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Archive for September, 2005

PBS Kids Sprout  

It’s the new PBS Kids network that DirectTV just switched to. Bye-bye PBS Kids, hello Sprout! Here’s what’s different: most of the shows are now 15 minutes instead of 30 which means you only get one episode of Thomas the Train or Dragon Tales instead of two each segment. And the cynical [...]

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Nerdiness, I embrace thee  

I have received both Dancing Barefoot by the one and only Wil Wheaton and Getting Things Done by David Allen on the same day and I’m equally excited by both. My nerd-factor is at an all-time high. And I’m okay with that.

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The shadow of food  

On a lark, we decided to go to Soup Plantation for dinner. No, really. We hadn’t been in years and I couldn’t remember why. The lovely and talented wife had been getting recommendations to go. In hindsight, it’s obvious my subconscious had driven the memory from my mind in an attempt [...]

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At home dad-hood  

Working from home can sometimes be challenging. Today, while my lovely and talented wife took our daughter to school, the boy kept coming in every 30 seconds to ask me questions. After about the tenth time:

Son: Dad, how…
I interrupt him.
Me: Son, go play. You’ve got to stop coming in here to interrupt [...]

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Parents Behaving Badly  

You should go read Parents Behaving Badly — just when you thought it was safe to be a kid. It would be funny if it wasn’t true.

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