We had stupid cartoons when we were kids (He-Man being a prime example). The mid 80′s were a dead zone of educational programming. MTV still played music and was awesome – but not educational. Cheap Japanese cartoon imports like Voltron and homegrown stupidity like the aforementioned He-Man made the cartoon programming of that era [...]
That’s right. I got interviewed by Chris Lewis at Dad of Divas. Every week, or something on that order, Chris has been interviewing a dad who has some influence in the community in which he operates. I am one of many quality dad bloggers, and I’m honored to be given the chance to appear on [...]
Yesterday’s article was a bit serious. Today I’ll balance that with something wistful. In a perfect world there would be no murder, kids would respect their parents, nobody would starve to death and everybody would have a pet unicorn. When I think of how the world could be improved, I do think of those [...]
It’s hard to have a conversation with an adult who has a limited vocabulary. You scratch your head wondering what planet they grew up on. You don’t even expect them to use the words, but it would be nice if they at least understood the words that most of us consider basic knowledge. However, it’s [...]
I got inspired yesterday by another blogger who saw his analytics and noticed the only US state that didn’t have a visitor to his blog was Wyoming. He made it his mission to get that piece of the US colored green on his map; and, this week, that’s exactly what he’s done. Yes, his US map [...]
I have a folder on my desktop where I save random bits of information that I hope someday to make into blog posts. Unfortunately a lot of those bits are just that, bits; they don’t constitute whole articles. Today I think I’ll compile a few of the more recent and interesting ones that I’ve [...]
I‘ll admit it. I’m tired, and I’m feeling lazy. That means it’s time to reach back into my head and dust off some old, stupid jokes. I also have the dirty variety of jokes, but since this is a parenting blog I’ll try to keep it clean. I wouldn’t be me though if I [...]
Every year our family is compelled to make a pilgrimage to the Renaissance Fair. We started attending these things when we lived in Norman Oklahoma where there is a small Medieval Fair every year. Then it became a tradition, and we’ve been to one every year since: Oklahoma, Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and now Colorado. It’s [...]
Nah! I’m just kidding! They’re actually the work of masochistic parents who hate sleep and enjoy taking care of other people’s kids. I for one am not looking forward to hosting one of these events. I’m not what you’d call a people person, and I’m really not up for being responsible for anybody else’s [...]
I‘ve listened to dozens of birth stories from women and their husbands. In each case, there’s something interesting, unique or funny that makes me listen. A person can be boring in every other respect; but, invariable, when they talk about the birth of their kids, there will be something interesting. It can be a [...]
When we 30 something’s were kids we had our own obsessions, Knight Rider, Dukes of Hazard, Jem (Oh, wait, never mind on that one), A-Team, and a bunch of other cool stuff. But, there weren’t many cartoon movies that I can remember getting hooked on. They seemed to be all Disney creations that girls [...]
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