http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:52:16 -0700 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:55:45 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Jump-on-Holiday-shopping?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner I know it isn't even Thanksgiving yet, but KVIL is playing Christmas music already and that makes me sooper dooper happy.  I don't actually understand it... actually.  I'm very pro-holiday this year.  Something about my ... Vegetarian Dallas children's activities NASA TIME magazine holiday shopping FW Museum of Science Trinity River Audubon Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:55:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Jump-on-Holiday-shopping?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Quick-look-outside-and-other-stuff?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner My entire fault, being a total science dork, for not passing this on sooner; but in a few short hours the meteor shower is going to peak.  So if you are awake at this unholy hour you should get outside and check out the show.  ... organ donation meteor shower recycling Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:54:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Quick-look-outside-and-other-stuff?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m11d14-This-house-is-not-made-of-sand-and-fog?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner That's a literary reference, by the way.  Andre Dubus III wrote The House of Sand and Fog, and then Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelley were in the movie adaptation. But that isn't where I live. I live in a house that has been... children's health breast cancer holiday shopping Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:00:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m11d14-This-house-is-not-made-of-sand-and-fog?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m11d11-New-thoughts-on-longevity?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner I don't, per se, fear death.  I have an understanding that puts me well at ease with the idea.  For myself.  That my kids could turn off scares the hell out of me.  And until I am able to impart to them the reasons not to f... children's health health care safety Be Out There terrorism Sesame Street Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:28:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m11d11-New-thoughts-on-longevity?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m11d9-Happy-Anniversary-Life?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner Today is the second of the anniversaries that I celebrate with my Life.  (Not our second anniversary, just the second one that we celebrate, got it?)  It is also the one most often recognized, since it was on this day that we exchanged offi... perfect day marriage Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:10:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m11d9-Happy-Anniversary-Life?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m11d8-Perfect-day-and-a-mystery-solved?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner Did you happen to go outside this morning?  Around 9 or so?  If you didn't then you missed one of the truly rare and wonderful treats in this world: Perfection. I was taking trash out, I think.  I don't even remember, be... perfect day Romanian Food Festival Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:49:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m11d8-Perfect-day-and-a-mystery-solved?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m11d6-Food-and-magical-logic?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner I should have mentioned sooner that the Romanian Food Festival is going on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in Colleyville.  The plan is to take the kids tomorrow, maybe after nap time.  Directions are here. * Now onto the fun stuff.... children's activities Romanian Food Festival children's logic Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:38:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m11d6-Food-and-magical-logic?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m11d2-A-parenting-lesson-from-celebrities?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner Our thoughts are with Mel Gibson and his girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva who welcomed a baby girl.  Word is the baby wasn't due until some time in December, and as the parents of a pre-term baby my Life and I hope everything is OK. That ... preterm birth bad parenting Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:08:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m11d2-A-parenting-lesson-from-celebrities?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d31-Happy-Halloween?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner So I see that the students at the American School in Brasilia got to wear costumes on Halloween, but not my Magician.  Unfair. Other than that the day was perfect.  And my kids had a blast.  And my Life is doing busy work to avo... Halloween Halloween costume Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:06:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d31-Happy-Halloween?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d31-Growing-up-not-all-it-is-cracked-up-to-be?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner Happy Halloween! * The Magician, on the way to school the other day, repeated his oft stated plans for when he grows up.  Which is very much okay.  I think it is cute, and some of his ideas are quite good.  For example, ... growing up breast cancer Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:02:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d31-Growing-up-not-all-it-is-cracked-up-to-be?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Rockets-and-bees-and-Halloween?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner So NASA finally got around to firing my new boyfriend, Ares, into space.  Very cool.  You should check out the video they have, because it is totally awesome and gives me little tingles in my spine. * My boy really wants to wear ... NASA daughters Halloween Halloween costume Ares bees Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:36:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Rockets-and-bees-and-Halloween?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Stupid-weather-awesome-rocket?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner But a few, tiny hours ago I was very excited that NASA was going to test launch the new Ares I-X rocket in honor of my Angel taking his first test steps and the Magician dressing as an astronaut for Halloween.  But then weather happened.... NASA Halloween costume starting to walk Ares Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:37:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Stupid-weather-awesome-rocket?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Ares-IX-set-to-launch?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner Well I'm just about ready to piddle.  I think that the new Constellation program from NASA is just about the coolest thing ever.  I mean it.  And this is a guy who had a huge crush on Columbia.  Man, I loved that bird.... NASA Herakles Halloween costume starting to walk Ares Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:51:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Ares-IX-set-to-launch?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d25-Angel-abandons-wings-walks?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner The Angel, my little pudgeball, my little chubs, my gigantic littlest, has succeeded in hefting his Wilson Fisk-ian girth into the air and perambulating!  Love it love it love it! He isn't an expert yet.  He is still mostly a sta... children's clothes children's activities Halloween Halloween costume starting to walk Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:10:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d25-Angel-abandons-wings-walks?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Need-shopping-ideas-have-cleaning-idea?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner First, fathers who need a punch in the face include, but are not limited to, Richard HINEY for maybe / maybe not / I don't care if he did or didn't he is still an ass, and Faleh Hassan Almaleki who ran over his daughter in a car for acclim... bad parenting balloon boy Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:16:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Need-shopping-ideas-have-cleaning-idea?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d20-The-thirteenth-labor-of-Herakles?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner  Herakles, not the Disney version, is pretty famous for having done 12 things.  Which isn’t very impressive when compared to the Senatorial record of Ted Kennedy or the sartorial record of Björk.  And it is important to reme... children's activities NASA Herakles Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:29:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d20-The-thirteenth-labor-of-Herakles?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Max-and-his-wild-friends?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner  I would like to make a prediction: Max Records, Academy Award for Best Actor, 2009 for his role as Max in Where the Wild Things Are.Not kidding even a little bit.  That kid was a - freaking - mazing.  You know how Dakota and Abagail (... Where the Wild Things Are Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:59:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Max-and-his-wild-friends?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Children-and-peril?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner  The Magician shared with me the names of his children yesterday; though I failed to grasp if these are current, invisible children, or plans for the future, in which case he will need a far more understanding wife than mine.  His chil... children's names children's health Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:42:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Children-and-peril?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d14-Be-wild?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner  Our respects and doffed cap to Captain Lou.  May you wrestle in peace.*So... it's this Friday.  You know that, right?  You've made your favorite Wild Thing costume and are planning to camp out Thursday night to get tickets, right... Where the Wild Things Are Be Out There National Wildlife Foundation Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:51:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d14-Be-wild?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d13-Cubit-confusion?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner  I've been working on this plan to help my family, in light of recent conditions.  Something to preclude a bail-out becoming necessary later on.I'm talking, of course, about all the rain.  But, problematically, I messed up my cubit to ... weather Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:34:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2618-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m10d13-Cubit-confusion?cid=exrss-Dallas-Fatherhood-Examiner