Segundo wanted to go on an adventure. “Let’s take the bus daddy, when we go pick up Primo let’s take the bus!” He was excited and it was raining so why not. We could ride the bike and he could … Continue reading →

I had planned to put a video together about "choosing a school for your children" to test out TED-Ed. However, my eight-year-old daughter caught wind of what I was doing and wanted to get in on the act. To cut a long story short my highly intellectual video-lesson turned into ...

Fresh off of watching the season finale of "Fringe" last Friday, I happened upon an amazing discovery: FOX and the Science Olympiad have teamed up to create lesson plans to help students explore the real science behind some of the show's plot devices. Magnetism, combustion, electromagnetism, protein modeling, and more ...

Da-da's guessing this isn't going to go well.

“Now it passes on and I begin to lose it,” [Ratty] said presently. “O Mole! the beauty of it! The merry bubble and joy, the thin, clear, happy call of the distant piping! Such music I never dreamed of, and the call in it is stronger e...

Hold on tightly, let go lightly.  — Proverb This fatherhood thing. Is it me, or everyone who has a child? Lately all I am is sad, and it’s all I seem to think about. James Hillman used to rail against autobiography. Bly had a personal grud...

“Just realized Hogwarts is the only boarding school I’ll ever let my son attend.” -Avara – Previous “My Wife Just Said…” 

The boys are home sick today. One is legit. One is an opportunist. The sick one is actually feeling much better (UPDATED: Now the fever has turned into a bunch of snot and a hacking cough, which is awesome), but the school won’t allow him to return until he goes ...

This month I’ve taken over as the class room liaison for the Kindergarten class at Primo’s school and taken the opportunity to help in the class one day a week. Since Segundo is such a great kid he gets to … Continue reading →

Have you ever been in a situation where you felt obligated to discipline other people's kids? How did it go?