I’ve been thinking for a few weeks about the lack of centralized information for stay at home dads and things they do with their kids. Perfect example: stayathomedad.com, .net, and .org are all owned by squatters. It’s sad. Of course you can Google “things to do with your kids on the cheap” or something similar- but why should you have to fly from site to site to find information that should be readily available all in one place that’s easy to find?
I think this is my mission, you know? I’m sure there are too many dads who are in the position I was in when I started this God awful unemployed stint(and boy will I be glad when it’s over). You feel like you’re drowning, because all of a sudden you have a 3 year old(or whatever age) who is giving you 100 percent of their attention 100 percent of the time that mommy isn’t there.
I understand there is a wider market were I to aim not directly at dads, but also at moms, but let’s face it- women do have that intuition that we lack that seems to keep them ahead of the game. It seems almost instinctive watching my wife interact with our daughter, where I struggle to find even the simplest things to do with her.
THERE ARE TONS OF FUN THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR KIDS. You just sometimes need someone to point you in that right direction. I’m going to try to post at least a couple of times a week things that my daughter and I do that are inexpensive, fun, and don’t make me feel like I’m going to go crazy. I’m sure I’m going to struggle along the way, I’m sure I’ll find things she hates, other things that I hate, but I’m going to try to compile the best things and share them. While I’m still thinking of a URL, I’ve mae a new Tumblr to track them all.
So here’s the situation:
For about 3-4 days, when my computer comes out of sleep mode, my router won’t let me connect with my laptop, my iPod, or my PS3. I have to restart the router 2-3 times to make it work. Is my router about to bite the dust, or am I missing something? Running Windows 7 x64, Belkin G router, firmware is up to date, Windows is fully updated. Only recent changes are adding a password to my network. Ideas?
Edit: If I’m coming in the door home, I often check my email on my iPod. The network is fine then, up until I open my laptop. That’s when it dies- on laptop wake up.
“Someone shows you a coin with a head and a tail on it. You watch them flip it ten times, and all ten times it comes up heads. What is the probability that it will come up tails on the 11th flip? A novice gambler will tell you, ‘Tails is more likely than heads, since things have to even out, and tails is due to come up.’ A math student will tell you, ‘We can’t predict the future from the past. The odds are still even.’ A professional gambler would say, ‘There must be something wrong with the coin, or the way it is being flipped. I wouldn’t bet with the guy flipping it, but I would bet someone else that heads will come up again.’”
Barry Greenstein, “Ace On The River: An Advanced Poker Guide”
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Totally 80’s | J. Scott Campbell
Oh hai childhood.
BtotheD:
Sure, today’s youth lucks out growing up with the Internet and iPods and shit at the palm of their hands.
But look at the nostalgia *we* get to look back on. This awesomeness right here. Meanwhile, they’re stuck with Dora.
I’ll take Lion-O any day.
There hasn’t been good cartoons on TV for at least 15 years, probably 20.
I ALMOST agree with you. But Phineas and Ferb is ph/fantastic.
Side 1:
Morrison’s Jig(Instrumental, 1:01)
Mayor’s Address(0:24)
All For Me Grog(4:26)
Spanish Ladies(3:13)
High Barbary(2:58)
The Wild Rover(3:40)
The Keeper(2:19)
The Maid of Amsterdam(2:21)
Rosin, the Beau(2:48) (I SEE WHAT THEY DID THERE)
Maids, When You’re Young(1:57)
Roll Your Leg Over(2:46)
The Crayfish(1:56)
Side 2:
Bedlam Boys(3:55)
Bonnie Ship, The Diamond(2:41)
To Be A Good Companion(5:18)
Wylde Mountain Thyme(3:03)
Queen’s Farewell/Auld Lang Syne(6:31)
Total Runtime: 51:26
I went into my personal league this year with the #4 overall pick. I think I dominated the draft, getting every sleeper I really, really wanted. My first pick was a no-brainer in a PPR league. With Chris Johnson, Adrian Peterson, and Maurice Jones-Drew all off the board, I got the guy I’d have taken at #2 behind CJ: I got Ray Rice.
I really expected(and schemed) my second round pick, I expected to land either Randy Moss or Miles Austin at #13 overall. When Frank Gore fell that far- one of the league’s few remaining true #1 RBs who also catches an enormous number of passes, I was shocked, and snatched him immediately.
More than Gore at #13, I couldn’t believe Randy Moss was still available in round 3. And Miles Austin in round 4. And Shonn Greene in 5. Welker in 6, Ryan Mathews in 7, and Joe “I’m Wacco for” Flacco was a great value pick after 8 QBs were already gone. Got him in the 8th. Celek in the 9th was predictable, but LeSean McCoy in the 10th? Amazing. Mike Sims-Walker, Arian Foster, Derrick Mason, Dwayne Bowe, Mike Wallace, and Johnny Knox all fell outside of their ADP. I wound up with the 49ers defense despite being the last to draft a D/ST, and landed Stephen Gostkowsi to kick in the final round. 2 sleepers I had to pass up on in favor of Mike Wallace and Johnny Knox will still be there if one or two of my players don’t pan out.
This is the start to a very, very good year.
I’m about to do a phone interview with a potential employer in about an hour. What should I ask the interviewer? I’m established in the field with about 6-7 years experience.