Cacao is a bean that grows in pods on the cacao tree. It was used by the Olmecs 3,000 years ago who called it the “food of the gods,” and it was transported back to Europe by Hernán Cortez and Christopher Columbus. But it remained an obscure curiosity to Europeans, as they didn’t know what to [...]
Sometimes I have nothing better to do with my time than to peruse the shelves at my local/national chain bookstore. Today I spoiled myself and sat in the cafe area drinking a cappuccino reading Success magazine. Gillian Michaels was on the cover and I couldn’t resist the urge to find new source [...]
I don’t do book reviews. I read books. I either like them or I don’t and I don’t have the energy to over analyze them. Writing is art and if you think about it too much the magic disappears. I read a book last week called The Road by, Cormac McCarthy. The book was [...]
I forgot to post a workout this Wednesday like I normally do, so this is a make-up. The workout should take about 25 minutes, give or take a few. It’s another full body workout that I think is quite challenging. You’ll get a good abdominal burn while also strengthening your legs, butt and chest. However, abs [...]
This story has a happy ending. Read the update at the bottom for the conclusion. The recall was one thing. I could deal with that because Toyota behaved professionally. However, this week has been a different story as the service department at my Toyota dealership has decided to show themselves for the stereotype [...]
We live in an anal expulsive society that rewards the outlandish and bold. People who are loud, dominant and sometimes narcissistic are deemed normal, healthy and even enviable while deep thinking, reserved and sensitive people are slapped with a medical condition, Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD). I’m the parent of one of each of these personality [...]
Did you know that almightydad.com is in Spanish too? A lot of people don’t. Click on the Spanish flag in the upper right hand corner and you’ll see something magical happen. When we first decided to translate it (a monumental task) it wasn’t clear if we’d see a significant uptick in visitors as a [...]
There’s a funny thing about movies in the 80′s. A lot of them contain humorously bad language despite their PG ratings. I was discussing this with a friend of mine and speculated the reason was the lack of PG-13 ratings in the 80′s. I figured it was simply that PG had more leeway back [...]
Into every life a little rain must fall. It happened to Neil (the older of my two) yesterday. My youngest son, Alan, got invited by his friend to a birthday party, and we dutifully showed up. Neil, in the mean time, went to the park with his mother to play. I found out how [...]
I took my 2008 Toyota Highlander Hybrid in to the dealership today after receiving notice, by mail, that my vehicle is now included among the other models subjected to the sticky gas pedal issue. I’ve never had a single problem with the car, and my initial response was to just ignore the letter. But, the letter did [...]
According to this report there are about to be new food labeling guidelines set forth by the FDA requiring nutritional information to be printed on the front of food packaging. The rule currently states that nutritional information can be anywhere on the package as long as a customers can easily read it. Now, according [...]
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