Dealing with the family thats under the weather

It sucks to be under the weather, it sucks for your wife/partner to be under the weather, it sucks even more to have your kid(s) be under the weather, and the worst is when more then one member of the family is sick.
With the change of seasons this is more then likely to be case More >

The BlackTop Circus Arrives in NYC

For the first-time-ever, New Yorkers will have the opportunity to experience some of the country’s greatest young circus artists and hip-hop talent in one spectacular variety show as The Blacktop Circus: Where The Big Top Meets The City Streets hits the stage at the legendary and newly revitalized Paradise Theater in the Bronx on March More >

Save 25% on tix for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Present Barnum’s Funundrum!

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Present Barnum’s Funundrum!
Mar 25 – Apr 4 at Madison Square Garden
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® is roaring into town with Barnum’s FUNundrum!SM, a celebration of P. T. Barnum so big, it is an event 200 years in More >

Moving the herd of people on twitter – does friday follow still matter?

One of the most useful tool for me to get the word out about my blog is twitter.  Every Friday is something labeled Friday Follow (in the dad blog world its Fatherhood Follow/Fatherhood Friday) in short its #FF [Link].
I post three lists: the dads, the moms, and the brands/groups/others.  Theses are getting to be longer More >

How much should a blogger earn?

After reading this great article by Jennifer James – How Much Should Mom Bloggers Earn? [Link]. I figured I should put my two cents in and its fitting that its only two cents since thats what I found on the ground today, so I’ll count that as my blog earnings for today.
Chris Brogan announced that More >

Where does the time fly

Most days of the week mainly Monday to Friday seem to drag just a little bit. Work if it isn’t fun or exciting is just time being wasted. Once you have a child, time seems to become a commodity like gold or money.  Most often it is seen in the trade of money that you More >

One is a voice, many is a revolution

It must of been rough since Friday was a snow day there was no post, no I wasn’t snowed in from my computer but I carry DaDa Rocks like a job so my office was closed so was the blog.
Ok great that explains Friday – its now Tuesday where was Monday’s post…  Well thats simple More >

Dear Winter, I think its time for a break but before lets get some pictures

It’s been a very long winter, plenty of snow fall – records in many places. If you ask someone from Texas they might say the end of the world is near with the amount of snow they’ve seen this year.
In the end the best part of the snow is running outside with the family all More >

Binky oh sweet the Mute Button

While there is a novelty in the idea of a pacifiers that is labeled mute button [ Amazon ] there is a great deal of truth.  My child has had his binky since his first day at home… we call it a Binky mainly because of the book Binky [ Amazon ], which we’ve ready More >

With an economy like this who needs friends…

Today the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Janet L. Yellen said that a sharp increase in worker productivity was “here to stay.”
She predicted that unemployment, now at 9.7 percent, would fall to 9.25 percent by the end of the year and around 8 percent by the end of 2011. And she More >

Do you have a 529 plan for your kids? Maybe try a 530 instead!

A couple of weeks ago we started a 529 plan for our son.  I was recently sent a link to this youtube video and I was ROFL by far I fear more about the damage that I can cause my child then education sometimes.  Sure I’m ok when it comes to math, history, and science… More >

Juggling the balance of public and private

I had this lengthy post about why there were no posts last week but for the time being lets leave it as personal reasons.  Which brings me to writing this post right after I finished the details of those personal reasons.  About the idea of juggling the balance of public verse private.
My wife and I More >