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- December 10th, 2009
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Go Stuff a Stocking
With this: Fury and his Kid Test Labs cohorts TXU and Brendan recently did a video review of this awesome book by Bonnie Burton. And I think I've reached the pinnacle of my life and can simply retire…
- December 7th, 2009
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The Reason I Don\'t Write a Dancing Blog - Tastemaker Video #2
I'm not going to write much in this post. I danced in the video below. That should be enough -- as in the maximum recommended dosage before the onset of adverse side effects. This is my second entry i…
- November 29th, 2009
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Blog Posts a la King
I found these blog post snippets from the past week just sitting on the kitchen counter. But they were near a window and I don't think they're spoiled yet. So in the spirit of the season, I'm dousing…
- November 20th, 2009
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Fury Cooks and I Get Up Close and Personal. But Not Here.
Fury and his fellow Kid Test Labs comrades TXU and Brendan put Curious Chef products to the test, and they captured it all on video. Food Network, are you listening? These kids need their own show. Mo…
- November 13th, 2009
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BusyDad has posted a new entry on: The Busy Dad Blog
I\'ve Got 20 Minutes and a Baby Picture
Consider this post a pre-emptive strike, nothing more. I've been doing this once-a-month posting thing for long enough to intuitively sense when I'm about to be called out on Twitter for abandoning my…
- October 26th, 2009
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I\'m a Skate Punk. Was.
I recently bought Fury a skateboard. Last night I was showing him the finer points of an ollie. Well, explaining. The showing part didn't go so well. Because when you're 37 years old and haven't skate…
- October 21st, 2009
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BusyDad has posted a new entry on: The Busy Dad Blog
Time to Bring the Heat: Tastemaker Challenge 2K10
BEFORE YOU READ THIS: If you only have a second and don't want to read this long post, just skip down to the video and rate it. I promise, you will NOT be disappointed (if you like cooking, Rocky, Kar…
- October 19th, 2009
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BusyDad has posted a new entry on: The Busy Dad Blog
Music Credits You\'ll Never See (alt title: Announcing KidTestLabs.com)
Jay-Z, featuring BusyD I'm bad luck when it comes to collabo's. Remember sometime last year when Mr Lady and I kicked off our advice blog? Looking back, it kicked ass. It was fun, and we dished out g…
- October 7th, 2009
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7 years in, and he\'s already got me beat
d Wife has been having a pretty tough pregnancy. Everyone tells us that means it's probably a girl. This would usually be the part where I do a happy dance followed by a "Kid n Play" style grab one fo…
- October 2nd, 2009
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BusyDad has posted a new entry on: The Busy Dad Blog
A Few Good Causes
This blog gets decent traffic. And since I don't use it to make money advertising, I should at least use it for something productive. You know, aside from trying to persuade you that I'm wicked awesom…
- September 29th, 2009
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Cyborg. Now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time...
That’s what they used to call me. But nowadays, Fury just pats me on the belly and shakes his head whenever I flex my biceps in front of him. Cyborgs aren’t supposed to jiggle, apparently.…
- September 23rd, 2009
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Getting Busy
Heh. Oh, will you look at that! I didn’t realize what time it was. Is that clock right? It says One-Month-Since-You-Posted-You-Slacker o’clock. Pacific time. I wonder if I can just get awa…
- August 23rd, 2009
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Give a boy a cheeseburger and he'll get a Happy Meal toy, teach him how to cook one and you'll get a blog post
"Dad, can I skip the workbook tonight?" The kid knows how to work this "mom's not here for the week" thing really well. And I know what you're thinking. You're thinking given the fact that in the past…
- August 16th, 2009
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BusyDad has posted a new entry on: The Busy Dad Blog
Ok, so it was just an excuse to pee into tupperware
A couple posts ago, when Fury unleashed upon the Asparagus community, we received several comments about how asparagus makes your pee stink. I had heard that fact myself before, but I always thought i…
- August 9th, 2009
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When Left To My Own Devices...
... I break one of them (digital camera) and I lose another (my Blackberry) to the watery depths of a Southern California reservoir. I say this for two reasons: to apologize for the crappy quality of…
- July 29th, 2009
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Time to Rant
I've been spending the past two days reading BlogHer conference recaps. And it feels like that movie Memento, where I'm discovering bits and pieces and making sense of them within the context of my ow…
- July 21st, 2009
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"I'll Have a Busy Dad."
See that phrase above? I've got a vision. And after much contemplation, I've come to believe it's what I was put on this earth to accomplish. I must have a drink named after me. And now I fully unders…
- July 16th, 2009
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Mythbustin'
Earlier this year, while perusing a stack of schoolwork that Fury had brought home, I noticed this correction on one of his math packets: 10? My ambitious extremely dexterous child can only hold 10 p…
- July 12th, 2009
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Just Call Me Britney
This whole truck selling thing from the last post has been tough on both me and Fury. Last weeked, we gave the truck one last wash and this weeked I got the AC fixed. It's now ready for Craigslist. Si…
- July 8th, 2009
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Bye Bye, Dada Truck
The Dada Truck came into our lives by accident -- a nice metal crunching, oh-boy-I'm-better-off-donating-this-wreck kind of accident. One minute I was driving a BMW with too many miles and problems to…
- July 2nd, 2009
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Toy Stories
One very cool thing about having a son is that I get to play with all the toys that I used to covet when I was a youngster. And unlike the grown-up toy geeks who just look creepy buying up all th…
- June 21st, 2009
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How to Completely Remodel Your Home in 30 days and 12 Easy Steps
As some of you may know, my house recently underwent a total makeover. Whenever people see my house, they always ask "how long did it take?" And then I say "one month," and then they laugh. And then I…
- June 7th, 2009
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When a Blogger Meets a Blogger Grillin' Up the Rye
This is a no-brainer post. First of all, who doesn't like grilled cheese? Second, who doesn't love Rachel from A Southern Fairy Tale? Well this post features both, so I'm guaranteed a win. As some of…
- May 28th, 2009
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Next Comes "Can You Drop Me Off a Block Away?"
Sunday was spectacular. I'm sure that knowing Monday was a day off contributed to that sentiment, but getting up to catch the first matinee of Terminator Salvation with Fury definitely propelled…
- May 27th, 2009
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I'm Such a Brat on Video
My cleaning intervention courtesy of the Style Network's Trish Suhr (Clean House) is up on How I Clean Now, as well as a new post. Go there and check out my posts, as well as those of others who have…
- May 21st, 2009
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Clean My House? Pfft. You'd Have to Pay Me.
I really, really, really hate it when people call my bluff. Because the folks at Pledge promptly cut me a check, sent me a box full of Pledge Multi Surface spray and said "OK, sucka, get to it." AND b…
- May 15th, 2009
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Like a Good Cold Sore
A great idea never really goes away. Some of you old school BDB readers may remember this thing I kicked off a little over a year ago called Blog Hoppers? Of all the schemes I ever cooked up to justif…
- May 12th, 2009
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BusyDad has stumbled: Delicious Spinach and Artichoke Dip | From the Land of Monkeys and Princesses: A Southern Fairytale
- May 11th, 2009
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Dude, You’ll Get So Much, um…
I park the car and get out. As I close my door, I notice Fury hesitate as he opens his. There is a stray cat greeting him, which freaks him out a little. Fury closes his door, shuffles across the seat…
- May 4th, 2009
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Your Momma Don't Dance... But Mine?
Totally does. And much to my surprise, she pretty much tears up the dance floor. Actually, I'm lying. It doesn't surprise me one bit. Take this with a grain of salt because she is my dear old ma, but…
- April 23rd, 2009
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There I Go Again
Wandering off to other blogs to post stuff. This time I've landed over at ModernMom.com. ModernMom.com was started by one of my oldest friends, Lolita Carrico (old as in I've known her longest, not th…
- April 17th, 2009
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April is Your Birthday
Not a typo. At least not for this year, right son? How you managed to turn April 15, the day you were born, into a month-long extravaganza is beyond me. You've got skillz, boy. And you've got my old n…
- April 10th, 2009
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She Better Bring Me Back Some Rum
What do you do when your friend tells you she's going to go spend a few days soaking up some Jamaican sunshine, running pristine white stand between her toes, and enjoying way too many alcoholic bever…
- April 8th, 2009
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Her Smile Lives On
I've written and re-written this first paragraph 4 or 5 times tonight, hating everything that I put on this screen. How can you capture the feeling that washes over you when a beautiful sweet little g…
- April 3rd, 2009
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Notes On Being Classy
In my life thus far, becoming a dad has pretty much represented the pinnacle of my existence. And I'm pretty sure there's nothing I can do from this point on to top it. I've carved the beginnings of a…
- March 18th, 2009
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