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Pop-Pop Dutchenstein

May 11 0 Comments Category: Family

At long last, the picture you have all been waiting for…

Thanks to Linds and Dan for capturing the moment of unveiling live for those of us unable to attend the Easter celebration!

“If you ain’t dutch, you ain’t much.”
Visit My Zazzle Store and Buy Your Very Own Dutchenstein!
If You Ain’t Dutch, You Ain’t Much by mandieesBrowse [...]

The Results Are In…

March 17 2 Comments Category: Family, Funny

The readers of Startup Fiance have spoken (all 15 of you), and have selected the shirt that Pop-Pop will be sporting sometime in the next week or two. After a week of a nail biting race between Shirt #3 – PA with Dutchman, and Shirt #7 – lovingly called simply “Dutchenstein” by the partner, [...]

The Wheel in the Sky Keeps on Turning…

February 11 3 Comments Category: Family, Freelance Writing, Friends

It is my hope that the catchy classic rock song title of this post will get so stuck in your head that it will serve to detract from the lack of an amazing reappearance to my website I am about to make.  I had planned all sorts of PR-worthy stunts related to my return to [...]

Ban Stupid People, Not Dogs

After spending some time browsing the pets section on Craiglist, I want to lay with my pit bulls and cry.  It is incomprehensibly saddening to see the things people do to this misunderstood breed.  Area shelters across the US are jam-packed with pit bulls. Backyard breeders with no regard for the welfare of these dogs [...]

Tofurky Anyone?

I thought staying true to pescatarianism (if that is even a word) would be more difficult around the holidays.  It would mean the absence of baked beans with bacon, an empty bowl where my endive with hot bacon dressing used to rest, finding a substitute for the slab of ham I used to use to [...]