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Attachment Parenting Blog: Raising Children with Love
The importance of friends & family in your baby's life
So I'm typing in a comment responding to a query from a gal about her tiny baby being very attached to her and how she can get ready for when she goes back to work, saying "get her used to friends and family holding her and being safe too" when...
Review: fun, huge building blocks: Brik-a-Blok
A rather surprising email arrived in my inbox a few weeks ago from a PR company that represented a toy inventor in Québec, Brik-a-Blok Toys. Seems they have a sort of human-size Lego set and were interested if I'd like to have a look. Here's a pic from their...
Looking for an über-chic hotel in San Diego?
I was in San Diego a week or two ago and rather than just check out Expedia to find a place to stay I contacted a friend at Bailey * Gardiner who arranged for me to get a journalist rate at the Sé San Diego, downtown in the center of...
I hosted a panel last night on the future of television, for the DaVinci Institute, and as part of it, I continued an amusing tradition of presenting the weirdest pictures of the week and offered up what I hope were amusing captions for them unrelated to the original context of...
Research: Why your match.com email doesn't lead to dates
I know I'm a research geek with lots of academic background and even a stint as a research scientist at an R&D lab, but still, this kind of data really fascinates me to no end: Online dating site OK Cupid has released the result of some semantic analysis that it...
The Story Behind Cirque du Soleil's The Beatles LOVE
If you're a regular reader of this blog, you know that I write about all sorts of stuff, not just parenting (though as a single dad with three kids parenting is pretty much always on my mind!), including some of the shows that I have a chance to see as...
GeekDad
GeekDad Puzzle Of The Week Solution: Riddles and Ciphers and Jumbles OH MY !
This week at GeekDad puzzle central we found out that we’re not the only ones who loves a good code breaking puzzle. The readers stepped up and got cracking on these puzzles. The winner of this weeks $50 ThinkGeek gift certificate is Anthony Magnelli. Here are the...
Happy Pi Day from the GeekDads! 3/14 is Pi Day. Pie and/or photo by Jade. (cc)...
10 Annoying Habits of a Geeky Spouse (GeekDad Wayback Machine)
Everyone has annoying habits, and a sizable part of every successful marriage is learning to live with those things each other does that annoy you. I think it’s safe to say, too, that geeks have some habits that we think are awesome, but that non-geeks find a little…less awesome. Now my...
Light Cycle-Jumping A 28-Year Gap
Confession: Despite growing up in the 1980s as a total science-fiction nerd and video game nut, I somehow never saw Tron. Yes, I played the heck out of the arcade game every chance I got, and yes, I pretended summertime Frisbees were deadly identity disks, and I even bought Surround for...
Pandora Delivers Internet Radio for Kids
I have been a huge fan of Internet radio for a long time. It has introduced me to many bands I’d never have heard of otherwise (whose music I went on to purchase). And network Pandora has taken the Internet radio phenom one step further, adding an excellent social media...
Read all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad. Find the Dork Tower archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website....
Dorky Dad
On the Midnight Flight to Minneapolis
I went to Las Vegas last week. I was there for only a day and a half to keep from gambling and drinking my life away or marrying a stripper. I spent most of the time in Caesar's Palace, which smells like cigarette smoke and cheap cologne, and ate expensive...
An Open Letter to the "Upcoming" Season
Dear Spring:Let's just come right out and say this: We love you. You are our favorite season. You melt the snow. You green our lawn and our trees and allow us to remove the heavy layers of clothing we'd worn for the previous few months. You let us go outside...
No, you can't avoid the science fair
Many of you may not believe this, but my day job involves writing. That's right: Somebody out there is willing to pay me money to write for them. Yet, in high school -- and this probably won't come as a surprise -- English was perhaps my worst subject. And that's...
My newfound appreciation for Mondays
Tomorrow is Monday. I work tomorrow. This should come as little surprise, assuming you've recovered from the shock that there are people out there, alive and sane, who would pay me money to work for their company.But tomorrow is also President's Day, and I have a spouse who is a...
In the days and weeks leading up to the birth of a child, soon-to-be-parents are bombarded by advice both solicited and unsolicited. Most of it is total crap.The crap comes from one of four sources:1. People who hate your guts and want you to fail and give you bad advice...
On Avoiding Impalement and Meltdowns
I have a personal policy: Don't Get Stabbed. It's a good rule to live by, mostly because being impaled doesn't feel very good.I've had only moderate success. I've mostly avoided ER trips and hospitalizations due to stabbing, but knives have met my fingers on too frequent an occasion in the...
Mommy Daddy Blog
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Switching Gears To Fuel My Passion
Mommy Daddy Blog is on an indefinite hiatus. Please visit Sheena at sophistishe.com and update your feed subscriptions to her new feed! Thanks! © Mommy Daddy Blog 2007-2010 Mommy Daddy Blog is on an indefinite hiatus. Please visit Sheena at sophistishe.com and update your feed subscriptions to her new feed! Thanks! © Mommy...
Mommy Daddy Blog is on an indefinite hiatus. Please visit Sheena at sophistishe.com and update your feed subscriptions to her new feed! Thanks! © Mommy Daddy Blog 2007-2010 Mommy Daddy Blog is on an indefinite hiatus. Please visit Sheena at sophistishe.com and update your feed subscriptions to her new feed! Thanks! © Mommy...
Mommy Daddy Blog is on an indefinite hiatus. Please visit Sheena at sophistishe.com and update your feed subscriptions to her new feed! Thanks! © Mommy Daddy Blog 2007-2010 Mommy Daddy Blog is on an indefinite hiatus. Please visit Sheena at sophistishe.com and update your feed subscriptions to her new feed! Thanks! © Mommy...
The Last Two Brunches & A Birthday
Mommy Daddy Blog is on an indefinite hiatus. Please visit Sheena at sophistishe.com and update your feed subscriptions to her new feed! Thanks! © Mommy Daddy Blog 2007-2010 Mommy Daddy Blog is on an indefinite hiatus. Please visit Sheena at sophistishe.com and update your feed subscriptions to her new feed! Thanks! © Mommy...
Mommy Daddy Blog is on an indefinite hiatus. Please visit Sheena at sophistishe.com and update your feed subscriptions to her new feed! Thanks! © Mommy Daddy Blog 2007-2010 Mommy Daddy Blog is on an indefinite hiatus. Please visit Sheena at sophistishe.com and update your feed subscriptions to her new feed! Thanks! © Mommy...
Mommy Daddy Blog is on an indefinite hiatus. Please visit Sheena at sophistishe.com and update your feed subscriptions to her new feed! Thanks! © Mommy Daddy Blog 2007-2010 Mommy Daddy Blog is on an indefinite hiatus. Please visit Sheena at sophistishe.com and update your feed subscriptions to her new feed! Thanks! © Mommy...
Practical Dad
PracticalDad and Growing Pains
It's the middle of the night and you're as sound asleep as a parent can be but you awaken to hear your kindergartener cry out. The crying continues so you conclude that it's more than an isolated nightmare and you rise to check on him. You enter the room and...
There are many good parts to a day with kids, the truth is that I find bedtime to be the best part of all. Spend more time with kids and they'll wear you down; they also are crankier in the late afternoon and early evening as their energy levels diminish. ...
You have kids and as they age, they want to try new things - sports, scouts, music. And in the great majority of instances, you'll fill out the registration and come upon the dreaded section asking what duties you'd be willing to fill. And these positions are typically things that you've...
PracticalDad: Do I Send a Queasy Kid to School?
One of the children awakens in the morning complaining of an upset stomach, a condition of which he complained before bedtime last night. Does he go to school or not? Physicians have what they call "objective findings", things that can be readily observed or verified. In this particular case, there's been...
PracticalDad: Praise versus Overpraise
If I want to hear how wonderfully I've done, I take my essay to my mom. But to really know how it is and how to improve it, I take it to my dad. - Leah, age 17 Kids thrive with praise as it helps them learn to believe in themselves and their capabilities. ...
I'm a firm believer - along with many others - that children gain much from having the family gather together regularly to sit down for family meals. It's a topic that's been seriously researched and covered by the mainstream media and multiple family advocate organizations. Both my wife and I remember growing up...
Unraveling Life's Mysteries
As any patriotic, red blooded, American, I sat down Friday evening and watched the Opening Ceremonies of the Winter Olympics. Okay, I watch “part” of the ceremonies. Hours upon hours of introductions of countries you forgot about since geography class can be a bit mind numbing. However, I did find the...
Because we all need a laugh once in a while… MALE VS. FEMALE AT THE ATM MACHINE ******************************* MALE PROCEDURE: 1.. Drive up to the cash machine. 2.. Put down your car window. 3.. Insert card into machine and enter PIN. 4.. Enter amount of cash required and withdraw. 5.. Retrieve...
Interesting Speech, Mr. President….
We finally dried out around here and looks like sunshine for the next week. Great news for me because I get to put on my shorts again. Not a lot of news around here to speak of. Me, still looking for work and writing articles like a mad man. The wife, still...
Time to Start Building That Ark….
So much for sunny Southern California. Those wonderful guys at the weather channel have said we are in for a LOT of rain in the next week. Something like five (yeah, five!) storms are all backed up and coming our way. No sunshine till next week sometime. Everyone knows I...
I’ve been contemplating this for some time now. During the holidays I met up with some friends who know of my situation. Out of work and living in the sunshine state. We talked about what I’ve been doing to keep myself out of trouble. I told them basically writing anywhere...
Holly Toledo, I’ve been very neglectful of this blog. I hope everyone had the best holidays. Mine were great with family and friends around to make the season and the New Year festive this year. My wife and I last week celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary. For those keeping track, the...
DadCentric
Life Is A Metaphor For Skateboarding
They built two empty pools. There were the obligatory halfpipes, ramps, and rails, but someone with a Z-Boy mentality had dreamed up the idea of putting in honest-to-God empty swimming pools. 11 feet at the deepest, demanding respect from even... ...
Special Delivery, Handle With Care
Collect the specimen by masturbation directly into the covered container that you were given at the time of surgery and take specimen with the requisition you were given to the appropriate laboratory as instructed by the nurse. I believe it... ...
Ya wanna know something? Something that might come as a surprise? I wasn't always the six-foot, 210-pound (that's right, I said 210-pound - I'm still carrying some holiday weight) former soldier and current daddy blogger you read here. No, I... ...
Baby Unneccesities: Highchair Excess
Highchairs: An expensive luxury you don't need. Really! ...
...Playing with knives His request came out of nowhere. We were killing time at his old brother's soccer practice screwing around in the woods by the soccer fields. He picked up a stick and began chopping at the trunk of... ...
Alice in Wonderland - The DadCentric Review
The Mad Hatter: "Have I gone mad?" Alice: "I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are." This isn't your father's Alice in Wonderland. That Alice was much muchier -- and slightly... ...
all that comes with it
Hello, can I speak to Mr Huge Please?
In my job I often have to deal with some of the most vicious, hostile, and officious people on the face of the earth. GP receptionists. There is no other profession where obstructiveness, unhelpfulness, and sheer bloody mindedness is a prerequisite of the post. But even that group of...
This is the movie that won this years Oscar for best animated short. It’s bloody fantastic (although I’m pretty sure I spotted a couple of product placements in there) Bookmark It Related posts:Blu-ray review: Wall-E “It’s all Greek to Me” Sunday by Dan Leave A Comment Related posts:Blu-ray review: Wall-E “It’s all Greek to Me”...
My sister’s favorite film is Chicken Run. Or at least it was last time I discussed such things with her, which granted was around seven years ago now. To be honest she may have moved on by now, but I am loathe to ask as whatever she designates...
A-Z of Hadrian’s Bloggers: Poppy
In July of this year I will be walking the 84 mile long Hadrian’s Wall footpath. I am doing this in aid of The Joseph Salmon Trust, a charity that provides financial support to parents who have lost a child. This might be help with things like funeral costs for...
This one’s for the Xbox family
Nine months ago I told Martin from Xbox4NappyRash that on the birth of his daughter I would record myself singing “Yes” by McAlmont & Butler. A song that is pitched so high that even bats have difficulty hearing parts of it. Unfortunately for you I’m a man of my word. Feel...
Look what’s happened! Martin from Xbox4NappyRash has had a baby! A little girl called Sanne. And beautiful she is too. Quick go over and congratulate him on his site. And also thanks to all your kindness over the past couple of days the Midnight Movie Club Podcast has now been...
D is for Dad
Recently, my 10 year old son shared with me that he might want to be an actor when he grows up. I cringed when he said it, but told him I would support whatever decision he made when the time came. I explained to him that celebrity puts you under...
I haven’t used an alarm clock for almost six years. The kids have been serving this purpose quite well for some time now. This all changed within the last few months though. Typically I could count on Ava (5) or Jada (3) waking up between 5:45 and 6:15. This was perfect...
Everybody sing it! or Precious is as precious does
Everybody sing it! from simplyChuck on Vimeo. Jada was doing a bit of caroling all by herself, much to our pleasure. Precious is as precious does....
(This assumes you bought a Turkey Fryer, and have all the accouterments included in the fryer kit. ) Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and soon the month long feasting and imbibing (Thanksgiving until New Years Day) will begin. I want to share a turkey brine recipe, and some tips, with...
The cul de sac hasn’t moved in all the time we’ve been here. This may seem like an odd observation but the cul de sac hadn’t been here when we found this place we call home. Maybe this is why it holds some of its magic because it came after...
Natural Papa
Hank D and the Bee: Monsanto Taking Bees to Jail
Millions Against Monsanto Campaign Say No to GMOs! Follow Joe’s cartoonery at JoeMohrToons.com and on Twitter at @GreenCartoons....
Two-fer Tuesday: Cosleeping and Homemade Music
For this week’s Two-fer, I’ve got a couple of posts you might want to not only read, but to bookmark for future reference and to pass on to your friends. The first one is about cosleeping (and why babies should not sleep alone), and the second is a great one for...
Natural Papa Nominated For Treehugger’s Best of Green
I usually bring my first cup of coffee into the office to check my email for anything that needs immediate attention. Usually it isn’t much, and I was half asleep this morning. Imagine my surprise to see this email waiting for me from Treehugger: “Congratulations on being nominated for a TreeHugger.com...
12 Quick and Easy Natural Snack Ideas for Kids
Feeding your kids natural snacks that are fast and easy to prepare can be a challenge for fathers who aren’t so natural in the kitchen. Depending on how often you prepare food for your kids, the chorus of “I’m hungryyy… what can I have to eat?” may make you grab...
Ultimate Motivational Video: Gabrielle Bouliane
After my accident, I was awash in self-pity and quite depressed about the whole thing. I felt as if nothing was going my way, and I stopped doing a bunch of things that I had just recently started to do. The underlying feeling I had was that I was off my...
Hank D and the Bee: Waterless Shower
More: How to Earn a Gold Medal in Water Conservation We Use How Much Water? Scary Water Footprints, Country by Country How much water do you use at home? Follow Joe’s cartoonery at JoeMohrToons.com and on Twitter at @GreenCartoons....
modern day dad
Werner Herzog "Reads" Curious George
via daddytypes.com "But is it really George's fault? Or is it the Man in The Yellow Hat's fault for taking an agent of chaos out of the wilderness, and trying against all hope to civilize him?" If you've ever read......
Modern Day Dad At CES 2010. Oh. And Lady Gaga Too.
Well, I did the quick calculation this morning, and this is officially the 7th CES I've been to, and while some were fun (the first few) and some were really underwhelming (last year), this year's is proving to be a......
FakeTV Burglar Deterrant Keeps The Fake TV Glowing
I've bought a lot of hair-brained electronic crap in my life, and so when I told my wife about FakeTV, she just assumed this was another one of those things. And while I can't say for sure that this thing......
Blogging at ABC 2009 - The All Baby & Child Product Expo
2009 is year-two for me at the ABC Expo, and even though the economy is not what it was last year, you'd hardly know it from attending the show. There seems to be just as many booths and products as......
Can We Please Stop Praising The Baby Dangler?
Enough of the Michael Jackson tributes already. Almost every morning I turn on the Today Show on NBC, and today was the first morning since his death that the news has been at least fifty percent something other than Michael......
Tauntaun Sleeping Bag, Boy-rettes and a Pink Plastic Octomom Sculpture
Even though last week was my kid's spring break from school, I've managed to write about some pretty interesting stuff over at Babble in the last month or so. Some of my favorites are: The Tauntaun Sleeping Bag. The Empire......
Parenting - The Dad Jam
10 ways for YOU to get ready for potty training
There is an overwhelming number of articles on the net that ask the question, “Is your toddler ready for potty training?” but I haven’t yet found one that asks another very important question, which is, ......
I’m on a business trip and I’ve been away from Love Buns, Sweet Cheeks and Smarty Pants for just over a week now. I’m counting the days until I see them again… only 5 more ......
Rainy Day in Vancouver – Take the kids to the Airport!
Running out of things to do with the kids on these rainy Vancouver days? Been to the Mall, Community Centre, Chapter’s, Science World, Aquarium, and Kid’s Market with them a million times already? Here’s something ......
Review – Sylvan Learning Language Arts Success
Lucky me, I recently received three Sylvan Learning Language Arts Success books for my reviewing pleasure. I received the Grade K, Grade 1, and Grade 2 books, since they come closest to my son’s age. These ......
Green Tip – Biodegradable Laundry Detergent (plus Giveaway!)
Frequent readers and Jammers here at The Dad Jam will know that my household is a big fan of being green and doing what we can to walk more lightly on this planet we ......
If a timer is a parent’s best friend, a liquid timer is a parent’s best friend forever. Or life partner. I took a trip to Science World in Vancouver with the family today (Telus World of ......
gamingwithbaby.com | all your diapers are belong to us
Lord. Stanley's. Cup. What more can I say? If you're reading this via RSS feed, you never know what could be missing on gamingwithbaby.com. ...
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The superfluous year in review post
That about does it. If you're reading this via RSS feed, you never know what could be missing on gamingwithbaby.com. ...
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Rough year for Charger hockey...
But at least our fans are into it. If you're reading this via RSS feed, you never know what could be missing on gamingwithbaby.com. ...
Because hospital baby pictures suck
Dot, one month old. If you're reading this via RSS feed, you never know what could be missing on gamingwithbaby.com. ...