Consider This Experience Cultivated
Sometime last week my wife dropped some hints about going to The Melting Pot for Mother’s Day. Such hints as, “Hey, The Melting Pot is taking reservations for Mother’s Day” and “Hey, did you get my...
View ArticleKickstarter My Heart – The Big One
By Leonard F Chikarason Last week, I spoke at great length about my very first Kickstarter experience and how poorly it went. I’m not usually that (publicly) negative, but reviewing my history with...
View ArticleSomething For Everyone – This week, mostly the kids!
Welcome the latest installment of hot picks for comics this week. It may not be themed every week, but we’ve got a loose theme going here. This week, we look at three much maligned, to varying degrees,...
View ArticleRecognizing Depression in Men for What It Really Is
Last week, the Dad Blogging community I belong to learned that one of their own had succumb to depression and ended his own life. I didn’t personally know Marc Block of Divided Dad but myself and...
View ArticleDadstractions Podcast #2 – It’s A Small, Small World
This week on the podcast: How did Leonard and Brian celebrate Mother’s Day? Leonard asks, “How long should you wait to take your child to the movies?” Brian asks, “How despicable do you have to be to...
View ArticleFound Around The House 2 – Electric Boogaloo
The kids bring home all sorts of goodies from school, or just leave other awesome art projects around the house. A literal mountain of paper is sifted through on a weekly basis and 98% goes in the...
View ArticleA Little Learning for the Kids
Two friends of mine recently asked me to write guest posts for their blogs. Both posts involved learning experiences for my kids and we all had a good time in the process. Please check out my guest...
View ArticleSomething for Everyone – Everything’s Coming Up Green!
By Leonard F Chikarason Leonard was given five Comixology codes to give away for issue #1 of Subatomic Party Girls from his friend and writer of Subatomic Party Girls, Chris Sims. Leonard was not...
View ArticleDadstractions Podcast 3: Shaming Children Since 2005
This week on the Dadstractions podcast: Leonard recounts his harrowing trip to Chicago. Brian recounts his equally harrowing weekend. KRE-O, Lego, or Mega Bloks? Are Pre-K Graduations Necessary? How...
View ArticleThe Long Weekend Blues
Memorial Day weekend went by entirely too fast. My parents were in town since Wednesday to see my daughter graduate from Pre-K. They stuck around for the long weekend and entertained and watched their...
View ArticleSomething for Everyone: All Number Ones
By Leonard F Chikarason I would like to begin with an apology. Last week, I had the intention to give away copies of Subatomic Party Girls and still do. However, since I pre-ordered it (you can do that...
View ArticleStar Trek and Kre-O: A match made in Sto-Vo-Kor
I’m a pretty big Star Trek fan. I’ve seen all the shows, I’ve seen all the movies. Over the last six months, I tried to get my kids interested in Star Trek by watching Star Trek: Voyager from beginning...
View ArticleDadstractions Podcast 4: Good Old-Fashioned Nightmare Fuel
This week on the podcast: Weekly recap. Arrested Development Season 4 is discussed (no spoilers) How many years is too many when talking about age differences between children and their friends?...
View ArticlePainting Ceramics With My “Artist For A Day”
My mother and stepfather live in Scranton, PA (my hometown). A few times a year they either make the trip out to Cleveland, or we make a trip back East to see either them or my in-laws (in NJ)....
View ArticleIs It Possible For Me To Stop Yelling At My Kids?
I’ve become a yeller. It is not something I am proud of. Yelling has been a topic of discussion between my wife and I for many years. We’ve gone from fairly laid-back individuals to stark-raving...
View ArticleSomething For Everyone: Tigers and Bears, Oh My!
By Leonard F Chikarason This week is a great week to welcome back a returning classic, the re-christening of a great all-ages book and a collection of arguably the most popular comic series in the...
View ArticleFound Around The House – Doughnuts With Dad
So, as promised during the Muffins With Mom review, here is Chris’s Doughnuts With Dad write-up for his dear ol’ Dad. You may have heard something about this already. So, I got to attend Doughnuts...
View ArticleDadstractions Podcast 5: Cookie Decorating Rage!
On the show this week: Weekly recap Leonard recounts a scary experience he just had with his 19-month-old son. Have you ever had to take you kids to the emergency room? We recap our Twitter Question:...
View ArticleScavenging Up Some Fun With My Wife
It’s no secret: I don’t get out, sans kids, often. My wife works two different part time jobs and they are mostly at night and on weekends. We are frequently ships passing in the night; as I come home...
View ArticleDamn It, I Backed A Kickstarter
I’ve been interested in Kickstarter (and other crowd funding services) ever since I heard of it. The concept of small (and sometimes large) companies taking big ideas or pet projects to the public in...
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