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Don’t ground them; anti-ground them

July 27, 2015

I swear if I have to take the computer or the Playstation remotes away one more time I’ll just get rid of both. Well, I would, but I kind of like using them myself. I am running out of hiding places, though. I’ve heard from so many parents that they have to take away screen […]

I think I’m in love

September 10, 2013

Hey, son, I think I’m in love with your friend. No, not like that. Well, kind of like that. Granted, she’s 12 and I’m just a wee bit older, but it’s not that kind of love so don’t give me that look you gave Uncle Dave when he said he wanted to be a Mall […]

A guided tour of Minecraft: an addict teaches his dad

June 23, 2013

At 12 years-old, I was sitting in front of our black and white television trying to keep a little white blip from getting past a little white line. If I turned the knob to the right, my line went up; if I turned it to the left, my line went down. Every time the blip […]

Please dad, I promise I won’t run over any hookers

March 21, 2013

You started by crashing your Hot Wheels but that wasn’t enough. You discovered Minecraft and quickly realized that you could build entire cities out of TNT and blow them up. That was cool, but just not the same as crashing cars. You discovered cheesy car crash games for your iPod and had to download every […]

Time to talk about passion

October 4, 2012

OK son, let’s talk about passion. You know how you just want to do what you want to do no matter what you need to do? That’s passion. You’re a passionate guy. You’re passionate about eating junk food, playing Minecraft, watching Scooby Doo. You’re passionate about one day buying a Bugatti—the most expensive car ever […]