My Mom and Tech – Adventures in Laptops
I’ve always believed in the “2% rule” which states “that the person must be at least 2 percent smarter than the product they are using.” My mother breaks that rule constantly.
Putting Chris back in Christmas
My mother, like everyone else, has skills in some things and can’t do other things. She is very much into arts & crafts. She can sew, stitch, knit and create almost anything with some material and thread. One the other hand – she can’t spell! One of my strengths is spelling, and it’s my pet [...]
I Am
I am a rock star. I am a superhero. I am a wizard. I am a celebrity. I am a knight. I am a comedian. I am a musician. I am a singer. I am a wrestler. I am everything. And why is this? Because I am a father. And my son sees all of [...]
Old women type funny!
Both my mom and mother-in-law are 63 years old, and no matter which one of them sends me an email or instant message THEY HAVE TO TYPE EVERYTHING IN CAPS! Is this something that older people do when they use the computer? In the computer world, using CAPS is the same as yelling. So why [...]
Parents don’t want to explain anything
Friday was the release of Kevin Smith’s “Zack and Miri Make a Porno.” A lot of parents are getting offended by seeing the commercial on TV. Can anyone explain to me why they’re getting offended? According to what I’ve read, they’re afraid that their kids might ask them what a porno is. Granted the word [...]
It’s the “not-so” Great Pumpkin!
Being a beautiful Sunday, I planned on taking my son, CJ out to pick pumpkins in a pumkin patch. He has never actually picked pumpkins, except for the ones you can ‘pick’ in the grocery store. This was also my first experience. There is a nice place not to far from the house that seemed [...]