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The Case Against Saving for College

The Case Against Saving for College
A few housekeeping things right off the bat: The below stance has nothing at all to do with the validity of college savings plans themselves; the investments, management fees, etc.  The opinions expressed here are based entirely on the idea that your money could be, and should be, better spent.  Got...
January 10th, 2012 | Musings on Parenting | Read More

Nintendo DS Game Review: Max and the Magic Marker

Nintendo DS Game Review: Max and the Magic Marker
MAX AND THE MAGIC MARKER for Nintendo DS by Cooper McHatton Max and this Magic Marker is already a brilliant game on the iPhone and on the Wii.  How does the new DS version stack up? The Story Begins: Max and the Magic Marker is the story of Max, a young boy, who receives an orange marker in the mail...
January 8th, 2012 | OWTK Gaming | Read More

Quick Thoughts: Giving Kids An Allowance

Quick Thoughts: Giving Kids An Allowance
We did it. We finally did it. And not because anyone asked either. It felt like the right time to us. That’s why, effectively immediately, the Bear will be getting $3 per week, the Mouse $1. It is important to note that neither child must earn the money, not exactly anyway.  They can, however,...
January 5th, 2012 | Musings on Parenting | Read More

Required Reading: Good Brother, Bad Father

Required Reading: Good Brother, Bad Father
If you spend any time at all on the internet, chances are you’ve come across some hideous behavior hiding behind the stiff arm of anonymity. People are more cruel here and it can sometimes weigh you down and make you think that this world wide web business is an accurate snapshot of all people. It...
January 5th, 2012 | Musings on Parenting, Required Reading | Read More

Free Kid’s Music: Coal Train Railroad 10 Song Sampler

Free Kid’s Music: Coal Train Railroad 10 Song Sampler
While I haven’t yet gotten around to publishing (or, um, writing) a review of “Swings!”, the sophomore kindie album from the Nashville, TN jazz outfit Coal Train Railroad (or any other kid’s CD for that matter), I do like it very much.  And I love love love their 2010 self-titled...
January 4th, 2012 | OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More

OWTK PHILLY LOCAL: Randy Kaplan Comes To Phoenixville

OWTK PHILLY LOCAL: Randy Kaplan Comes To Phoenixville
There are a lot of good people making good music for families in 2012 but no one is quite like Randy Kaplan.  The Los Angeles resident has a classic cool, 1930′s troubadour style on and off stage, and folds sharp wit, sly humor, and brilliant childhood insight in with a passion for mid-20th-century...
January 4th, 2012 | OWTK PHILLY LOCAL | Read More

Plateau Running

Plateau Running
Comedian Louis C.K. quipped in a recent episode of his eponymously titled show on FX that at 40+ years of age his trips to the gym serve only to maintain his middling shape.  Gone are his dreams of a chiseled self.  He is, essentially, exercising to not become grotesque. To stay on a plateau. I’m...
January 4th, 2012 | Musings on Parenting | Read More

I Gotta Hand It To My Parents

I Gotta Hand It To My Parents
Aside from a complete disdain for egg slicers and the sheer inability to drink milk out of clear plastic cups, I’ve got no issues. None. I religiously listen to Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, so I hear a parade of folks talk to the comedian each week and every one of ‘em carries a litany...
January 3rd, 2012 | Musings on Parenting | Read More

Kid’s Theater Review: Charlotte’s Web at The Arden

Kid’s Theater Review: Charlotte’s Web at The Arden
One of my most reliable methods for determining the quality, or at the very least the stickiness, of a product or performance is the time it takes the Bear & Mouse to fold what they have just experienced into their extremely imaginative play. It took nearly 24 hours from us discovering HUMBLE spelled...
January 3rd, 2012 | OWTK PHILLY LOCAL, OWTK THEATER REVIEWS | Read More

Santa, You’re Too Kind

Santa, You’re Too Kind
For the majority of my very privileged childhood, my parents called me spoiled.  But I never felt that I deserved the tag because I rarely ever asked for anything.  No kidding.  I  just got tons of stuff.  Frankly, that wasn’t a me problem.  It was a them problem.  Yet I got saddled with...
January 3rd, 2012 | Musings on Parenting | Read More
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