5 Things You Would Learn About Me if You Walked Through My House

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Trisha over at MomDot.com wrote a really fun post today where she showed off five photos from her house, that each teach you something about her. She challenged everyone to join in on the fun. This is what we in the blogosphere refer to as a “blog carnival.” (Don’t worry, I was wondering where the elephants and Ferris wheels were too.) Anyways, here’s my attempt! 1) Superhero Showdown The kids’ playroom is chock full of bins (my wife just …

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One Dad + Three Kids = One Colorful Birthday Cake

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Allie's 41st Rainbow Dessert

Yesterday was my wife’s 29th birthday, give or take a dozen years. Granted, she doesn’t look a day over 32 if you ask me. I first met Allie during my freshman year of college wayyyy back in 1990 and obviously have learned a great deal over the years. The most important, above all else is this… Birthday cakes must be homemade. And I must use Duncan Hines yellow cake mix and Pillsbury vanilla frosting. Deviate …

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My 9-Year-Old Son Was a Keynote Speaker at MIT

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Scratch at MIT

College was always important to me as a kid. I wasn’t obssessed like some Ivy League families, but I knew I had to go. I was really pushing for Cornell, but didn’t rock my SATs enough to get in. Which in the end, I’m quite happy, because I ended up going to SUNY Binghamton where I met my future wife.  Anyways, places like Harvard or MIT are awesome and who wouldn’t be proud to go …

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Andrew Kardon

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New York Yankees Fan

This Friday I’m heading to my very first BlogHer conference. I’ve attended tons of conferences in my career before (from comic book conventions to Affiliate Summits), but I’ve never gone to a blogger-specific one. Needless to say, I have no idea what to expect, other than to have a great time and meet some amazing people. I’ve said it a zillion times before, but bloggers really are the nicest folks around. I just read a …

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I’m Elmo and I Know It

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Sesame Street song parody

This weekend, Ryan was sniffing around YouTube and came across a parody of “I’m Sexy and  I know it.” For some reason, Ryan loves that song to begin with and is constantly walking around the house singing it. A few weeks ago, my wife overheard him talking to a friend of his on a playdate. They were singing the song and then Ryan asked his friend, “Do you know what sexy means?” His friend had …

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