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Exclusive footage from Charlotte’s dance recital!

Congratulations to Ellen, who later this month starts a new job at Google in New York! Do you think the free food is also available to spouses? What about massages?

Guess we’ll find out the hard way.

Charlie wishes you a Merry Christmas (and a Happy New Year). I love how she faked her way through that middle sentence. That’s exactly how I would sing it.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer recently asked me about the mental_floss Twitter account. I know you’re dying to know what I had to say.

Read the story at Cleveland.com. (Scroll all the way down.)

Charlotte’s school friends have been very supportive of Katie’s arrival. We all get a kick out of signage.

When Charlotte was born, Ellen’s cousin Brian won the baby pool (and the glory that came with it). Care to venture a guess on the birthday, sex, height and weight of Baby #2? We’re going to close the guessing this weekend, so get your entry in today!

Enter our online baby pool.

We’ve wanted a minivan for some time now. The only way to justify the purchase was to have a second child. So, Ellen stepped up.

When Charlotte was born, Ellen’s cousin Brian won the baby pool (and the glory that came with it). Care to venture a guess on the birthday, sex, height and weight of Baby #2?

Enter our online baby pool.

Five years ago today, Ellen and I were wrapping up our single years.

As she and the gals were getting ready at her parents’ house, the guys were memorizing our parts at the church.

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I’ve probably seen every episode of Seinfeld at least two-dozen times. So whenever I can use some of the useless knowledge I’ve accumulated, I feel like that was TV time well spent.

Take the Quiz: George Costanza’s Resume

Now that she’s big into opening drawers, we have to be on guard for all sorts of new things. For example, taking clothes out of Ellen’s dresser and walking them over to the trash.

Watch Best Man Justin Evans yuck it up at Josh’s expense at his recent wedding. While the interpretive dance is what people are going to remember, “I’m not the Best Man. Just a great guy” was my favorite part of the speech. For the rest of my life, whenever appropriate, I plan to overuse that the way people use “That’s what she said.”

“I’m not a distinguished alumnus. Just a great guy.”

“I’m not the superintendent of schools. Just a great guy.”

One day, I’ll be in a conversation where that comeback makes sense. And I’ll be ready.

Charlotte has added verbal communication to her arsenal. No stopping her now.

(She’s also mastered “Hi,” “Mama,” “Dada” and “Hoiohhhhhh!” But since those sound more like speech therapy exercises than actual words, we’re counting this as her first.)

We’re now card-carrying members of the Wayne community pool. Charlotte wasn’t crazy about the water at first, but she came around.

Though holding her over the fun-looking fountain didn’t help matters. Read on for more.

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It’s been eerily quiet here on jasonenglish1.com the last month. Technical difficulties and malicious hackers knocked the site offline. But with the help of web ninja Charles Gallant (above), we’re back in action. New baby photos and videos will start popping up later today.

With Dr. Sanjay Gupta set to join the Obama administration, perhaps CNN is hurting for contributors.