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Why I Don’t Drink
Parenting Blog

Why I Don’t Drink

We were a few towns over, driving empty streets towards a dinner we’d soon let slip our minds. Maybe the place was shaped like an airplane, propped up like a roadside museum piece weathered inside and out. A Smithsonian reject, doomed to live out its string in a suburban nowhere. […]

A Dad Gets Some Help Getting Ready For The Dad 2.0 Summit
Parenting Blog

A Dad Gets Some Help Getting Ready For The Dad 2.0 Summit

I push back from the driveway early tomorrow, in the chalkboard landscape of morning while absorbing the cold sucker punch of a winter bully, alone with a tangerine orange carry-on and a groggy quarter smile, a couple of hours before they’ll wake and start a new day. Hugs, books, laughs, […]

Why You Should Retire Now (A Little Bit)
Invest in Childhood

Why You Should Retire Now (A Little Bit)

Just before 2013 waved to us from the docks, I decided it was high time I position myself at the helm and exert more control over my retirement savings rather than continue to acquiesce to unseen Wall Street power brokers. Here’s why you too should retire now (a little bit).

The Minivan Test on HuffPost Parents
Big Guy Car Guy / Parenting Blog

The Minivan Test on HuffPost Parents

I published a simple list post about minivans on OWTK a bit ago. Maybe you read it. Maybe you liked it. Hell, I’m even lazy enough to use the exact same photo from it here. HuffPost Parents later asked me to expand on it, make it beefier, make it funnier, […]

Caption Contest — The Birth of Mom Blogging
Parenting Blog

Caption Contest — The Birth of Mom Blogging

Caption these photos (either one, they are of the same antiquity at the Getty Villa in Santa Monica, CA — I wanted to provide you with two angles) and win a fun prize worth winning! Simple, right? Be funny, be crude, be awesome. Check out those 1st gen USB ports!! […]

In My Dreams The Other Night
Parenting Blog

In My Dreams The Other Night

There was a cavernous banquet hall. A lot of yellow. A bit of paisley on the papered walls. Soft rugs. Vertical stripes. Polished brass-rimmed chairs, standard issue ballroom stuff, the kind that easily stack in columns of 5, 6, maybe 7. The entirety of the audience that had gathered was […]

“There’s Hope For The Future,” Said The Pessimistic Old Guy
Parenting Blog

“There’s Hope For The Future,” Said The Pessimistic Old Guy

Don’t be a moron behind the wheel…your future drivers are watching.

PBS KIDS Announces Odd Squad
OWTK TV News

PBS KIDS Announces Odd Squad

Sight unseen, I’m thinking the live action, math class equivalent of Word Girl. Well, that’s what I’m HOPING for anyway with PBS KIDS new series ODD SQUAD that was announced this week. We don’t do a ton of TV ’round these parts but there’s always room for a lil’ Tickety […]

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