Anxious but trying spouse and dad who's working on (and sometimes even succeeding at!) introducing my kid to bikes, games, books, French, and more.

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🍿 movieblog: A Minecraft Movie (❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤)



Man, I really wanted to like this movie. I’m glad kiddo enjoyed it, I did appreciate some of the Jared Hess vibes, and some of the visual design was pretty good, but this was just an excuse to make a bunch of Minecraft references in a movie, and I have never been more aware of green screens in my life.




Kiddo just apologized for being the “baron of bad news,” and that’s how we’re all going to say it from now on, okay?




Kiddo: wonders why I am talking about disabling predictive text on the iPad she’s using spouse: “well, Daddy is a monster who doesn’t even use autocorrect” me: “excuse me, I think you mean I’m a ‘mnoster’”




Kiddo is a wild mix of adventurous and picky when it comes to food. She does not want the unobjectionable ravioli the rest of us are eating, but she is powering through the too-spicy-for-her curry leftovers in the fridge.


🔗 linkblog: Open Letter to the Guy with “Dad” in His LinkedIn Headline



Bookmarking this so I can keep thinking about it.




My dad just now, describing the other guests coming to Easter dinner: “Oh, I’d say they’re about your age. You know, around [lists some ages a full decade younger than me].”




There was a Little Free Library just outside tonight’s restaurant, so kiddo’s working through a new book while we wait for food.




Setting up iMessage on an iPad for kiddo to use has immediately turned into Homestar Runner references, and I’m okay with that.


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🔗 linkblog: Parents Gently Explain To Child That Their Money In Heaven Now



This got a dark chuckle from me.




Love a 2:30am tornado warning family huddle in the pantry during a week where I was already not getting enough sleep.