Coming later this month…
Month: November 2010
Open Our Eyes – an interview with Kevin Hendricks
Last week, I told you about Kevin Hendrick’s latest publication – Open Our Eyes: Seeing the Invisible People of Homelessness.
The book officially releases today but I ordered an “advance” copy and loved reading it over the weekend.
Kevin and the other collaborators did a great job to help share the message Mark Horvath has been sharing at invisiblepeople.tv since 2008 — and all the proceeds from the book go straight to helping Mark continue his great work.
Plus – I believe it’s the first book (other than my own) to make mention of our podcast… so that makes it cool in it’s own right :-).
Kevin graciously agreed to take time away from writing his next novel to do a short interview with me via e-mail. Here’s what he had to say… Continue reading Open Our Eyes – an interview with Kevin Hendricks
Adventures in Fatherhood: Noticing the other
It’s so interesting to see how the two boys respond to one another.
At a few days more than two weeks old, it’s hard to definitively tell whether or not they realize there’s another brother/baby in the room.
Sometimes they’ll sleep right through the other one’s crying.
Sometimes they’ll sound as if they’re talking to one another with grunts and moans.
The other day we placed them both in the Pack-N-Play and Hayden was laying with his arms up, and his hands tucked under his head… totally chill-axin’.
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Adventures in Fatherhood – A surprise attack
DATE: Nov. 6, 2010
TIME of INCIDENT: 13:30 approx.
LOCATION of INCIDENT: Living room couch
After successfully thwarting three major spit-up attacks earlier this morning, things were looking good for America’s Top Dad.
His wife had left him at home with his boys so she could enjoy some much deserved time watching her nephew play football.
America’s Top Dad (ATD) was excited to have some more time with just him and his boys and mixed up the formula for their noon-time feedings.
Hayden took his bottle with very little trouble, while his brother Ian waited anxiously nearby.
Knowing full well that his boys have a tendency to launch a spit-up attack at moment’s notice, ATD took care not to jostle Hayden after feeding him and keep him as upright as possible. After his feeding and a good 10-15 minutes of holding, ATD felt confident that he had avoided any spit-up attack from Hayden.
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Updating my bios
I’ve recently updated/added my bio on several online sites (including my blog).
I’m a husband, father, blogger, podcaster, author and media geek who is hoping to live a simple life and follow The Way.
I’ve also changed the photo here on my blog to show our entire family.
You can see the entire updated version on the upper right hand column of this blog.
What do you think? Inclusive enough? Short and too the point?
How do you describe yourself online? What does your bio say about you?
Books on my nightstand
While my reading time has diminished quite a bit over the last two weeks, the books on my nightstand (and/or dresser) continue to grow in number.
I’m currently reading:
The Art of Non-Conformity – by Chris Guillebeau
While some of the ideas in this book aren’t new (if you read Chris’ blog), reading the nuggets from his own story have been great. Chris was actually in town on Oct. 22, the day after the boys were born, and I was sorry to miss his book signing/event. But this is a great book showing that “You don’t have to live your life the way other people expect you to.”
Lots of inspiring nuggets of truth throughout the book so far.
Eat This, Not That! 2011
This is a great little book that blows open some of the misconceptions about the food we eat on a regular basis. It’s amazed me how so much of the food I’d usually consider as “healthy” is actually worse for us than the other food on the menu.
Cook This, Not That! Easy & Awesome 350-Calorie Meals
A companion to the book above. I haven’t cooked anything from this book yet, but the recipes are simple alternatives to meals we typically spend far too much on from many chain restaurants. The vast majority of the recipes are also under the 350 calorie mark so not only are you saving money – but calories too.
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