I don't know where I'm going

Omphaloskepsis, 2005 style. I got away from the dear diary vibe of 2004. Experimented with content outside the realm of Team Tinsley. And penned what is probably one of the funniest things that has ever happened to me (Hope Springs Eternal.) Actually two (If you smile through...) I also started using the term Mr. Mom (something I still do.) And penned what I consider my first truly good blog post about a Turtle named Tula. Not bad for a dipshit from Oklahoma. I didn't know it then, but 2005 were my salad days on this here BLOG. Storm clouds were gathering though, and 2006 would end up being dark and hard for this Boy named Stu.

2005

Fear Factor
February 15, 2005
Four and half years later and I am actually allowed to teach Sunday School at our church. A post that shows anyone can change, and everyone should face their fears, if only to make them less scary, and take away their power.

Goodbye to All That
February 17, 2005
The plug. How I hated thee, yet, when it was time for you to leave the Elder Boy via the Plug Fairy, I lamented your inevitable passing as I'm apt to do.

Let me take a long last look, before we say good-bye
March 04, 2005
I recently (in my end is nigh post) referenced and linked to this entry. I'm extremely fond of it. Consider it my first good post. Probably because it moves me. It captures a time and place in a way that lets me remember when, fondly. And if that isn't enough to get you to chase the link. Dig this. I make a strip club lap dance joke while referencing a hand puppet named Tula.

220...221 Whatever it takes
April 08, 2005
The birth of me calling any time I'm with the Boy(s) solo, a Mr. Mom moment (after the great early 80's movie by John Hughes, the title being a line from that movie.) Lately I've been doing these little Mr. Mom snips on Facebook. Many don't get my true meaning. They think My Lovely Bride is AWOL. Or in rehab. Or I'm being bitter by posting these moments. None of the above Dear Reader. I cherish all Mr. Mom moments, even though the wheels often come off during them.

Hope Springs Eternal
May 17, 2005
The prequel to Beat It, and maybe the most infamous Team Tinsley post ever. The absurdity is such, you might think that I embellished the story for comic effect. Alas, the answer is no. Good read for anyone who is or has ever suffered infertility issues (or simply wants a good laugh at a guy who was asked to masturbate in a public restroom.)

If you smile through your fear and sorrow...
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
A post that has nothing to do with Team Tinsley, but instead tells a funny, and sick, story of me shitting in a public park. Early on I experimented somewhat with telling other stories on this here BLOG. Ultimately I decided it should only be about Team Tinsley. As I look toward the end, I'm considering starting another BLOG where I write whatever is on my mind (which is scary, actually.) Stay tuned (if you give a shit.)

How do you do this?
July 25, 2005
Mr. Mom moment at Braums as I struggle with how to wrangle two young Boy(s), made more poignant by the fact that the old Braums is now closed (in fact we ate at the new Braums last night. It is one of Wy's favorite places to eat.)

The freaks come out at night
August 24, 2005
Another post that isn't really about the Team (again, I was experimenting with content back in 2005.) I wish yelp would have been around when this went down. I could have given Floory an excellent rating. Five stars for anyone who leaves a digital camera full of compromising photos at my casa.

I'm wide awake
October 06, 2005
Father of the year might have been born here, Dear Reader. A story where my bad, or you might say, inappropriate sense of humor rears it's ugly head, troubling those around me.

Help Me
November 28, 2005
Expanding on the Mr. Mom concept, only this time with substantial dialogue thrown in to fully capture the moment. Might also be the first time I call a convenience store, a Mingo store, since I'm doing dialogue (and that is what E called them when he was younger.)

Until I BLOG again...But, I sure know where I've been.

Sick Of Myself

Omphaloskepsis. Better known as navel gazing. That's what I've been doing lately. Looking back over 263 entries on this here BLOG. Getting ready for that final post (I do have my final song selected for anyone out there that gives a shit.) But back to now, I'm sick of myself, quite literally, after reading so many Team Tinsley posts. Some are good. Many bad. Some funny. Others sad.

It's a copious amount of Team Tinsley. That is for sure. And in my efforts to make some sense of it all, I've compiled a Top of the Pops type of list (chronologically by year of course) with some of my favorite posts. I've even went as far as to note why they are my favorite posts (again, for anyone that gives a shit.)

Here's the 2004 list. The year the BLOG started. It's odd to read some of these posts, stylistically. They have a very dear diary sort of a vibe. Still, you can see the start of what was to become (as well as my proclivity for certain goofy sayings and cursing.) Navel gazing indeed.

2004

Holy Crap: Once, Twice, Three Times A Turd
March 17, 2004
Beware the ides of March, indeed, in this early, kid shits, hilarity ensues kind of a story.

Beat It
April 25, 2004
Honesty came earlier on this here BLOG in this here entry about how I quite literally beat it, which is why I know the exact day of the Elder Boy's conception and the beginning of what was to become Team Tinsley.

The Revenge of Matt Pogue
May 14, 2004
My first foray into my back story while talking about a sad event that was happening in what was then, now. Oddly enough this entry is one of the top ones to bring people to the Team Tinsley BLOG via search engines.

Stop that noise
June 11, 2004
A short entry that illustrates the raison d'être of this here BLOG, telling the story of a simple moment that I would without a doubt, forget, if not captured here. It is also one of the first times I use dialogue in a post (for those keeping score at home.)

Lionel Richie is full of shit
October 25, 2004
Best early BLOG title (before I started using song titles or lyrics) EVER.

They say it's your birthday
November 05, 2004
The story of how I met the women who would become My Lovely Bride, and how she thought I was funny (read gay.)

Incredibles
November 17, 2004
The simple story of my first movie with the Elder Boy and how amazed I was by how fast it was all going. Fast forward five years into what was then the future, but is now, now, and all I can say is this: amen.

This is it
December 26, 2004
An entry dealing with my feelings on corporal punishment. Which is something I still struggle with as well as my thoughts on the end of the first year of the Team Tinsley BlOG. The best part of the post is the great quote from William Martin's, The Parents Tao Te Ching. These would be apt final words for that final entry.

My words are over.
I wrote them for myself,
that I might hear them often enough
to begin to understand them.
And as I begin to understand them,
may I begin to live them.
If looking over my shoulder
has brought you some pleasure,
I am content.

Until I BLOG again...You don't know how you move me, Deconstruct me, And consume me.