Stop the presses! I’m going to eat my words. A long time ago, and I can’t remember when, I mentioned something about Keurig Coffee machines (look at that. I found it) being super awesome. For quick, no fuss, coffee I still think they’re pretty good. Unfortunately they can’t make a cup of coffee that stands [...]
Here we are in southern California, 80 degrees, sunny and beautiful. You’d be crazy not to want to be outdoors on days like this. Yesterday we went to the Queen Mary and spent the day walking around in the sun. Now, most people don’t think twice about soaking up some rays on a nice [...]
Do you like horses, knights, damsels in distress and fighting? I can say for sure that most kids love those things (perhaps even the damsel in distress part), and my kids are no exception. We’re on vacation now; you probably know that from reading my past posts this week. Last night the whole family [...]
Most people who read this blog with frequency know that I have a bunny for a pet. His name is Mr. B, and he’s a part of our family, not an outdoor ignored rabbit. I know a little bit about bunnies, and I can say that they are, unfortunately, not treated with the same [...]
It’s a pretty obvious revelation; of course kids experience stress when their families are going through financial hardship. But, as scientists like to do, there has been research into this obvious fact. Our current recession has caused worry in almost half of children aged 13 to 17 (American Psychological Association); they say they’re “more [...]
Here we are, traveling through a spectacularly beautiful part of the United States, and all my boys want to do is watch movies, play Nintendo and tell fart jokes. The road trips of my youth were nothing like kids experience today (I know this is starting to sound like an uphill to school in [...]
Traveling excludes the ability to bring along your weights. However, the real reason it screws up your exercise routine doesn’t have anything to do with space or facilities. Traveling messes with your workouts because it also messes with your schedule. Exercise is something people do as a routine. Fit people, in general, incorporate fitness into [...]
That’s just what my boy did today. I don’t know the details, all I know is that his mother asked him to do something, and he turned and said “I don’t need to do what you say, Butt-Face!” Mely came to me and said something like “Have a talk with your son because he [...]
I bought myself a Kindle a while ago and it’s been a fantastic, if not completely necessary, investment for me. “Why?” you ask? Well, simply put, because I’m not the sort of person who cares for having books lying around that I never look at again after they’re read. Furthermore, I do a lot [...]
Several months ago I wrote an article about teaching good dental hygiene to kids. Somewhere in there I mentioned fluoride and that I didn’t really know what to think of it. Since then I’ve done some thinking and have gotten off the fence about it. While not an expert on the matter I think [...]
Sometimes you just want to sit and do nothing. Watching TV seems like a pretty great idea; you’ll get to sit on the couch, perhaps have some ice cream, zone out for a while and otherwise decompress. That’s fine. There’s no problem with relaxing as a means to not doing. Television though isn’t a [...]
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