July 19, 2011

Low budget X-MEN is Awesome [Links]

Someone sent me a link to this and it made me laugh. And it’s about superheroes and superhero movies, so it seemed appropriate for DaddyTips.

You could actually make some of these yourself. DIY X-MEN, anyone? (DIY Cyclops is the most clever, but DIY Wolverine is funnier. Cuz he’s got fork claws. Heh heh. Fork claws.)

Low budget X-MEN [meh.ro]



July 15, 2011

Today I Vacuumed An Air Conditioner [And You Can Too!]

Add this to the list of things I never thought I would do (some of which you can find on What Dad Did Today). Today I vacuumed an air conditioner. I really did.

It’s not that easy to do. Which wasn’t a total surprise.

This was not something I did just because I had nothing else to do. I vacuumed the inside of my air conditioner in an effort to Read more »



July 6, 2011

Tip: Don’t Touch Other People’s Kids

A Very Touching Book for Little People and for Big People

I personally don’t touch other people’s kids. If it’s the child of a friend, obviously that’s different. But as a general rule, I don’t walk up to children I don’t know and pat them on the head or touch them in any way.

So when I saw a post at CafeMom‘s The Stir, I thought I should make it an official DaddyTipDon’t Touch Other People’s Kids. Read more »



July 5, 2011

Kim Kardashian Correct About Casey Anthony Case

The Case Against Casey Anthony Kindle Edition

It turns out Kim Kardashian was correct about the verdict of the Casey Anthony case. (Try saying “Kim Kardashian Correct About Casey Anthony Case” ten times fast. Seriously, try it. Betcha can’t.)

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July 5, 2011

Dad And Daughter Trapped on Roller Coaster

A dad and his daughter were trapped on a roller coaster for eight hours. Eight. Hours. It happened in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, which is in Scotland. (Oh, like you knew that.)

The Telegraph has the story. Sounds scary. Read more »



July 5, 2011

Tip: Don’t Let Your Kids Go To Film School

The Portable Film School book

Is it time to go back to past generation dreams of “my son, the doctor”? (Or daughter. Past generations could be a tad sexist.) Not sure about that, but we do have a tip for parents: don’t let your kids go to film school.

That’s the impression one gets from an article in today’s New York Times. Film school applications are way up, but jobs in the industry are way down. In fact, Read more »



July 1, 2011

Big Discounts on Top EA Games [DaddyDeals]

Nice DaddyDeal today — big discounts on top EA Games.

What games, you say? How about The Sims? Battlefield? Mass Effect 2? Huh? Huh? Oh yeah.

And that’s not all!

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