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Alright, so that title may be misleading, but there isn’t a way to encapsulate what I want to say. Why aren’t more dad bloggers participating in NaBloPoMo? Heck, many of the ones I’ve talked with recently didn’t know about it. Some have heard of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month – basically writing a book) but…
As I begin typing this out it is 5:20 in the morning. I have been awake for an hour. We “stayed up” until about 10 last night, turned the clocks back an hour, then went to bed. I sure was tired and looking forward to getting some sleep. Normally I wake up a couple of…
Here we go again. You may remember… well, most likely not, considering my numbers… I did this a couple of years ago and it was an underwhelming “success” (in that I got a post posted each day). I am participating in NaBloPoMo, or National Blog Post Month where the idea is to have a blog…
Yesterday was Halloween, so of course there will be costume pictures. First, however, I wanted to share this. We don’t get a lot of fallen leaves in our neighborhood, but the block to and from school does for about a week. The kids all love going through them. Here’s Xavier on his way home from…
Sandra Bullock is Sarah Ashburn, a tough, hard-hitting, smart FBI agent. The problem is that along with her competence comes arrogance and she rubs her colleagues the wrong way. She is sent to Boston on assignment. In Boston we have Officer Shannon Mullins, portrayed by Melissa McCarthy. She’s also a tough, hard-hitting officer of the…
School pictures came back. For Xavier it was his first school picture. It’s not even a great picture, to be honest, but it really does capture him at this moment in time. As I picked him up from preschool one of his teachers was handing out the packets to parents. He came out and saw…
I like Pixar. Even when the films produced aren’t as good as they should be they wind up being far better than most offerings for “family” films. Technically they are always superior, but it is the storytelling that makes the films so enjoyable. With an open mind I placed Monsters University in my Blu-ray…
Shrek was a huge, if not surprising, hit. Hardly anybody knew about the book it was based on, but the film was fresh and funny. Naturally a sequel fast-tracked. That was popular. Not only was another sequel put into production, but a stage production also came into being. When my 21 year old son…
I’m stepping out of the shower this morning and there in the doorway is Xavier, my 3 year old. I didn’t expect to see him there and was a little surprised. He’s just standing there, looking at me. “Oh, Hi Xavier.” “Hi dad. You’re gross.” “I know.” The kid really knows how to make a…