Win a $50 Gift Certificate to Cafe Press (Ends 6/1)

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I have a confession to make. It’s kind of embarrassing for me to admit but… well, are you really going to make me say it? Geez, this is worse than the time when I admitted that my sister once did my nails and hair so I’d look like Boy George. Oh wait, I don’t think [...]

Free My Penguin iPad App, Plus Win a 1-Year Club Penguin Membership (Ends 5/31)

My Penguin

You really have to hand it to Disney. (Or Disney Interactive in this case.) They really know how to take a good idea and make it great. Not to mention cute. Apparently they grow stalks of adorableness at Disney HQ year round. I’ve written about Club Penguin before, so you already know that I’m a [...]

L.A. Story

Metal Bots

I just got back from a whirlwind few days in L.A. I was out there on some not-fun personal business. For even more fun, I took the red eye flight back, leaving L.A. at 11:30 p.m. last night and arriving at JFK in New York at 7:30 a.m. Surprisingly, I made it through the entire [...]

The Most Important Rule of Little League – #everyfield

Little League Rules

UPDATE: This IS indeed a real sign! It’s also a real movement with a few different awesome individuals and companies joining forces. The poem is by Chaplain Bob Fox and the movement was kicked off by the mighty Joel McKinnon of McKinnon Insurance.   I saw this posted on Facebook earlier today and it really touched [...]

Happy Mother’s Day 2013!

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While every day should be Mother’s Day (taking care of kids is the hardest and most rewarding job in the world), it’s still nice to take a day and remind mom how awesomely special she is. That goes for all you women out there–even if you don’t have any kids, you can still be a [...]

MudBuddy is More than a Friend for Your Kids, He’s an Educational, Environmental iPad Book

MudBuddy and Worm

When I was a kid, I had this little Disney phonograph. It was a small blue plastic case that opened up to reveal a small record player inside. There was a big picture of Pluto on the front and the arm of the player that you move to play the record was actually in the [...]

I’ve Got Pac-Man Fever!

Pac-Man cake

I grew up on Pac-Man. Not that I was any good at it. But I loved gobbling up those little energy pellets almost as fast as the arcade machine gobbled up my quarters. Then I met my wife in college, who was not only a huge fan of Ms. Pac-Man, she was also the best [...]

Happy Star Wars Day! #MayThe4thBeWithYou

Me and Chewie

If you didn’t know it (and now you do), today is the official Star Wars Day! Yep, it happens every year on May 4. As in, “May the 4th Be With You!” Whether you’re 40-year-old geek who still sleeps on his Star Wars sheets (uh, no, that’s not me… yet) or a 6-year-old girl who [...]

Get Yourself a Memory Like an Elephant with the Educational and Entertaining Zoo Snap App

Zoo Snap

I’ve played Memory probably a gazillion times in my life. I can’t… uh… actually remember the exact number, but trust me, it’s a lot. As a kid, I’d take a deck of cards, lay them all out face down and then play “matching” with my sister. When my kids were younger we played a few [...]

How to Install a Waterpik RainFall+ Rain Shower Head in Under 4 minutes!

No Pressure

I’ve proudly boasted about my lack of handyman skills before. But the one thing I never told you guys is that besides being handy with electronics, I can actually do one piece of plumbing pretty well. Yes, I can change shower heads. Oh, and toilet seat covers too. Those are easy. I’ve changed shower heads [...]