thinking asking me to take the cookies… Continue reading

  • Ticks

    I pulled a tick from Will’s head last night. He’s 7 years old so it’s his first one and he didn’t want me to pull it out. That’s normal. He thought it would hurt. I understand. Sandra is always sneaking… Continue reading

  • Getting Over Mondays

    I don’t like Mondays. And I need to get over it. Mondays are a gift from God. Really, they are. Unfortunately, for me, they are like the ugly ties or PJ bottoms that your mother gives you for Christmas. No… Continue reading

  • Pink Hair

    How does a conversation about pink hair evolve into a lecture on welfare and subsidies? Why is a 46 year old man talking about pink hair? Teenagers. My 14 year old, Shelby asked how old she had to be to… Continue reading

  • Homeschool Planning

    I didn’t wake up Saturday morning planning to clean my bedroom ceiling. I really didn’t. The big plan for the day was for Sandra and I to do homeschool planning for the fall. She teaches and I pretty much do… Continue reading

  • Toe The Line

    The 4th is over and the Big Green Egg is cooled off and resting. It was another fabulous feasting frenzy. I fired it up Wednesday night for the big slow cook that would ultimately provide much of the meat for… Continue reading

  • Boil Over

    Disclaimer: Nothing in this post insinuates in the least bit that my daughter, Keely, is less than a fantastic cook. I have indicated before that she has God-given culinary skills. She just hasn’t embraced them yet. That could be the… Continue reading

  • Happy 4th!

    Happy 4th everyone! As fitting, we are celebrating our nation’s freedom with a massive Big Green Egg cook today. Everything you see here and probably more. Once it’s fired up I’m digging through the deepest recesses of the fridge hunting… Continue reading

  • The Victory Call

    In Getting Out, I chronicled my efforts to get reimbursed by Sports Illustrated for a magazine subscription. The journey has ended. I won. After a dozen calls of getting passed on to different people in different companies, I ultimately circled… Continue reading

  • The Real You

    I’ve been doing some follow up thinking to Icky Feelings. A man thinketh too much… Sometimes when I get the icky feeling that someone doesn’t like me, my first impulse may be to win that person over. Enlighten him to… Continue reading