[Note: If you don’t give a crap about Star Wars, then be advised: this is about Star Wars, and not much else.] George Lucas pisses me off. Yeah, yeah, me and every other fanboy on Earth. You are thinking, this rant is SO ten years ago, and you are right. But I didn’t have a [...]
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Michael is rock and roll. The kid can throw metal like nobody else. We’re still working on the Angus Young stomp, but he’s off to a good start. I‘m pretty sure that Sonny is channeling Iggy Pop. Holla!
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Hey. My first raging guest post. Check out my post over at Discovering Dad today, “Surviving Two Weeks of Family Vacation.”
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The kids found a garter snake in the backyard yesterday. Actually, they found three. One was captured, and for just under 24 hours, became their pet, named Tongue. While they were common in my native lands of Northern Minnesota, I can’t recall seeing a garter snake in Minneapolis. Obviously, our primary pests were mosquitoes. For [...]
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The other morning, Michael asked a question with a fairly obvious answer: “What’s the name of the monster that eats the cookies?” “Cookie Monster?” I replied, a bit stunned. “Uh, yeah. Cookie Monster!” He went back to playing with his siblings. It has been surprising to see the differences in what the kids find interesting [...]
Filed under: raging history, they said what? | Tagged: childhood memories, children's programming, muppets, sesame street | 9 Comments »
The other night, as I was wishing Connie a good night, I whispered into her ear: “Goodnight my darling little replicant.” “Dad. What’s a replicant?” she asked. “Well, honey, a replicant is a bioengineered or biorobotic being, virtually identical to a human, but with superior strength, agility and intelligence. A robot, sweetie. You’re a robot.” [...]
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Anyone else have something that drives you into an instant frenzy? Something that turns your Raging Dial to 11 regardless of how completely irrational it is? I do: spilled milk. Isn’t that stupid? How embarrassingly cliché. In truth, I am driven crazy by chronic inattentiveness. As I’ve said before, I am engaged in an ongoing [...]
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Raging Mom wants me to watch Supernanny with her. I just can’t do it. I know she feels comforted by seeing other families who struggle with their kids just like we do. Often, the families on this show make us look like the Keatons rather than the Bluths. Raging Mom even feels like she learns [...]
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I have been amazed by my kids’ abilities to remain unaware of the differences between people. Sure, they understand that each of us is a unique and beautiful snowflake. But they have yet to be soiled by the ugliness that comes with age and time that causes, despite our best efforts, us to see the [...]
Filed under: important life lessons, they said what? | Tagged: comic books, freaks, mutants, superheroes, tolerance, wolverine | 6 Comments »
The last two weeks saw several milestones and anniversaries for my Raging Family and me. Most notably, Aug. 1 marked two years since moving from the Twin Cities to Portland. It was our second visit back to Minnesota since the big move, and it was a very important trip for our family, especially Raging Mom. [...]
Filed under: growing up, my dad, they said what? | Tagged: daddy blogging, death, family, milestones, moving | 5 Comments »
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