“Daddy! My glasses!” Shit. We were already three quarters of the way to school when the thought popped into Erin’s head. There was no way I was going to turn around and go home just for a pair of movie theater 3-D glasses. But it was Wednesday, and Wednesday is “Share Day” in Erin’s class….
Author: Backpacking Dad
Saying Goodbye to Kabletown
I just got off the phone with Comcast. I canceled our home phone and cable television services. We are media content gluttons around here, or I am at least. But when Emily suggested trying out a cable-free life for a while I thought about it as I swept the front walk. What do I watch?…
The Path of Scientific Inquiry
We have a funny kind of relationship with scientific inquiry. On the one hand we are very, very casual about accepting the products of scientific progress. We wear engineered clothing and drive cars (sadly, not flying ones), fly in air planes, watch the Mythbusters on the magic box on the living room that isn’t even…