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A Cowabunga Christmas With TracFone and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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A Cowabunga Christmas With TracFone and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Waiting until the airport was no small feat. My excitement to hand over the in the TMNT Turtle Shell case was matched only by her excitement to finally hold it in her hands. She immediately started to take photos, text her mother (who was sitting in the next chair over), […]

The Year That Was…Warts And All
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The Year That Was…Warts And All

Do any of your people send out those year-end holiday newsletters in lieu of, or in addition to, Christmas cards? It’s a neat idea, it totally is, especially if you don’t spent your days lurking on their Facebook page. The downside to this kind of annual summary of key family […]

OWTK Kids Music Monthly Podcast November Playlist
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OWTK Kids Music Monthly Podcast November Playlist

The November episode of the podcast has been so graciously sponsored by . Check out their super rad TMNT kid’s phone bundle complete with a turtle shell phone case and a year of NQ Family Guardian monitoring service. I was recently struck by how terrific so many opening songs are […]

Giving The Gift of Netflix (And Chill, If You’re So Inclined)
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Giving The Gift of Netflix (And Chill, If You’re So Inclined)

Netflix, along with NHL Center Ice (go Red Wings!) and FuboTV (Barca! Barca! Barca!), enabled us to cut cable in 2015. That’s like $140 extra bucks in my wallet each month. For this I am thankful. Oh wait, I’m a holiday behind. We don’t give thanks now, for now we […]

Giving Up Santa
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Giving Up Santa

It’s less a discovery than it is a giving up of belief. My family is standing on the precipice of a strange new world, a world in which Santa is a fictional character and 100% of all gifts nestled neatly under the tree are dutifully purchased from local stores or […]

Old Spice Guys Terry Crews, left, and Isaiah Mustafa, team up for the first time ever to celebrate their popular “Make a Smellmitment” campaign to teach guys that whatever their scent choice, Old Spice has them covered, and announce next Tuesday’s much-anticipated conclusion to the campaign, on Wednesday, November 18, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision for Old Spice/AP Images)
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Old Spice Makes Smellmitment To Men This Holiday Season

I have partnered with Life of Dad and Old Spice for this promotion. Every picture tells a story, as the song goes, but the same is not necessarily true of every smell. At least, not every smell tells a sweetly scented story. And that is the story of the first […]

Being KIND is Awesome
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Being KIND is Awesome

I am so incredibly happy to have partnered with Life of Dad and KIND for this promotion. I contend that much of my personal success in life can be directly attributed to kindness and to gratitude. I asked this of a gigantic corporation while my entire family was away on […]

PBS KIDS Nature Cat is Finally Here!
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PBS KIDS Nature Cat is Finally Here!

Tomorrow, Wednesday November 24th is an extremely special day and not only because it is my lovely wife’s birthday. On PBS KIDS, the terrifically whip-smart new cartoon series Nature Cat finally arrives AND The Wild Kratts holiday special A Creature Christmas makes it’s debut! Now, you might be excited for […]

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