http://www.pater-familias.com/ ... because I'm Your Father! en yoyobop@earthlink.net Copyright 2010 2010-07-15T15:13:19+00:00 http://www.pater-familias.com/blog/gone_gone_gone/ http://www.pater-familias.com/blog/gone_gone_gone/#When:15:13:19Z You love vacation this much, too? Bonnes Vacances To Us; Hello To People Looking In From Yahoo's Shine — Long time no blog. Part I was summer fuzzbrain, segueing straight into panic and nutso trip prep and now - TahDah! -- out of the Unsuburb, out of pocket, out of country with Minerva and Girl Child. Posts from away, if the spirit moves. Otherwise back stronger than… 2010-07-15T15:13:19+00:00 http://www.pater-familias.com/picks/black_and_decker_cordless_chainsaw/ http://www.pater-familias.com/picks/black_and_decker_cordless_chainsaw/#When:14:28:17Z Be a lumberjack and be okay, ecoweenie-wise. Little dude (8-inch bar) cuts better than you’d think, with no emissions ‘cause it’s powered by 18-volt rechargeable batt pack compatible with other B&D cordless tools. Quiet, too. Only thing loud is the screaming orange color. Still jonesing for real deal —… PaterStuff, HouseStuff 2010-07-15T14:28:17+00:00 http://www.pater-familias.com/blog/where_does_summer_go/ http://www.pater-familias.com/blog/where_does_summer_go/#When:18:44:14Z You shocked, too, that the Fourth is upon us? Dad Sees End That Child Cannot Imagine — I blame the Unsuburb’s school system, which kept our little geniuses in class until a week ago today – long after kids of friends elsewhere were out and driving their parents crazy. Dismissal practically at the end of June gave us exactly one full week of summer vacation… 2010-07-01T18:44:14+00:00 http://www.pater-familias.com/blog/goodbye_to_first_grade_gratitude_to_mrs._taylor/ http://www.pater-familias.com/blog/goodbye_to_first_grade_gratitude_to_mrs._taylor/#When:09:45:37Z Glad it's finally summer vacation? Teacher Performed For Her Pupils, Not Us — Disappointed and gotta admit a mite annoyed yesterday, finding out that I was not invited to attend the special end-of-year cowgirl/cowboy party for Mrs. Taylor's first grade class. A big deal for Girl Child because she shares Mrs. T's fetish for things Western and got to wear her genuine… 2010-06-24T09:45:37+00:00 http://www.pater-familias.com/blog/when_kraft_got_it_on_with_bob_evans/ http://www.pater-familias.com/blog/when_kraft_got_it_on_with_bob_evans/#When:10:33:04Z What life-shortening gluck did you used to eat and still crave? Yesteryear's Gut Bombs And Intimations Of Mortality — Minerva, my sweet, my one and only, were we ever those crazy kids? So young, so feckless and free and heedless of anything but desires of the moment?  We must have been, considering that thing we used to do -- can’t believe I’m telling strangers -- with, with…… 2010-06-16T10:33:04+00:00 http://www.pater-familias.com/picks/undateable_311_things_guys_do_that_guarantee_they_wont_be_dating_or_having_/ http://www.pater-familias.com/picks/undateable_311_things_guys_do_that_guarantee_they_wont_be_dating_or_having_/#When:12:50:46Z Mama goes Eww when you're a dork, just like chicks used to when you were single,… PaterStuff, Read, Websites 2010-06-08T12:50:46+00:00 http://www.pater-familias.com/blog/dad_demos_slippery_slide_spangs_back/ http://www.pater-familias.com/blog/dad_demos_slippery_slide_spangs_back/#When:13:03:20Z Done something lately that you’re too old to do? Where does it hurt? Maybe It's Time To Start Reading Warning Labels — Fine line between Fun Dad and Idiot Dad, which I crossed yesterday on Girl Child’s new Aqua Blast Dual Racing Slide™ from Banzai®.  The thing goes by its full official name because the usual term – Slip N Slide® -- is, in fact, a registered trademark of 2010-06-02T13:03:20+00:00 http://www.pater-familias.com/blog/secret_daddy_tears_at_school_concert/ http://www.pater-familias.com/blog/secret_daddy_tears_at_school_concert/#When:15:03:29Z What gets you all choked up and blubbery? way too much fatherly emo as Big Brick sings — Big Brick Elementary School, Gymnasium, 1:40 pm Prices of working at home 'til last possible second, then jamming in a lunchtime run before Big Brick on Broadway, final main-stage choral event of the school year: No seats, so I have to stand at rear Horrible… 2010-05-28T15:03:29+00:00 http://www.pater-familias.com/picks/fish_tycoon_for_iphone_by_last_day_of_work/ http://www.pater-familias.com/picks/fish_tycoon_for_iphone_by_last_day_of_work/#When:14:41:22Z Start Junior out in business in bright, beguiling, educational iPhone ver of game that simulates fish breeding and sales in your very own fish store. Gamer propogates and cross breeds pretty tropicals, prices them for sale in store, uses cash flow to replenish stock and cover necessities like food,… PaterStuff, KidStuff, Do, Websites 2010-05-27T14:41:22+00:00 http://www.pater-familias.com/blog/seven-year-old_still_undecided_on_sleep-away_camp/ http://www.pater-familias.com/blog/seven-year-old_still_undecided_on_sleep-away_camp/#When:14:12:48Z How do you and yours work out big-deal decisions? This One We Need Her To Weigh In On — Yup, there goes my daughter. Now and again Girl Child shows some little tiny bit of recognizable me. No idea how she picks it up – DNA, my mindful parenting and shining example, osmosis, accident, whatever – but there it is. Recognition isn’t always joyful. Like, I… Activities, Behavior, Help Pater, Influences 2010-05-21T14:12:48+00:00