At Amicalola Falls State Park in north Georgia, you can hike the approach trail to the Appalachian Trail, or you can veer off the approach trail and go 5 miles up to the Len Foote Hike Inn. Given my training for the Hadrian’s Wall walk this summer, we decided to […]
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March 2016 has been all about the Legos
March began with the launch of “Lego Bionicle” and “Lego Friends” shows on Netflix. I don’t always pay attention to my new suggestions for streaming shows to check out, but my children apparently do–by the time some Legos came in the mail from Netflix, they were already familiar with the […]
Hiking in north Atlanta
Given my 84-mile hike coming this July, I’ve been trying to spend more time on my feet when there’s a free weekend, as I need to break in my new shoes (I went with waterproof Merrell Chameleons) and build my endurance. Since the days leading up to our walk will […]
4 days in Washington, DC for the 5th Dad 2.0 Summit
It’s a week later, and I’m just now feeling coherent enough to type some words about this year’s summit in Washington, DC. The last few years (and the year it was part of Mom 2.0), I’ve helped the conference by being a live blogger, but this year, Doug asked if […]
How it went when I had 7 children over for a “Yo-kai” party
One of the odder aspects of occasionally writing things on the internet is that people, companies, or locations might reach out and ask you to accept a large box full of confetti, plastic discs, and watches that don’t tell time, but do summon a little ghost butler to your aid […]
Why I’m walking 84 miles this July
Right now, a bunch of us are at the Dad 2.0 Summit in Washington DC, and we’ve just announced that a dozen of us are walking Hadrian’s Wall this summer to raise money for Camp Kesem, and that there will be a new camp at the University of Maryland in […]
A houseplant is dying. Tell it why it needs to live.
The next suggestion from the “642 things…” book (see title above): Hey. You in the green. Drink something. Stand up straight. Quit showing your roots. Have some self-respect. Listen to me for a minute. You’re privileged. You sit in a window near the back door, in a room full of […]
the annual trip to Saint Simons Island
For the 4th consecutive year, I took the family with me for my annual workers’ comp law seminar at Saint Simons Island in southeast Georgia (I’ve gone every year since starting in 2004, save 2007, when I was in Iraq). This year was a bit different in that I had […]
Halloween 2015
For this year’s Halloween costume, we traveled to Hill Valley, California in November 1955.
my kids’ interpretation of the “Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show”
Apparently, there’s a show on Netflix that involves a really smart dog who invents things and once adopted a boy named Sherman, and now they have a show together that involves interviewing persons who’ve traveled through time in a “waybac” machine the dog invented. My children like it, so when […]