An Experienced Dad’s Thoughts on Discipline

An experienced dad's thoughts on child discipline - what works, what doesn't and what never to do

My friend Mike is back and he’s wading into some controversial waters and taking on how to discipline your children. It’s a hot button topic right now but Mike’s not scared to talk about it – and that’s what makes him unique. Well, that and his sense of humor. As always, you’re gonna chuckle, but […]

10 (more) Sucky Things About Being Married to a Pregnant Woman

10 Sucky Things About Being Married to a Pregnant Woman, by a very brave man - Toulouse & Tonic

A while back, I invited a friend of mine named Mike to write a guest post for my blog after he sent me some thoughts about my post The Top 10 Sucky Things About Being Pregnant.  Let’s just say that Mike is not afraid to go there.  His post The Top 10 Sucky Things About […]

Top 10 Habits of Highly Annoying Facebookers

The Top 10 Habits of Annoying Facebookers - What He Said, by Mike - Toulouse & Tonic

It’s time for another What He Said by Mike and this time he’s taking on Facebook. While Mike readily admits that he does most of these things too, he doesn’t think that makes any of them less annoying. Read on and let us how many annoying Facebook habits you’re guilty of. 1. Reply fishing – saying something […]

8 Reasons It’s Better To Be A Girl Than A Guy

8 reasons it's better to be a girl than a guy by Toulouse & Tonic

My friend Mike insists it’s better to be a guy than a girl.  Go read it – I’ll wait. Better to be a guy?? I say he be trippin!  While I know there are definitely a few advantages to being a guy (getting paid more to do the same job, for instance), I still think it’s […]

Ten Things I’ve Learned As My Kids Become Adults

My kids are grown up. Here are 10 important lessons I learned along the way.

Today, I have a surprise for you.  Mike is not all snark.  He has a real, beating heart under there – and some serious smarts when it comes to raising kids.  Since his kids are young adults and mine are still little curtain-climbers, I’m gleaning some wisdom from this post while I laugh.  I bet […]

20 Totally Ridiculous Things That Seem Completely Normal in College

20 Totally Ridiculous Things That Seem Completely Normal in College

My friend Mike and I went to college together (a long time ago as you can tell by this grainy photo).  We did stupid things, LOTS of stupid things — not the least of which is evidenced above.  Yep, that’s both of us – and I can assure you I’m not unhappy the picture quality […]

What He Really Thinks About Valentine’s Day

inside the mind of a man about valentine's day

A few days ago I was “doing research” on Pinterest and almost drowned in a red sea of hearts and flowers. Seeing the plethora of Valentine’s related pins made me start wondering — does this day of love obsession belong to the women only or are the men into it too? My first thought was […]

10 Things to Hate About the Holidays

10 things to hate about the holidays

Oh yes, my friends.  Mike couldn’t let the holidays go by without a little something for you.  And why yes, it IS a middle finger.  Seasons greetings! 10 Holiday Ass Whips What he said, by Mike Planned Celebrations – At work I am a planner, at home I like to just go with the flow.  So, […]

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