A Little Learning for the Kids

Posted on May 21, 2013 by B E

Two friends of mine recently asked me to write guest posts for their blogs. Both posts involved learning experiences for my kids and we all had a good time in the process.

Please check out my guest post on iNeedaPlaydate where the kids and I review some learning software from Lakeshore Learning.

When you’re done there, please see my post at Clue Into Cleveland where the kids and I take a trip to a local nature preserve.

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Found Around The House 2 – Electric Boogaloo

Posted on May 20, 2013 by B E

The kids bring home all sorts of goodies from school, or just leave other awesome art projects around the house. A literal mountain of paper is sifted through on a weekly basis and 98% goes in the bin. But, every now and again, a piece of gold comes home with all the chaff and refuses to be ignored.

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Dadstractions Podcast #2 – It’s A Small, Small World

Posted on May 17, 2013 by B E

This week on the podcast:

How did Leonard and Brian celebrate Mother’s Day?
Leonard asks, “How long should you wait to take your child to the movies?”
Brian asks, “How despicable do you have to be to rent a disabled person in order to cut ahead in lines at Disney?”
Who waits in line for “It’s A Small World After All?”
Someone bought something through our Amazon banner!
My Little Pony – Equestria Girls. Abomination?
Letting your kids watch crappy kids shows (eg. Power Rangers)
Leonard has some issues with Keurig

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Recognizing Depression in Men for What It Really Is

Posted on May 16, 2013 by B E

dadbloggerslogo Last week, the Dad Blogging community I belong to learned that one of their own had succumb to depression and ended his own life. I didn’t personally know Marc Block of Divided Dad but myself and others in the community wanted to pay respect to Marc, and bring attention to male depression, by writing posts about the topic this week.

There was a time in my life where for about six months I was in a bad place. This is a very personal story for me and one that, until now, only a few people knew. Some might say I’m making a big deal out of nothing but it’s a time I can point to in my life where I felt truly alone, scared and hopeless.

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Something For Everyone – This week, mostly the kids!

Posted on May 15, 2013 by B E

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Welcome the latest installment of hot picks for comics this week. It may not be themed every week, but we’ve got a loose theme going here. This week, we look at three much maligned, to varying degrees, properties in the world of geekdom!

Wolverine & the X-Men #29: Maybe you read comics in the 90’s. Or watched the cartoons and even you feel the X-Men, especially Wolverine are both “played out.” Au contraire! A split in ideology between Cyclops & Wolvie have divided the X-Men in two, each with their own School to teach future mutants the way of the world. Wolverine the head of a school? How’s that going to work? Well, issue 29, out this week, is a great jumping on point as the current students of the Jean Great Academy for Higher Learning put a time capsule together and we get to find out!

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