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The Weed House

Hi. I am a man trapped in a world of women. By which I mean to say that I'm married and have three daughters below the age of 5. My blog is about my...
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Does Wal-mart make you grumpy?

Does Wal-mart make you grumpy?

The Weed House ― In the car, on the way home from Wal-mart, the following conversation seriously happened.Anna: What was wrong with that lady?Wife: What lady?Anna: The one that was getting into the car next to us. She didn't even smile at me. Usually people smile at... (more)
 TheWeed ― Posted 2 days ago
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Birthday Recapitulation (aka recap)

Birthday Recapitulation (aka recap)

The Weed House ― On Saturday I turned 32. It's kind of an unremarkable year, but I guess the main thing it means is that I'm now two full years away from my twenties. So probably I'm an adult now. Maybe. It also means I spent the morning looking up abdominal pain... (more)
 TheWeed ― Posted 12 days ago
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Like Father Like Daughter

The Weed House ― When I was a kid, I liked to know things. I liked to know secret things. Anything that felt secretive. Or anything about people being sad. Or anything that people were doing. Basically anything about anybody my parents were talking about. I remember... (more)
 TheWeed ― Posted 15 days ago
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Vomit--A Story of Romance

Vomit--A Story of Romance

The Weed House ― This is a vomit story in two scenes, and it's tied to romance. Are you ready?Scene 1: I was nervous because it was my first date with pre-Wife. We had known each other for many years--had grown up on the same street in Utah--and now both of our... (more)
 TheWeed ― Made popular 3 days ago
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Handyman Part II--Garbage Disposal

Handyman Part II--Garbage Disposal

The Weed House ― I was planning on this being a series, and this is the second part of my flat tire post, but I ended up calling it "Stranded" because I forgot I was planning on making a series about me being a handyman. But it is a series. And this is Part II. And... (more)
 TheWeed ― Made popular 16 days ago
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Music

Music

The Weed House ― Okay, so you know how lately I find myself doing that thing where I sing and play the violin in the same song? It happened again yesterday, and when I say "it happened" what I mean is that I ordered some vocal sheet music online expecting to do a... (more)
 TheWeed ― Posted 26 days ago
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Male Pattern Baldness

Male Pattern Baldness

The Weed House ― Can somebody please explain this to me? I have a full head of hair. Not a single ounce of baldness. Yet, somehow, this has happened. No, I am not wearing socks or ankle weights. Here it is closer up: News alert: it's physically impossible to take a... (more)
 TheWeed ― Posted on Apr 27th, 2012
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Stranded

Stranded

The Weed House ― Recently I hit a pothole on the way to the gym. Not a big deal, right? I could hear that it had messed something up, but my tire felt kind of functional in that I wasn't driving on a rim shooting sparks into the night sky, and since I was almost... (more)
 TheWeed ― Posted on Apr 24th, 2012
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And that's when I told her about my creative vagina

And that's when I told her about my creative vagina

The Weed House ― Conversation between my sister and me:Jenni: So, how's the book coming?Me: Oh, it's finally kind of coming together. I think it will be done--like all the way done--by the end of the summer. I can't describe to you how difficult this process is... (more)
 TheWeed ― Posted on Apr 19th, 2012
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The Happiest Place To Throw Up in the Bushes On Earth (A History of Vomit in our Marital Relationship, segment 1)

The Happiest Place To Throw Up in the Bushes On Earth (A History of Vomit in our Marital Relationship, segment 1)

The Weed House ― Yes, you read that right. This is the beginning of a series about vomit in our relationship. (There might end up being only two.) Oh boy are you in for something special! The day after I got to California over Christmas break, Wife and I decided it... (more)
 TheWeed ― Made popular on Apr 24th, 2012
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Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes

Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes

The Weed House ― I think one could say that this post is a rebirth. I was gone for weeks. My brain was elsewhere. My sense of humor took a brief hiatus while I contemplated very deep and important mysteries like "why do I enjoy my daughter's lactose free milk so much... (more)
 TheWeed ― Made popular on Apr 14th, 2012
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I did not die

I did not die

The Weed House ― And I actually did have a post ready for my seventh day. I did not fizzle out like some poor attention deficit riddled firework that gets ready to explode and then just... dies. But, for probably one of the first times, Wife put a veto on the post... (more)
 TheWeed ― Made popular on Mar 18th, 2012
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Status update = post

The Weed House ― As wife was cooking dinner Anna said: "Mommy, what's that disgusting smell. It smells like poo. And oranges." Then during dinner she insisted on wearing a blanket over head so as to not smell the dinner. Aaaaand I'm spent. Getting up at 5:30 every... (more)
 TheWeed ― Posted on Mar 15th, 2012
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Help! Can you identify these objects?

Help! Can you identify these objects?

The Weed House ― Um, Wife and I need your help with something. While I would stop short of calling Wife a hoarder, we do have an issue where she insists on collecting stuff that is... garbage. Like the other day. I was digging around in a drawer, and I pulled this... (more)
 TheWeed ― Posted on Mar 14th, 2012
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I hate Crime Shows except Law & Order

I hate Crime Shows except Law & Order

The Weed House ― Wife likes to watch crime shows. She doesn't like me around when she watches her programs because she says I get too snooty about them. She's probably right. I don't mean to get snooty. It's just that for some of those shows (NCIS!) the characters... (more)
 TheWeed ― Posted on Mar 13th, 2012