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New York Comic Con Tip (NYCC 2012)
Planning to attend New York Comic Con this year? Here are some tips to help you navigate the fun/chaos/mostly fun that is NYCC 2012.
The good folks who organize the annual event have posted a Survival Guide, which they have even made into a PDF for easy downloading. DaddyTips (that’s us) has been to NYCC every year since it began, so we have some tips of our own to share.
NYCC’s guide has some good suggestions, such as: Read more »
Tip – Clean Out Your Fridge
Here’s a simple tip about cleaning.
I decided to clean out the fridge today. I got as far as the bottom vegetable drawer.
I was going to post pictures of what I found but I think doing so would violate the Geneva convention.
The fact that these bits of organic matter were at one time vegetables is a scientific improbability that would baffle Stephen Hawking. Read more »
NSFW VIDEO Woman At Youth Soccer Game
Remember — we said this video of a woman streaking at a youth soccer game is NSFW, which means Not Safe For Work. OK? So don’t blame us if someone sees this and gets all angry and stuff.
The video will be after the jump. So you really can’t blame us at all.
We found it on Huffington Post’s “Weird News” section. Not that we ever read that sort of thing. No. Not here. Of course not. Ahem.
Our favorite line from the HuffPo writer is the following: Read more »
Tip Learned In The Bathroom
If you think about it (and you don’t have to because I did it for you) this is a DaddyTip. How so? Because it is true that water can be extremely hot. It is a state that water is capable of.
Babies Gangnam Style (Video Link)
Here’s a link to some videos of babies whoopin’ it up Gangnam Style, via our pal Jeanne Sager at CafeMom. Warning: contains much cuteness.
5 ‘Gangnam Style’ Babies With Some Sweet Moves (VIDEOS) | The Stir.
Guess What? Reading Is Good For Your Brain
Turns out that reading is good for your brain. Duh.
But you know something? It’s good when people point this out. In this case it was an item on Huffington Post.
Reading is valuable — not only for entertainment or knowledge value, but for exercising your brain.
I never used to think about that aspect of reading. Then I saw an episode of Boston Public where Denny Crane, the character played by the possibly immortal William Shatner (toupee or no toupee, the guy has a lot of energy for an 81-year-old), visits a doctor to discuss his brain decay. (I’m simplifying.) One of the doctor’s suggestions was that Mr. Crane do more activities that exercise the brain — crossword puzzles, and yes, reading more books. That little moment of television stayed with me and I now make an effort to do crossword puzzles, play word games, and yes, read more books.
But that’s about me, an adult. (An adult who loves superheroes, comic books, and cartoons, but an adult nonetheless.) How about reading and kids?
A DaddyTip About Reading, And Why Reading Isn’t “Nerdy”
With children, it’s always a good idea to get them started with reading as soon as you can. Read more »
Video Games Suck, Part One
I like video games. I’ve been playing them for most of my life, which is also most of their lives. That is, I’ve been playing video games almost as long as video games have existed.
Games have become infinitely more complex as the years have marched on. There have always been games that flat out suck. But now they suck for different reasons. Here’s one. There are more. But we’ll start with this one.
Video Games Suck, Part One — Everything Must Be Online
What’s wrong with going online? Aren’t you blogging? You couldn’t do that offline. I mean, you could. But then nobody would read what you wrote. Hasn’t the Internet democratized everything, eliminated all strife in the world and made the planet a more wonderful place?
OK, now I’m just being obnoxious. Let’s stay with how the Internet has contributed to the suckification of gaming, especially for kids. Read more »
