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Can You Solve This Math Logic Problem?

December 11th, 2015 · No Comments · Cell Phones, General Marketing, Random Stuff, The Joy of Fatherhood, Trade Show Marketing

Alternate Title #1) Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? Alternate Title #2) Fast Thinking vs Slow Thinking My sixth grade son brought home some math logic problems from his elementary school’s math club weekly meeting. The math club is open to fifth and sixth graders. He told me about one of the problems that […]

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Four Timeless Marketing Lessons from the Lego Movie

May 9th, 2014 · No Comments · General Marketing, Movies, The Joy of Fatherhood

A few weeks ago, I took my Lego-obsessed 9 year old son to see the Lego Movie, and thus claimed the title of World’s Most Awesome Dad (at least until my son’s bedtime rolled around). The Lego Movie was awesome. I don’t think it’s in theaters anymore, but if you missed it, I recommend you […]

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Belated Happy Fathers Day

June 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · The Joy of Fatherhood

I’m a day late (I’ve been busy being a father), but let me take a moment to say to myself, to my dad, and to all the dads out there… Happy Fathers Day! Let’s all raise a glass to Fathers. Without them, we wouldn’t be here. Hip, hip, hooray for Fathers!

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Gardening, zip-lines, tadpoles, and God

March 30th, 2009 · 8 Comments · The Joy of Fatherhood

I’m afraid this is going to be yet another week (week three) without a trade show related post, but I’ve got plenty of excuses. First, like most of us, I am working a lot these days. And, given that life is about balance, I’ve spent my small amount of free time on things other than […]

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My Kids Are Smart… cockle shells

February 23rd, 2009 · 11 Comments · The Joy of Fatherhood

I realized I haven’t written anything for my “Joy of Fatherhood” category for a while, so I am writing this post. My kids are smart. I know all parents claim their kids are smart, and it can get tiresome to listen too, but my kids are different. I think if you will bear with me […]

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How to Discipline your Children – A Better Way

December 31st, 2008 · 21 Comments · The Joy of Fatherhood

Whether your children are grown up on not, and whether or not you have children, I strongly urge you to read this post. You won’t regret it. And it you don’t… 🙂 I’m what is often referred to as a mean dad. To put it another way, I am a parent. I am the law. […]

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Stay at Home Dads and Goulash

November 30th, 2008 · 7 Comments · The Joy of Fatherhood

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, a friend showed me a video on YouTube by Jon LaJoie called Stay at Home Dad. I thought it was quite funny, and I want to see if I can figure out how to embed a video in a blog post, so I’ve decided to use it as a test to see if I […]

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Spiderman War

November 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment · The Joy of Fatherhood

What is “Spiderman War” you may be wondering? Well, I’ll get to that in a minute. And while you’re puzzling about that, you can also wonder why I wanted to lose. Yes, I wanted to lose! Welcome to the first post in my Joy of Fatherhood series. Last Saturday night, we went to a big 75th […]

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Joy of Fatherhood

November 12th, 2008 · 11 Comments · The Joy of Fatherhood

I’m adding another category to my blog, The Joy of Fatherhood. In it I’ll write about when my two kids (I have a six year old daughter and a four year old son) do something that reminds me how awesome it is to be a father. That seems to happen every day for me (which […]

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