Category Archives: writing

Oh the Horror – A Movie Review and More

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Joe Cummings

At some point in a boy’s life, he becomes… well, let’s say ‘interested’ in horror movies. ‘Obsessed’ might be a better word, but ‘interested’ will do. The-Oldest has reached that point. He’s read It. He’s watched movies like Nightmare on … Continue reading →

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Tournament Trials – Pools and Parties – pt 3

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Joe Cummings

Imagine if you condensed the sound of screaming monkeys in a hothouse jungle and put that in a can, then, when you were sick with a cold, exhausted from a traumatic ferry ride, and pretty much ready for bed, you … Continue reading →

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2nd 5 Things I’m Doing Differently For Hockey This Year

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Joe Cummings

As this is my 3rd year, I’m changing things up a bit, you know, trying to evolve into a superior hockey-parent. It’s not easy, but what’s life without a little challenge? So, the first 5 were yesterday. Let us continue… … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Hockey Life, Parenting, Stepdad | Tagged goalie, grand canyon, hockey, hoverboard, langley minor hockey association, McFly, Minor Hockey, PJs, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the youngest, volunteering | Leave a comment

Oregon Preamble

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Joe Cummings

So, what’s the perfect vacation for an introvert, a writerly introvert at that? Reading a book in the sun? Exploring an underground ruin with a flashlight taped to my head? A week in the basement playing World of Tanks or … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Oregon, Parenting, Stepdad, Travel, Traveling with kids | Tagged family, humor, humour, oregon, oregon coast, prettiest girl in the world, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, Traveling with children, Traveling with kids | Leave a comment

Wet and Wild Waterslides

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Joe Cummings

Think you’re not getting old? Try a day at the waterslides. Or half a day. In an effort to make the summer of 2015, the bestestest summer of all time, we embarked on a day at the water park. Cultus … Continue reading →

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The Biggest Danger of Camping

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Joe Cummings

For most people, the biggest danger of camping is bears or falling trees or if you’re a teenager, some ax-wielding madman in a hockey mask. For me, the biggest danger has to be that I’m out in the wilderness and … Continue reading →

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The Great Camping Trip of 2015

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Joe Cummings

Ok, let’s be clear. It wasn’t really hard-core camping. We weren’t going to have to sleep in tents. We didn’t have to hunt squirrels and cook them on an open fire with sticks. We didn’t have to poop in the woods … Continue reading →

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I Have A Dream – Stepdad Adventures

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Joe Cummings

I had a dream last night. A happy, wonderful dream. I dreamed that the boys listened to every word I said like I was Moses preaching from Mt Sinai. Or Spongebob talking about poop. “Joe, Tell us, again, how WW2 started … Continue reading →

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Stepdad Adventures – Destroy it and they will come

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Joe Cummings

Getting the boys away from their video games and You Tube movies is like yanking a fly off of flypaper after it’s been embedded in amber. So it was, very much to my surprise, that something odd happened on the … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Step-daddying – Cutting It Short

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Joe Cummings

There are rites of passage we all must go through. First walk to school alone. First dance. First job. But somewhere in-between them all is first garden chore. Back in my day, I had a briggs and stratton gas mower, old-fashioned … Continue reading →

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