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Struggling with Weight: the No-Diet perspective
If someone you know loses weight, don't ask them what diet they used. That's like giving a marathoner's shoes credit, or asking an artist what paintbrush brand she uses when admiring a painting. It's...
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Encapsulating your Placenta
During the first trimester of pregnancy, one of the most ridiculous things happens: the body creates a new organ on par with a liver or a set of lungs. This doubles the amount of blood that the mother...
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I Believe in Unplugging
I believe in being present. Every day my life gets a little more informed by technology. My average evening, after my daughters have run off to bed, usually involves smart phones, tablet computers,...
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Technical Problems!
Our site is more or less down right now. There has been some issues with my domain name--badassdad.com. It is being straightened out and all links should be fixed within the next week.If y'all are even...
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We're Back!
Alright folks! After a couple weeks of wrestling with legal matters, www.badassdad.com is back up and running! Look for more content soon. In the meantime, all links should be back up and running. I...
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New Novel Pubilcation
I am generally opposed to using this blog for self-promotional purposes. That said, I'm very excited to share with you that I have a new novel in publication!Sight, a YA paranormal thriller, is now...
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"What to Expect when You're Expecting" Movie looks like Garbage
What did I expect?I think that the book, What to Expect when You're Expecting is an outdated and cliche reference guide that could stand to be put down in a big way. Everyone gets it early on, either...
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Breastfeeding is Normal
Recently, I was shocked to hear a very intelligent and educated friend of mine--who I like a lot--complain about a woman "flaunting" her boobs while she breastfed her child at a busy restaurant. While...
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Back to School Shopping: A Terrible Window into our Culture
The two big girls started school yesterday. It's a good school, a small school, and a place that they are so excited about going that they became a bit annoying over the weekend. As far as I'm...
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Jealousy: The Problem that Won't go Away
Recently, our family experienced a knock-down drag-out fit courtesy of a school fundraising project. The kids were given a presentation indoctrinating them as pizza-kit salesmen, promising the top...
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Top 10 Banned Books Worth Reading
In honor of the 30th annual Banned Books Week, I would like to give you a short list of often banned books that I really think are worth reading. It's always a good time to pick up some great reading...
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Mr. Rogers vs. Blues Clues: A Case for PBS
In my classes, we talk a lot about popular culture and the influences that its had on how we see ourselves and who we are. This is no small subject and it produces a lot of really interesting and...
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On Learning and Compromise
Howdy folks! This week I have an essay appearing on the awesome website http://greatmomentsinparenting.com/.Check it out by clicking right here.As always, thanks for reading!
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An Open Letter to the Media, Concerning the Coverage of Mass Killings of...
I've only recently heard of the disturbing news coming out of Connecticut, where a lone gunman seems to have killed 27 people including 18 kindergartners. This is heartbreaking, of course, and as...
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On Reading
My two oldest daughters have been really into reading lately.We had an atrocious summer, full of gigantic, sweeping changes and three--count them, three--drives across the entire nation. We've landed...
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Top Five Halloween Specials, 2013 Edition
One of my most searched-for posts came from 2008, and it detailed my top five Halloween Specials, and included links to the videos on YouTube. Of course, the craggy landscape of YouTube is ever...
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A Princess is not a Good Halloween Costume
One of the first Halloweens I ever experienced as an active participant, I picked to be Boba Fett from The Empire Strikes Back. This baffled my parents, as they did not understand how a character that...
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Dealing with Too Much Halloween Candy
I have to tell you, Internet, I don't have a lot of answers for this one. But let's feel things out on the page and see if anything springs up.I love Halloween. I really and truly do. I love the...
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Why You Should Participate in NaNoWriMo
November seems to be the month that is designated for designating for things. It's Special Month Awareness Month, or something. It's No Shave November, Mo-vember, Fire Awareness Month, Lupus Awareness...
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Why Teaching Doesn't Work
"I am beginning to think, O Govinda, that there is no such thing as learning...No one is granted deliverance through a teaching!"-Siddhartha, by Hermann HesseSchooling has been heading in the wrong...
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Why You Should Question Everything
You're in school, or you're in your job. You have questions and those above you have answers. Are those answers convincing? Or do they produce more questions? Now you're troublesome. I've long said...
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Just Give Up
I'm going through a rough time right now. The career that I've spent 12 years (and much more, if you count schooling) working on isn't working out at the moment. My family is at a huge crossroads and...
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Attention Shoppers: I Actually LOVE having Four Daughters
I do most of the shopping in our family. I do the cooking, so I like to do the shopping as well. When I go shopping, I love to take all four of my daughters along. I try and sell it as a fun way to...
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Support my Kickstarter!
Howdy, all!I'm working on a new series of children's horror books called California Dreadfuls. It brings together California history, mythology, and cultures into a fantasy/horror setting for...
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