So we got a new Home Entertainment System. The old one was one I bought with my brother almost 12 years ago… and was really showing its age. As part of the process of setting this up, I took the old one to Goodwill.
My oldest has a rough time with getting rid of anything he grows attached to his/our stuff… Even Capri Sun packets… I took my boys with me to drop it off because we were going to get a treat on the way home. Read more
This post is borrowed from another project I am working on. but as it is St. Valentine’s and the First day of the Lunar (Chinese) New Year I figured I would share one of my favorite stories about love and new beginnings:
“At the beginning there was only Chaos, Night, dark Erebus,
and deep Tartarus. Earth, the air and heaven had no existence.
Firstly, black-winged Night laid a germless egg in the bosom
of the infinite deeps of Erebus, and from this, after the revolution
of long ages, sprang the graceful Eros with his glittering golden wings,
swift as the whirlwinds of the tempest. He mated in deep Tartarus
with dark Chaos, winged like himself, and thus hatched forth our race,
which was the first to see the light. That of the Immortals did not
exist until Eros had brought together all the ingredients of the world,
and from their marriage Heaven, Ocean, Earth and the imperishable race
of blessed gods sprang into being.”- Aristophanes, Birds 685
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We know what we are, but not what we may be.
-William Shakespeare-
I happened upon this blog post the other day, bookmarked on del.ico.us, and have not been able to get it out of my head.
My blog posts are now just not that good… now that I am comparing them to “the Bard”. I am no expert at what I do. I am just talking about things I like. I would love to be a good storyteller, and though my kids may think otherwise I am far from it. I would love to be a great Dad, but I still have along way to go for that title as well.
So I guess I am hoping that the process I am going through by writing this blog will help me in those endeavors.
If I study the art of telling stories will I become a better storyteller? Or will I merely be able to recognize a good story when confronted by it?
If I study the methods of good fathering will I become a better father? Or will I just be able to recognize those who are?
52 years ago today the multi-colored snap together bricks we know as Legos were patented and children’s minds have been inspired ever since (and some adults’/parents’ as well). In those 52 years there have been enough Legos made to give each person on the planet 62 Legos each.
I love Legos I played with them as a child, and I play with them with my children. I can almost always guarantee smiles on the faces of my children when I come home and tell them to get out the Legos… And we have built some fantastic things together. 5 years ago I was sitting in a hotel conference room with a group of other Apple Retail employees prepared to learn about our new roles as Mac Specialists. Strewn about the tables were Legos waiting for us to create with them. We were encouraged to let our minds wander as were taught and if inspiration hut to create. Apple + Legos….. that was a good 3 weeks. Read more
