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Autumn Means Rain And Rain Means Crafts!

Posted on September 19, 2008 - Filed Under Fatherhood | Leave a Comment

I’ve already shared my rather busy October weekend schedule, what with all the amusement parks running “haunted house” and other Halloween events.  But fall brings more thanjust the greatest holiday ever invented.  It also means that, even here in sunny California, the skies will soon open and dump their loads of life-giving water on to our heads.  While I’m not opposed to rain on general principle, it does tend to limit the activities I’m willing to undertake on my weekends…

Charter Covers Your Back To School Basics

Posted on August 28, 2008 - Filed Under Contests, Technology | Leave a Comment

Charter_laptop Ask a hundred different kids what they consider essential for life and you will surely get plenty of different answers. But I’d be willing to wager that you’d also see four things crop up time and again: television, telephone, a laptop computer, and high speed internet access. Oh yeah! And gas money if they’re old enough to drive. If they’re not, then you could probably use that gas money to cover the cost driving them around.

Well, if you’re shopping for…

God I Hate Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 14, 2008 - Filed Under Fatherhood | 1 Comment

I’ve always been against Valentine’s Day due to its contrived nature. As a romantic I feel that love should be expressed regularly and special moments and gifts aren’t nearly as special when they are dictated by the date. But this year has got to be the worst ever.

I’ve spent the last two years devoting 99.5% of my time to caring for others and trying to make their lives better. I left my entire life behind and moved to Morgan Hill…

How Things Get Done, or… The Kids Finally Clean Their Room

Posted on January 10, 2008 - Filed Under Fatherhood | Leave a Comment

X called me this afternoon as she needed me to babysit for a few hours. This was just the opportunity I was looking for. Z and her 8-year old brother G have not cleaned their room in months and X keeps telling me she can’t figure out how to get them to do so. They’ve had entire days devoted exclusively to cleaning this room and not made an inch of headway. She claims to have tried everything. I think the problem is…


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