Hi, I’m Ben — dad of three (a 14-year-old daughter and two sons, 11 and 5), somewhere in the thick of midlife, and stubborn enough to try training MMA well past the age it makes sense just to show myself that I can, after I quit smoking (for 20+ years) almost 2 years ago. I’m also trying to find my way back to painting, which got quietly abandoned somewhere around kid number two.
This blog is where I vent about the stuff nobody really prepares you for — marriage, parenting, the slow chaos of it all — and the gear that somehow survives being dragged through it. When a product actually earns a mention, I link it. Consider it funding my Ultimate Man Cave.
One honest note: English isn’t my first language, so I lean on AI to help clean up my grammar — not to write the stories. The rants, the sarcasm, and the questionable decisions are all mine.
Snarky Dad 