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08 February 2010
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Fatherhood Friday
Fatherhood Friday has been running for 50 weeks now. The one year anniversary is coming up shortly and we are going to give away cold hard cash to two random Fatherhood Friday contributors for week 52. That's right, just add your link to your Fatherhood Friday post next week and you are entered to win $25.00. Two lucky winners based on random number generation will win $25.00 just for writing about Fatherhood! Score!! So, be sure to contribute to Fatherhood Friday--because it pays.
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08 February 2010
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Joeprah
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Yep, that’s right. My wife and I taped an episode of the Tyra Banks Show where we shared the experiences we’ve had in our atypical arrangement—namely, I stay home and she works. The experience was great and Tyra was very cool. I give her mad props for empowering women and since her demographic is young—for empowering young women. To me, that’s a very important service to provide—especially considering that we are busy raising three young women ourselves.
Our appearance on the show is brief—like really brief, but in that time Tyra managed to plug my book, show off photos of my daughters and allow my wife and me to give the world a quick snapshot into our lives. Basically, it was all we could have hoped for and more. If you are interested in checking out the show, tune in to the Tyra Show on February the 18th. If you would like to get more details and/or interview me for a blog post prior to the shows airing— This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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08 February 2010
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Beer
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With the onset of an impending blizzard, I did what any self-respecting beer lover would do--I bought myself some decent beers before the roads became impassable. There's something about a blizzard that just screams "beer me." The local liquor store isn't exactly the best place to shop for beers, but I did manage to grab a couple winners that I want to review here at Dad Blogs for the amusement of everyone.
My review technique is flawless. I check for the major elements of appearence, aroma and taste. Finally, I give a final overall grade for the beer based solely on my highly informed opinion. Basically, I really don't have a clue what I am doing, but I like to think I do. This week's review: Dogfish Head's Theobroma.
Theobroma literally translated equates to "Food of the Gods." Dogfish Head's brewer based his recipe for the beer (which includes honey, cocoa powder, cocoa nibs, ancho chilies, and annatto) from an ancient piece of pottery which described an alcholic drink using similar ingredients. The recipe is believed to date back to 1200 B.C.
Onto the review:
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06 February 2010
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Dear WeaselMomma
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Major news broke nationally this past week that researchers have found a biological cause for SIDS. While this is very good and exciting news in the SIDS community, it is also being sensationalized in the media as a larger informational breakthrough that will impact our children's lives immediately.
To bring you information on what this research means for parents of infants and expectant parents, I went to Pam Borchardt, Executive Director of SIDS of Illinois, an expert and SIDS Mom, who can break down the information, explain what it means to you as a parent and inform you what you can do to to lower your child's risk to fall victim to SIDS.
