Raising Jack

The Sequel; coming May 2012

Rich — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:57:18 +0000

As you may (or may not) have seen me mention on Facebook or Twitter over the weekend, the Better Half and I are expecting our second child (currently known as The Sequel) in May 2012 – current ETA is May 19, but Jack showed up about a week early so we’ll see. That’s the wee [...]

Armistice Day

Rich — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:11:11 +0000

In the UK it’s Armistice Day, or Remembrance Day, or even Poppy Day. In the US it’s Veteran’s Day. In either country (and others) it’s a day for respecting and honoring the men and women who serve their country now and in the past, and remembering those who fell in service of their countries. Most [...]

Two awesomely geeky DVD deals

Rich — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:46:04 +0000

I know, this has nothing to do with raising your kids – unless your kids are old enough to be introduced to these things (and really they’re never too young) but some deals are too good not to mention. Over at the WB Store, which I don’t usually go to as it has very little [...]

Talking to the future

Rich — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:05:36 +0000

I totally stole the idea from a Google ad (actually, the one embedded at the end of the post) but lately I’ve been emailing my almost-two year-old son. I actually set up his gmail address just after he was born – I figured he’ll probably need it some day, assuming Google is still around – [...]

Life Lessons #1: Red Shirts

Rich — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:07:27 +0000

Wearing a red shirt does when going somewhere new is not a good idea. Everyone knows about redshirts. In the original Star Trek, your average landing party consisted of Captain Kirk, Mr Spock, Doctor McCoy and…a security guy in a red shirt. Their names were unimportant. Their rank was unimportant. As soon as one of [...]

If you go down to the (comic) store today…

Rich — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:11:42 +0000

I know, I know. My comics blog is archived and I’m not blogging about them any more. Well, in this case I’m making an exception. Available in your local comic store (and, I suspect, any big-box bookstores carrying comics), is Peanuts #0 from KaBoom, Boom Studios’ kids’ imprint. I love Peanuts dearly and although I’m [...]

Halloween: Success

Rich — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:38:11 +0000

Glad to report that Halloween was a success with Jack’s teachers managing to get Jack into his Superman outfit with relatively few hiccups. And if you give Superman some cupcake, he’s happy beyond words.

Halloween

Rich — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:05:37 +0000

Halloween outfits for Jack are tough. Well, not last year. Last year, 11 months old and just starting to walk, he was pliable enough to be put in a Darth Vader costume and enjoy waving a way-too-big-lighsaber around. One of his classmates at daycare was dressed as a ladybug or something similarly cute and inoffensive. [...]

Not-Lego Doctor Who is kind of awesome

Rich — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:05:41 +0000

There’s Lego and then there’s Lego imitators; wannabes, rip-offs. I never had much time for them when I was a kid, and as I’ve been pretty much Lego-adverse – at least until recently – for my adult life, I never gave them much thought. Then I saw the Doctor Who not-Legos while I was back [...]

A slight change of plan

Rich — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:07:35 +0000

As you can see, I’m back blogging on my own domain. I know that only a few weeks ago I said I’d quit blogging about comics – and I did. My intent was to let this domain sit with it’s original posts. In the meantime I started www.raisingjack.com – my attempt at what I think [...]