About Joe Cummings
Aquarius. Traveler. Gamer. Writer. A New Parent.
4 of these things are easy. One is not.
But the journey is that much better for the new people in my life. A life I want to share with others, to help them, maybe, to make them feel less alone, sure, to connect with the greater world, absolutely.
Ok, so baseball’s officially over. The boys went out swinging, as they say. I survived scorekeeping and made only a few mistakes, though the whole ‘error’ thing completely eludes me still. I mean, take the last run scored in the … Continue reading →
Posted in Baseball, Parenting
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Tagged Baseball, david ortiz, first base, home plate, parenting, scorekeeping, second base, sliding, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the youngest
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Top 10 things I will never hear as a parent Joe, thanks so much for getting us to bed on time so we can get a good night’s sleep and not be complete asshats the next day. Joe, thanks for … Continue reading →
Top 10 things I will never hear as a parent Joe, thanks so much for getting us to bed on time so we can get a good night’s sleep and not be complete asshats the next day. Joe, thanks for … Continue reading →
Posted in Parenting, Stepdad
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Tagged books, girls, humor, humour, mowing lawn, parenting, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the oldest, the youngest
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Ok, so how many times do we get to feel awesome about being a parent? Well, something happened on Sunday that made up for all the times I found stinky socks stuffed in the couch, had to find a bucket … Continue reading →
Posted in Parenting
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Tagged father's day, father's day cards, humor, humour, parenting, prettiest girl in the world, rocky theme, Science world, spy exhibit, spying, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddying, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest
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As an adult, there are simply things you HAVE to do. Feed yourself (and hopefully others.) Wear pants while shopping at Walmart. Make a will. Of those, making a will is the most important and most likely not to be … Continue reading →
Posted in Stepdad
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Tagged amazing grace, clowns, death, dying, Everest, humor, humour, kilt, last will and testament, passing away, pipers, step-dad, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, Up, walmart, will, wills
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To quote The-prettiest-girl-in-the-world, last Saturday, we’d be ‘getting our culture on.” See, The-Oldest has fallen in love. Not with a girl. No. Not yet, thank God. Nope, he’s fallen in love with music. Like most kids fall in love with … Continue reading →
Posted in Band, Parenting, Piano
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Tagged bach, Beethoven, chopin, classical music, humor, humour, joyce yang, mozart, opera house, orpheum, parenting, schnittke, silvestrov, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, vancouver symphony orchestra, vienna, VSO
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So how do you get a 9-year-old to write a story? Sure, it’s hard to get his butt in the chair and actually write, but once there, what does he do? What have they taught him in grade 4? Much … Continue reading →
Posted in Homework, Parenting
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Tagged calvin and hobbs, florence, Floyd, how to write a novel, humor, humour, Minecraft, parenting, scott bell, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, stephen king, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, writing
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I’ve missed a lot of kid ‘firsts’. First steps. First tooth. First use of the f-bomb. But this one I’ve managed to see. Last week, The-Youngest wrote his first story. He didn’t do it by choice, however. He didn’t sit … Continue reading →
Posted in Parenting, School
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Tagged firsts, humor, humour, Minecraft, mom, Robots, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, writing, writing a story
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And the result is…. Turns out I’m mostly Scandinavian! Yup. Viking blood flows in these veins. Vikings… you know, uncouth barbarians. Beserkers. The Scourge of Europe. I think my mom would not be surprised. So how does this change my … Continue reading →
Posted in Stepdad, Top 10 lists
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Tagged ancestry, brie, cheese, crepes, crossants, dna, dothraki, gaels, hobbits, irish, minnesota, muppets, nfl, paris, picts, Scandinavian, scotland, swedish chef, Valhalla, vikings
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Since I’m adopted, I never knew exactly where my people were from. So, I adopted my family’s history (proudly Scottish). Kilts. The Loch Ness Monster. Braveheart. I went all in. I said ‘wee,’ a lot, I learned to recite Robbie Burns poems … Continue reading →
Posted in Parenting, Stepdad
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Tagged aboriginal, amazing grace, ancestry, bagpipes, braveheart, dna, english, german, heritage, humor, humour, irish, loch ness monster, north queensferry, northern european, pub, robbie burns, scots, scottish, stepdaddying, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world
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About A Stepdad 