Archive for November, 2006
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
How do you talk to your 9 year-old daughter about on-line predators, without freaking her out? My wife and I did it the other day.
Direct Link to mp3 file
Show Notes:
What is a predator?
US Postal Inspection Service website about on-line safety
Call the voice comment line at (206) 350-KIDS
email me
Check out ...
Posted in Father-Daughter, Fatherhood, Podcasts | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
The US Postal Service, now acting as watchmen for all types of communication (responsibly so, I might add) has started a 2 SMRT 4U campaign, in which kids are encouraged to type and post responsibly.
It includes some useful tips for kids (geared especially toward girls) about "what to type" and ...
Posted in Education, Family | No Comments »
Monday, November 27th, 2006
While over at CrunchGear, I happened upon a link to an article detailing a variety of potentially unsafe toys. I know this comes out every year, and my children are no longer under 3, so I am tempted to skip it. However, a sense of the macabre overwhelmed me and ...
Posted in Family | 1 Comment »
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
For all you US readers, I wish you a happy and healthy Thanksgiving. Try to eat healthily, spend some sober quality time out of the kitchen, and don't let football rule the day. Make it about family.
I say this, of course, not being much of a drinker and having no ...
Posted in Family, Blogging | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
Having seen some nice looking WordPress blogs, I thought I would try our WordPress for Digital Father.
I guess it's nice. We'll see how the import and other features work, and we'll go from there. I like the category function already. And trackbacks? Cool!
Posted in Blogging | 3 Comments »
Monday, November 20th, 2006
Yesterday was the last meeting of my son's rec soccer team.
You see, he's been playing on the team for 8 years, and the guys age out this year. They completed their last season undefeated,. To celebrate (which we would have done whether they had won or not) we had ...
Posted in Father-Son, Health and Fitness | 1 Comment »
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
UPDATED- I've downloaded a copy of the report that created this furor. At 276 pages in length, it will take me some time to review. However, I have found some items within it I can agree with, and some where we shall not agree. When I have reviewed it fully, ...
Posted in Religion/Politics, Rants/Opinions | 1 Comment »
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
Direct link to mp3 file
Show Notes
3 Difficult topics this week
How do you protect your children from predators in today’s society?
How do you protect them from media in todays society?
What would you do if you had a severely disabled infant?
My first writing on this subject
Now this!- I respond in the comments
Music: ...
Posted in Podcasts | 1 Comment »
Friday, November 10th, 2006
Daughter loves to sing. Loves. It.
Last night, I picked her up from French Class (she takes an evening class at the local rec center) and we headed off to the mall to get birthday gifts. She has two birthday parties coming up. One friend is a Beatles fan, the other ...
Posted in Father-Daughter | 2 Comments »
Monday, November 6th, 2006
I commented on The Blogfathers to a post on the active euthanasia debate in the UK. I'm not a huge fan of cross-posting, but I haven't blogged here ina while, and I cried writing it, so I thought we could all use a little catharsis today. After all- it's ...
Posted in Religion/Politics, Rants/Opinions | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
Direct Link to Audio File
Show Notes:
Music: Byrons Got The Time by Family Groove Company
Some adult time is always welcome
Halloween- When it's OK to be a slut?
The Dove Real Beauty Workshop via YouTube
When Middle School kids are home sick
About being selfish
Keep in touch with your network
Music can be found on the ...
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Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
Each month, a group of bloggers pour over the "starred" items in their Google Reader, the "Keep as New" items in their Bloglines, or the remnants of a months worth of blog posts they printed out because they just had to be shared.
This month, I have nominated Philip Arthur Moore ...
Posted in Perfect Post | No Comments »
