To hear author John August tell it on his wonderful Wondery podcast called Launch, in which he goes deep into the woods to walk the listener through the process of conceiving, writing, pitching, editing, selling, and releasing his first book, Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire, this magical fictional […]
It was an ever present threat levied during my lazy, underachieving childhood. My dad would never have done it. I think. At the very least, my mom wouldn’t have let him send her baby away, but I heard the foreboding words ‘Valley Forge Military Academy’ a whole awful lot as […]
We’re years away from robot maids (but let’s not kid ourselves, they’re coming. I’m looking at you Elon Musk) but a robotic litter box is pretty darn close to futuristic and that’s here now. Right now. Like, at one point in time you had to hold bread (probably not even […]
This is the first of what I hope will be several sweet giveaways to put rad holiday gifts into your hands that you can then regift to your kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, etc. Here’s a Sky Rover Voice Activated Missile Launcher Indoor R/C Helicopter that flies beautifully around your house […]
My late morning tossing and turning ritual that has become waaaaaay too commonplace, together with the faulty-snowblower snoring pattern of my wife, conspired to prop open my eyes at the ungodly hour of 5:30 AM on Saturday. In a pre-dawn haze of sleepy eyes and weary thoughts, I saw a […]
Inspired by the great new picture book THE MIXED-UP TRUCK, I’ve created a very mixed-up toy giveaway with hundreds of dollars worth of awesomeness for kids. ***THE HUGE MIXED-UP TRUCK AND TOY GIVEAWAY*** To celebrate the release of The Mixed-Up Truck I’ve put together a massive giveaway of toys, video […]
This post is sponsored by Pure Protein. All thoughts and opinions expressed below are honesty and unbiased, as always A lot of parents, too many parents if you ask me, mourn the end of the school year and cheer on the dawn of the next. You probably have, or will […]
I know that you know a legendary man. Maybe he’s your dad or maybe the husband of your children. Heck, maybe he is you. Maybe he/you smells amazing already…or maybe not. No matter, Old Spice and OWTK want to give him/you a legendary gift this month, the Old Spice smellegendary […]
