Last week, I wrote a post talking about how babies dream and what they dream about. I think every parent probably thinks a lot about those little details of our own lives, and when their baby is going to start experiencing them. I did a little bit of research and came to the conclusion that, basically, babies dream in emotions. Bad dreams are definitely possible, but your baby experiences them as negative emotions. When Do…
This morning, our baby woke up at 6 AM screaming his head off. This was unusual. He’s almost 6 months old now and he’s a pretty good night sleeper. He typically wakes up once during the night for a feeding, then goes straight back down for another few hours before I get up with him for the day. This morning, my wife got up to feed him and I could hear him crying for what…
Spoiler-Free Review! Let’s get this out of the way: I’m a HUGE Star Wars nerd. I love everything Star Wars. I read the Legends/Expanded Universe novels. I’ve played all the video games. I read the Marvel comics. I play a tabletop Role Playing Game (ala Dungeons&Dragons) set in the Star Wars universe with my wife and three friends. (I play as a Wookiee named Whargarble Kronkk.) I didn’t really like the prequels, so I used editing software to cut three…
How Does a Stay-At-Home Dad Do It All on His Own? Short Answer: He doesn’t. At least, not in my case. They say it takes a village to raise a child. That might be a slight exaggeration, but only slightly. Spending 9-10 hours a day with him by myself gets to be pretty stressful some days, so when my wife comes home between 6-7pm, she usually sort of takes over as captain. I usually take…
Die Hard. The greatest action movie of all time… The greatest Christmas movie of all time! Not exactly “nerdy,” but essential viewing for any movie-watching human being. Also, WAY more violent than I remember… Was It Always This Bloody? Seriously, I think I first saw Die Hard around nine or ten years old, and haven’t seen it since I was maybe 20. In the seven or eight years it’s been since I last saw it,…