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The Vancouver riots? NOT My Doing
Published on 2011-06-21 10:22:00
The same evening the Boston Bruins captured their first Stanley Cup in almost 30 years, a crestfallen horde of Canucks fans in Vancouver expressed their disappointment by laying waste to their own city. As I think about it now, this makes as muc > read more
Not a Tough Guy...Brian Watches "One Man, One Jar"
Published on 2011-04-27 10:27:00
A few weeks ago, our friends Jack and Kristin visited our home for a few drinks. During a conversation that I had, of course, directed toward the inappropriate, I mentioned that I had once walked into a room as my older boys were watching "Two G > read more
Ambigiously Successful Negotiations in the Digital Age (Part II)
Published on 2011-04-26 13:20:00
In the following exchange, can you tell who's incredibly busy and distracted and who has just enough time on his hands to be hopelessly annoying?The rest of the exchange has been omitted, because Patty doesn't find this funny. > read more
Can YOU Find the Hidden Cottage Cheese Container?
Published on 2011-04-26 13:01:00
Last night, when my fifteen-year-old son and his unceasing hunger ventured in from outside, I told them they could find leftover chili in the fridge, in a cottage cheese container at the front of the middle shelf. As I would soon learn, I h > read more
Ambigiously Successful Negotiations in the Digital Age (Part I)
Published on 2011-04-26 10:47:00
From a Google Chat exchange with Patty just moments ago: > read more
It's "Write My Own Obituary" Day
Published on 2011-03-29 12:30:00
Here's how I imagine it going down:LOCAL WRITER FOUND DEAD, HAPPY IN SUBURBAN CHICAGO HOMECHICAGO (Reuters)—Controversial and as-yet-mostly-unknown author Brian O’Mara-Croft, 44, was found dead in his suburban Chicago home yesterday morning > read more
Lost in the Hive CONTEST!!!
Published on 2011-03-21 15:12:00
My artist-wife Patty created the candy jar shown for the book launch of my book, Lost in the Hive. When this page reaches 500 followers, or when my Facebook "author" page (http://tinyurl.com/4fxxto4) hits 1,000 fans > read more
Sarcastic SWM Seeks Wealthy Nymphomaniac
Published on 2011-03-17 13:46:00
As I goofed off on the web this morning, pretending I was doing something that counts for anything, I happened upon this gem from the Fragrant Liar blog. In one of her latest posts, "Fragrant" (a strange first name that hints at qualities s > read more
SUPERZERO--The Adventures of Cap'n Thundersomething
Published on 2011-03-13 11:28:00
This morning, while relishing an activity Patty deems inappropriate fodder for stories (I was pooping), I happened upon an article in People Magazine called “Superheroes Among Us.” Across the nation, homegrown do-gooders like the Dark G > read more
So You Want to Be an Author...REALLY?
Published on 2011-03-05 09:05:00
On June 30, 2009, as I finished my best-ever conversation with my literary agent, I escaped the mammoth throng of faceless aspiring writers and jumped into the more exclusive club of the faceless soon-to-be-published. Lost in the Hive, my collection > read more
One of my drones
Published on 2011-02-28 06:56:00
Hi everyone:My son Connor, one of the "drones" from my book Lost in the Hive, once agreed to have his head shaved in support of an aunt and cousin who were battling cancer. Things didn't go as well as we had expected. Please check it out!Cheers,Brian > read more
An Exschpert's Guide to Drinking Etiquette
Published on 2011-01-21 13:48:00
At least a few dozen handful of times each year, I get so obliterated that I need to offer apologies to others for my behavior while drinking—something along the lines of, “Honest, I really thought that was an elegant, urn-shaped ashtray; I meant > read more
Parenting...the biggest chore of all
Published on 2011-01-07 16:16:00
My daughter speaks:“I will empty the entire dishwasher,” she says to her younger brother—in the same “And just before God napped on Day Seven, He created Me” tone most of us reserve for to-dos like touching up the ceiling of the Sistine Cha > read more
Where the hell have I been?
Published on 2010-12-14 09:23:00
Sorry I haven't been writing much here of late. I've been working on a second book, helping out with a sick family member, and working on a video trailer for my first book, LOST IN THE HIVE. I'll be posting again soon...in the meantime, please check > read more
Death By Ladybug
Published on 2010-10-24 14:55:00
Call me morbid, but, in recent days, as I’ve tried to drift off at night, I’ve been convinced I’ll die a violent death while I slumber. My thoughts flood with the prospect of a demise almost beyond imagining:Death … by ladybug.They > read more
Receding Heirlines
Published on 2010-10-21 12:35:00
"An angry father is most cruel towards himself."– Pubilius SyrusAfter several lazy afternoons scanning online sites of famous quotations, searching for that one quip that would so fully encapsulate my experience as man, husband and father I could s > read more
Welcome to the Microcosm
Published on 2010-09-28 14:36:00
As the long evenings of summer disappear along with an increasingly elusive sun, as the greens transform to reds and oranges, and as the crisp air of autumn hints at the promise of winter just months away, Patty and I often give in to wanderlust (I p > read more
Room...and bored
Published on 2010-09-16 13:00:00
At age 17, I left my hometown of 13,000 people and moved to a modest basement apartment in the northern part of Toronto. An ambitious college student who was relieved to have at last escaped the perceived hell of rural living, I quickly became h > read more
Seems I'm (almost) human after all
Published on 2010-08-25 14:39:00
Over recent months, my wife Patty has bitched incessantly pointed out that her quirks and foibles too often inspire me as I craft blog entries, write stories for my books (existing and in-progress) or update the Facebook fan page for my book. She ask > read more
Yep...I'm a Facebook Whore
Published on 2010-07-02 11:38:00
I never expected this. What happened to me? How did I become such a shameless, addicted, sucking-on-the-teat-of-social-media Facebook slut? Over the past few years, I’ve transformed—from a hidden-identity lurker seething at pictures of my kids in > read more
A special day
Published on 2010-06-17 22:57:00
Hi everyone:Just wanted to depart from the norm and share some exciting news with you. My first book, LOST IN THE HIVE, will be launched in grand fashion tomorrow night at Old Towne Books & Tea in Oswego, IL. Like all first-time authors, I'm plag > read more
Introducing Nutly McMoron...A Fable with Pee
Published on 2010-06-05 15:53:00
When I was a high-school student (and dinosaurs still roamed the earth), I remember studying Robert Frost’s poem The Mending Wall, which taught us that “good fences make good neighbors”. This past Thursday night, I also learned that when a > read more