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A Crock of Schmidt

Single-handedly solving nothing

The Return Intern

September 10, 2019 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

I have a fantastic idea. It’s a self-serving idea, to be sure, but I believe it to be fantastic nonetheless. I haven’t looked for a job in nearly fifteen years. I haven’t had a job for more than ten of those. But kids age and spouses lose jobs. So like a fledgling, I awkwardly tumbled […]

Filed Under: Deep Schmidt Tagged With: Calgary, intern, jobs, oil patch, stay-at-home parents, student

My Unpopular Opinion and My Comeuppance

December 13, 2018 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

We live in an era where the secret to popularity is being unpopular.  Need I trot out the President of the United States as proof?  The man is president precisely because he is unpopular.  It’s what made him popular.  There is a sizable portion of the electorate whose sole motivation for voting a particular way […]

Filed Under: Deep Schmidt Tagged With: dad, judgment, parenting, passion, sahd, self-worth, stay-at-home parents, stay-at-home-dad, work

The Greatest Day of My Life!

September 1, 2015 by acrockofschmidt 4 Comments

Today is, unequivocally, the greatest day of my life.  My first instinct was to qualify that remark with a spineless “thus far” but the greatness of this day sets the benchmark pretty damn high.  Yes, events on some future day might surpass today in greatness but the odds are thinning as rapidly as the once […]

Filed Under: Dad Schmidt Tagged With: first day of school, kids, sahd, stay-at-home parents

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