Category Archives: Parenting

New parents…WTF?

Posted on May 14, 2013 by donofalltrades

This is a post from when literally three people read my blog. I’m reposting it because new followers won’t know it’s recycled garbage and because I can. Fuck, ignore that last sentence new followers. It’s funny what the brain remembers, … Continue reading →

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Reality cooking…good tv?

Posted on May 10, 2013 by donofalltrades

I had such a wonderful time reminiscing about my experience as a near Chopped champion yesterday, that I’ve still got food and cooking shows on my brain.  Let’s clear it out with another post concerning cooking, even if it’s sort … Continue reading →

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This one’s for Ace!!

Posted on April 30, 2013 by donofalltrades

So it’s dawned on me recently that much of this blog’s content involving my kids revolves around the boys. If you’ve only just begun following, you may be unaware that I have a daughter as well. I call her Ace … Continue reading →

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I enjoy pretending that I’m more intelligent than I really am. One thing I notice about people I assume are intelligent is that they like to talk about current events, particularly politics and what not. So when I fired up … Continue reading →

Posted on April 8, 2013 by donofalltrades | 43 Comments

Random gripes and stuff…

Posted on March 26, 2013 by donofalltrades

For those who’ve been with me from the start of this nonsense last November, so basically, that’s wife, our friends Mo and Sarah and some crazy Canadian woman, Cdawg and I were talking and he was ADAMANT that he hated … Continue reading →

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Where did all the Fred Flintstones go?

Posted on March 18, 2013 by donofalltrades

Between the terrible weather and G$’s mysterious bout with whatever virus has been causing him to puke his brains out for the past two days, there hasn’t been much motivation for any of us to leave the house. Saturday morning, … Continue reading →

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I’ll come at you like a spider monkey, Chip! I’m all hopped up on Mountain Dew!

Posted on March 13, 2013 by donofalltrades

Todays Daily Prompt – Take a quote from your favorite movie — there’s the title of your post. Now, write! Actually, I prefer this line from the same scene, but it was too long: My teacher asked me, what was … Continue reading →

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Is this what old timers talk about at McDonalds at 6am?

Posted on March 11, 2013 by donofalltrades

I just got off the phone with a buddy of mine. We went to college together and suffered through biology labs and hangovers at each others’ side for four years. We thought back then, when we still had some ambition, … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt: Comedy of Errors | Toddling towards entropy…under 24 hours with G$

Posted on February 27, 2013 by donofalltrades

Murphy’s Law says, “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” Write about a time everything did — fiction encouraged here, too! I suppose this little post that I was going to write for later sort of ties into today’s … Continue reading →

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Powerful phrases to perpetuate the fact that you are a spineless wienie of a parent…

Posted on February 21, 2013 by donofalltrades

I stumbled across this link to a website one of my Facebook friends posted on her page.  It’s a list titled 25 Simple (But Powerful) Parenting Phrases. I read the first few phrases such as Thank you, Please, I’m sorry … Continue reading →

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