Posts Tagged “Parenting As Child Exploitation”
It’s easy to create a kart style racing game. Toss a bunch of characters together, make the track colorful, add some power-ups and make the physics more cartoon-based. Often these games rely on a gimmick to set themselves apart, and Sonic And Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed isn’t above that. What it does offer, however, is…
I had a completely different post set up for today, but in light of today’s events, I felt the need to comment. Earlier today another school shooting took place. Children as young as Kindergarten were murdered. What I do want to say first is my heart and prayers go out to all affected. Not just…
What a loss. I had been contacting Qwest, then subsequently Century Link (after the corporate buy out) with regards to our internet service for a long while. Years, probably. The service has been spotty, cutting out at apparently random times. After several service calls, technician visits, repair orders, and years of frustration, we…
“Dad?” I could tell this was going to be an unusual question. Ciárán, age 5 and Xavier, age 2 were sitting at the table eating lunch. Usually when Ciárán says something during lunch it’s a statement. “Did you put jelly on my sandwich?” “No, why?” This is a major point of contention. Ciárán likes cheese…
{EAV:4a4471bb4fa558a0} My wife, August (age 9) and I were talking early Saturday afternoon in the front room. I don’t remember what we were discussing. Nothing terribly important. The topic of choices and sacrifices came up. My wife asked August if he had to chose which to give up, would it be video games or…
There are two things I want to get across in this post. It won’t take too long, so bear with me. Earlier today I was taking Ciárán to pre-school, and had Xavier with me, as usual. We walked the block and a half, and since we got there a little early I decided to…
A couple of days ago it was Halloween. Here are a few rejected costume ideas from the dress up trunk Xavier and Déla modeled. And our pumpkins. As for the costumes the…
In the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle there’s a big Fred Meyer. Sure there was some uproar over its construction, but not enough to derail the project. It’s by a local brew pub (Hales) and a ship yard, a paving stone company, a mechanic, you get the idea. More industrial than anything. Sure it’s two…
This morning Ciárán and I were walking home from dropping some stuff off at the school. (There’s no school today, we were dropping treats off for the teachers, and really, the reasons behind this excursion are immaterial to the story I want to tell.) Out of the blue he looks up at me and says…
Today as I picked up the kids from school this afternoon, it rained. That’s not really unusual here in Seattle in October. Or pretty much any other month. What was unusual was the double rainbow afterwards. Now I’m not entirely sure, but I think it was the first…