My favorite excruciating tales of middle age. Hear about that time I dyed my beard, that other time I got a hair transplant, and that other time I got what I will call "The Big Snip". It's a lot of fun that the kids these days would call cring

The Brotherhood of Fatherhood

Jul 16th, 2021 33m 50s

This one's for the Dads. Hear about fishless fishing expeditions and whale-less whale watches, and mountains that we cannot climb due to sinus pressure. Plus Dad School and the horror of my Dad's Birds and the Bees talk.

Sunday Best

Jun 14th, 2021 29m 56s

This episode we're putting on our Sunday best, stories that is. Hear about the "embarassing bell incident" and random surprise funerals when I was an altar boy, the pageantry of midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, and a rare recording of the "Ble

Bonus

S2E2 Bonus Track "Virtual Agency Tour"

Jun 7th, 2021 6m 26s

Here's a bonus track that didn't quite make it onto S2E2 Work, Work, Work. Recently I took some prospective clients on a tour of the home office space of my virtual ad agency. It didn't go quite as well as I'd hoped. Several of my kids, I m

Work, Work, Work.

May 24th, 2021 32m 46s

Stories about work, and home, and working from home. A rare recording from 1978 of a phone call to my mom at work, from her loving and somewhat belligerent children. The strange but true story of that time I really, really annoyed heavyweigh

Dog Tales

May 7th, 2021 27m 56s

This week, I'm telling stories all about our friendly four legged friends. Hear about how my Dad secretly ordered a puppy from a magazine ad in the early 1940's, the video that proved to us exactly how tolerant our dog Tilda is and the caution

Thank God For Thanksgiving

Nov 26th, 2020 30m 38s

This episode hear the inappropriate but funny story my Dad once told at Thanksgiving Dinner, plus the joys of Ocean Spray Jellied Cranberry Sauce and an incomplete list of things I'm thankful for, including this year finally ending.

Falling Leaves and Rising Blood Pressure.

Oct 12th, 2020 28m 26s

It's October 2020. Leaves are falling and stress is rising. Learn all about what's really scary this Fall, including spinning the Wheel of Stress, why horror movie monsters aren't returning this year, and the time my Mom made me wear a sweate

Falling Leaves and Rising Blood Pressure.

Oct 11th, 2020 28m 26s

Screaming All About Ice Cream

Aug 12th, 2020 26m 22s

Continuing our stories about summer, here's an episode entirely devoted to ice cream. From Erikson's Ice Cream in my hometown, to my job as a Soda Jerk at Brighams, and finally, I find myself discussing what it's like to eat ice cream on an ai

Musing About Amusement Parks

Jul 12th, 2020 28m 46s

This week we talk all about amusement parks from the Maynard Town Carnival, to the DEC picnic at Canobie Lake Park, to Disney World in 1974 and the 2000's.

Trailer

Trailer for Episode 5, Packing the minivan.

Jun 17th, 2020 52s

A clip about what it was like to pack a minivan for a trip when we had four boys under five years old. It wasn't easy!

Road Trip! Summer Family Trip Stories.

Jun 16th, 2020 28m 51s

In this episode hear stories of adventure, of family bonding, of untimely pee breaks while on the road with the Boudreau family circa 1975 and circa 2020.

Being Sixteen in 1981 and 2020.

Jun 9th, 2020 25m 30s

In this episode we learn all about my epic sixteenth year. The high school dances, the high school musicals, the driver's license debacle and, of course, the legendary Marc's basement. And how different it was for me at sixteen than for my 16

Getting Fired By A NJ Mobster and other stories.

May 30th, 2020 28m 57s

In this episode we learn all about my profound lack of handiness during the Covid pandemic and my suburban Massachusetts childhood. Plus we hear about the unusual circumstances under which I met tech giant Ken Olson, founder of my home town's

The Summer I Did Not Become A Movie Star, and other stories.

May 22nd, 2020 33m 9s

In this episode we learn about "Going Outside" then and now. Then we hear a Zoom meeting gone horribly wrong, And finally we learn all about the summer that the First Gen X Man did not become a Movie Star.

Blizzard of '78, Trump Pizza Hut Ad and Other Disasters.

1 May 11th, 2020 26m 49s

In this premier episode the first Gen X man meanders about disasters I have known. Then I tell you all about my Pizza Hut commercial with Mr. Donald Trump. And finally I give you an ode to summer in the suburbs in the Seventies.

Blizzard of '78, Trump Pizza Hut Ad and Other Disasters.

May 11th, 2020 26m 49s

In this premier episode I meander about disasters I have known, including the great Blizzard of '78, which led to me skiing downtown with my Dad to get supplies. Then I tell you all about my Pizza Hut commercial that I shot with a certain very