February 10, 2010

Cast of Dads: Podcast #8 – “Superbowl Sunday!”
Dads are all about sitting around and watching sports and nothing else, right? Especially on Superbowl Sunday! Well, we actually have lots of different opinions on sports and a variety of other topics. So, we decided that we just HAD TO do our weekly podcast (Cast of Dads) on Superbowl Sunday in order to discuss sports, parenting and a variety…
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February 9, 2010

Special Thanks to Life360.com for the Blogger Spotlight & a Critical Family Service!
Life360 is a site that deals with ensuring the safety of your family and protecting your assets (people & property). Obviously, this is something very important to me and my wife so as a service on its own, it definitely deserves a thorough discussion. However, in this case, I wanted to mention something else: one of their editors contacted me…
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February 2, 2010

Cast of Dads: Podcast #7 – “We Were ALL Morons!”
We got some great user feedback on some of our previous podcasts that we were geeking out a bit too much. Since we listen to our audience, in this episode, we tried to eliminate most (if not all) of the tech and focus more on being a dad and a parent. Episode #7 of the Cast of Dads podcast is…
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January 13, 2010

TODAY Is National AMBER Alert Awareness Day – Jan 13, 2010
Today is officially the AMBER Alert Awareness Day (January 13, 2010) as declared by the US Department of Justice in commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the abduction and murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman. Many of you are probably aware of AMBER alerts as they now appear not only on highway signs, on TV, via email notifications but also more…
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December 21, 2009

Cast of Dads: Podcast #3 – “Mustaches, Massages & Man Purses”
Just in time for the holidays, the "Cast of Dads" got together for our 1st annual holiday podcast. In Episode #3, titled "Mustaches, Massages & Man Purses", we discussed a variety of "hot" topics, despite the crazy (snowy) weather blanketing everywhere (except in California where it is just raining). You can always find the latest episodes as well as the…
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December 18, 2009

Cast of Dads: Podcast #2 – “Vomiting, Vaccines, Vacations & More”
A bit delayed, heck, it is the holidays and we have all been pretty busy. But our Cast of Dads Podcast #2, which I have titled "Vomiting, Vaccines, Vacation & More" is now live! Obviously it goes beyond those three "V's" mentioned. TheÂ Cast of Dads is a new podcast put on by 5 Daddy Bloggers. We all worked together on…
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August 17, 2008

“My Favorite Vacation”
My oldest daughter took a typing class this summer. She's only 9 but typing is going to be an important skill for her in the coming years so we put her in this class. As a final exercise, she wrote a short story titled "My Favorite Vacation." She took the course with a good friend of hers and they had…
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June 19, 2008

Children Should Not Be Allowed to get Sick!
All kids get sick. Colds and flu's are just part of a child's process of building immunities for their future health. When a child is sick, it is not a fun experience for either the child or the parent. But it is part of life. It's when an illness becomes a child's life that is the most devastating. It is…
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September 11, 2007

Family: HTD’s Commentary on “Guy Kawasaki on Parenting” Interview
I read an interesting interview on Parent Wonder with Guy Kawasaki about fathering/parenting four children. This interview, while short, was intriguing to me as I have three children and frequently get wrapped up in technology and seeing how it can be used to better parenting (hence my quote "...where technology and fatherhood collide..."). But really, the answers below (mine and…
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