Archive for June, 2008

Yes. It’s summer. Yes, if you have children, they’re home with you. All the time. This need not frighten you. Remember, they still go to school 8-9 months of the year, and there are many things we can learn from them if we only stop and listen.

Taking a glass-of-koolaid-half-full approach, Lori from Georgia sent me these pearls.

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YELP! – If you’re traveling this summer, here’s a great place to start reviewing good things to do and places to eat in your destination city. Heck – start with where you live. It’s fun.

The Offbeat section of USA Today – One of the places I always start my day. It always helps me feel a little more normal than I thought I was the day before

Weather Underground – Sure, Weather.com has its fancy-spiffy 3d radar thingie, but give me Weather Underground – by weather nerds for weather nerds.

Red Cross – The Red Cross has issued an appeal for their disaster relief fund as it anticipates spending more than $15 million helping recent flood victims in the U.S.

Hope all’s well. The upcoming Father’s Day is a special one in our family as my dad’s been pretty sick recently. Not to turn all Harry Chapin on you (go ahead, I’ll wait while some of our younger readers google him … … … okay? Okay.), but can you believe it’s been a year since last summer and last father’s day? They go so fast, don’t they.

Here’s to a great summer for all of us - daughters and dads and mothers and sons! This comes from Deanna in Pensacola, Florida - Thanks for sharing! I had seen something similar to this but not as well written …

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BBQ Sauce of the Month Club: They scour the country for great-tasting, hard-to-find gourmet sauces and rubs. Easy for dad to better enjoy his smoked meats.

30 Upcoming Movie Sequels: They’re making another Beverly Hills Cop movie … among others … is this a good thing? Most 30-45 year old fathers will certainly think so.

Geoff Shackelford’s Golf Blog: If dad’s enjoys Golf Digest or watching golf on TV, he’ll love this guy’s blog. The best golf writing on the internet he’s not reading.

Audible: Great subscription-based service for downloading books to your iPod. Highly recommend. Should only get better as Amazon recently bought them.