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I Learned a Very Valuable Lesson This Week…

Friday, September 25th, 2009

fatherfriday This FatherHood Friday, I want to start off kind of heavy and then lighten the load. Bear with me, but I have to say something.

In Christopher Moore‘s hilarious book, ‘A Dirty Job‘, his main character is a ‘beta male’. Moore describes a beta male as the guy that wasn’t all that popular in high school that, when something does go his way, he feels like it will be snatched away at any moment. The beta male’s imagination is constantly shifting to the worst case scenario.

I’m pretty sure that I am a beta male, and I have a pretty active imagination.

Tags: Blog, Christopher Moore, Dirty Job, family, Home, On the Web, Parent, Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Dad-Blogs, Featured, child safety | 9594 Comments »2009-09-25+16%3A01%3A08justin

My So-Called Online Life

Monday, June 29th, 2009

: Tool of convenience, or harbinger of doom?Image via Wikipedia

Yesterday I was selling iPhones at work and striking up conversations with the customers. One couple had a one year old with them. He just kept giving me this huge, toothy grin. At least, it would have been toothy if he had more than four teeth! I just couldn’t stop looking at his giggling little self, so I said, “You look awfully happy! Is this going to be your new toy?”

“Noooooooo.” the father quickly replied.

“It won’t be long.” I said. “Leap Frog makes a baby blackberry.” (They do. Check it out!)

Tags: Blog, Facebook, IPhone, MySpace, On the Web, Social network, Twitter, Website
Posted in Cool Tools, Dad-Blogs, Daddy Blogs, Featured, Living, blogging, lifestyle design, social networking | 6731 Comment »My+So-Called+Online+Life2009-06-29+12%3A41%3A21justin

Looking For Daddy Blogger Friends? Look No Further Than Dad-Blogs.com!

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

dblogo As a Daddy Blogger, I’ve gotten frustrated lately that it’s fairly hard to find fellow Daddy Bloggers. Every few months or so I Google ‘Daddy Blogs‘ for something interesting. Today I hit the mother, er, fatherload:

I found dad-blogs.com.

Dad-blogs.com is an online community designed for and by bloggers who happen to be fathers. I really enjoy this site and am proud to be a member of it. I can really see the potential for dad-blogs to become THE central hub for daddy bloggers online. In just a couple of months, they’ve already attracted the likes of Wayne Parker, daddy blogger from about.com, so you know they’re gaining clout!

Tags: about.com, Blog, Blogger, Dad-Blogs, Daddy Bloggers, Daddy Blogs, Friend Connect, Google, On the Web, Weblogs
Posted in Dad-Blogs, Daddy Blogs, blogging, social networking | 3551 Comment »2009-03-05+02%3A47%3A09justin

Have Your Hobby and Family, Too!

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

If you follow me on twitter or Facebook, you’ve heard me hint at starting a webcomic. Between that, my blog here, and my day job, that squeezes a lot of time from the family. Sitting at the computer is a fairly lonely hobby.

So I’ve made moves to balance this new found lust for a digital life with my real one.

First and foremost, I wake up early. I’m not saying this is for everybody, but it works for me. (Kind of ironic, really. I used to be a ‘nightowl’, and now I do my best work in the early morning!) In my blog entry, ‘Balancing Life, Family, and Technology: How Some Authors Do It‘, Dayton Ward addressed how much sleep he got by saying:

Tags: Day job, Dayton Ward, Facebook, family, Hobby, On the Web, Online Communities, Twitter, webcomic
Posted in Hobbies, Living, blogging, lifestyle design | 287No Comments »Have+Your+Hobby+and+Family%2C+Too%212009-02-17+13%3A38%3A41justin