Author: Backpacking Dad

"Was that a goat?" Was it? The car hit something, and Patrick Warburton wants to know. Because it is just so outrageous that you can be driving down the road on your way to a Florida airport with something to do, like save a planeload of Gator fans from being incinerated by a bomb in…

I’m sitting in a Starbucks. (Is there an apostrophe anywhere in the name? I don’t see one on any of the signage. But I’ve always thought of it as "the coffee shop that belongs to Starbuck", so it’s strange for me to think of there being no apostrophe. It makes it look like they offer…

“Let’s go away for the weekend. Let’s just go.” “Where? Ugh, it’s such a pain in the ass to pack up all of Erin’s crap. Just for a weekend? Seems like a waste.” “So let’s not bring any of it.” “How do we go on a trip without bringing the car seat? The stroller? The…