Daughter: Do you know what movie I want to see? The Lovely and Talented Wife: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying? Daughter: No. Wife: The World According to Garp? Daughter: Daddy!

AdventureDad recently wrote about his four-year-old boy’s request for a younger brother. He asks, “Is it foolish listening to the views and desires of a four-year-old boy?” Here’s my take: four-year-olds are idiots. I’m all for whimsy and devil-may-care attitudes. I whole-heartedly endorse and encourage the crazy antics of children. Why, as recently as yesterday [...]

I’d read a few bad reviews of this prior to seeing it.1 It doesn’t quite live up to expectations—it’s formulaic and predictable—but it has its moments of charm and grace. The story is really about Molly Mahoney (Natalie Portman) fulfilling her destiny while Mr. Magorium (Dustin Hoffman) and the Emporium take supporting roles. I wish [...]

Daughter: Once you know how a movie ends then it starts to get boring if you watch it again. Me: Didn’t you watch the same movie yesterday four times? Daughter: Yah, but you have to watch it like 100 times. Me: Why 100 times? Daughter: So it has a chance to get boring!

The Lovely and Talented Wife brought home new Easter-themed socks for The Boy. “It’ll get him to change them,” she said. Now seeking: socks for April Fool’s day, National Poetry Month, Thomas Jefferson’s birthday, Arbor day.

I’m just Mr. Software lately. Every morning my kids ask me about the weather so they can get dressed. This is my first attempt at building a simplified weather forecast page for them. It’s the weather report for today and tomorrow in a kid-friendly format. Once you’ve got it bookmarked, your kids are just one-click [...]

This is a remake of the classic musical The Music Man (1962). It is faithful to the original with strong performances by Matthew Broderick and especially Kristin Chenoweth (who I was first introduced to as Olive Snook on Pushing Daisies—now I see her everywhere). The supporting cast (Victor Garber, Molly Shannon, Debra Monk) does a [...]

I’ve been searching for the “perfect” Flickr photo uploader for a long time so I finally broke down and decided to write it. Of course, my idea of perfect may be different than yours. (I am but a simple caveman programmer.) A video demonstration of version 1.0 along with downloads in various formats are available. [...]