When did become a good idea to wear Camoflage outfits to the mall? For simplicity I will refer to their street name, Camo. The other day, my wife and I went shoe shopping with our 14 year old. That in itself was an ordeal and probably was the genesis for this entire incident. I blame it … More Fashion Camouflage?
This is important. I think that somewhere in our human past, a direct link was created between the foot and the head. I am not a doctor, and I haven’t done any research, so I will assume it must be true. I will call this the Cold Feet effect (Cold Feet FX). My evidence for … More The Cold Feet FX
Have you ever experimented on the people around you? I did an experiment on my children this year. No, I did not explain the risk and benefits to them and I also did not gain consent from my spouse. I just did it for the thrill. This is life on the edge. “In parenting, like in gambling, … More The 8 Words ™ That Can Keep Any Conversation Going
I love Christmas. In Canada, it snows before Christmas and the snow makes the lights on the house twinkly and beautiful. The snow also dampens the traffic noise, so everything seems quieter. It’s like a Hallmark moment every day, except for the graders at 3am and the Crack house on the corner. Other than those … More The 12 Days of Christmas… Shopping and a few other things about Christmas that irritate me
I have a new clock, an Atomic Clock. It is a big deal to me because it is so advanced that it uses a radio to set itself. Other than replacing the battery, my clock never needs me. It does its job perfectly without needing any assistance from me. Each night when I am enjoying Magical Dreamland, my Atomic … More How GMO’s have actually improved my life
Limits are behind all loss… our culture routinely interprets losses as alien invasions that interrupt our “normal” lives. Peter Scazzero People like me more when I say Yes. When I give my kids what they want, they tell me that I am the Best Dad in the World. That does not last long. The sun … More The Bilingual Brain: What really happens when we hear NO!
This is the third in a series of articles on Positive Psychology. I have more content on the subject of Positive Psychology which you can find here. To get the content hot off the press, sign up at the email link on the right column of this page or at my Facebook page. You can also search my archived content … More Positive Psychology of Parenting – Part 1: Accept your Inner Darth Vader
This is the second in a series of articles on Positive Psychology. I have written a longer, more referenced article on the subject which you can find here. To get the content hot off the press, sign up at the email link on the right column of this page or at my Facebook page. You can also search … More Positive Psychology: Listening for the Rest of the Story
I have a theory about parenting. I call it the TAP Theory of Parenting and it goes something like this: Time parenting x Age of child = Likelihood of prayer My wife has the same theory about me, except that she changes the equation to Time x Age of husband = Likelihood of prayer. She might be … More Spiritual Darth Vader
This is the second in a series of articles on Positive Psychology. I have written a longer, more referenced article on the subject which you can find here. To get the content hot off the press, sign up at the email link on the right column of this page or at my Facebook page. You can also search … More Positive Psychology: Listening for the Rest of the Story
Getting High on Recovery 