NOTEBOOK
Commentary, experiments, failures (more often than not) and experiences in the field.
Vote For Pizza!
It’s Election Season! Hopefully you’re out there voting or already have. Whatever anyone’s political party or views are, I’m sure we can all agree that this election has been an emotional roller coaster ride through a carnival freak show. In light of that, I want to give you a break from the grim seriousness of […]
Our Parents Had It Sooooooo Easy
You know that old “back in my day” line, where older folks grumble about how hard they had it; carrying half a library, barefoot for ten miles to school, uphill both ways, that sort of thing? Well, you don’t hear too much from them like that about how they had it as parents. Earlier generations […]
If the Harry Potter Books Were Written From Voldmort’s Perspective
SPOLER ALERT: For anyone who hasn’t read all of the books… what have you been doing with your life!?! Sorry I mean, c’mon! Anyway. If you’re not done with the books, click here. I recently began the wondrous adventure of reading the Harry Potter books to my 7-year-old son. We raced through the […]
Kids Failing Majestically (13 GIFs)
(Don’t worry, none of these are those awful fails that are followed by a trip to urgent care or the ER.) Everyone has to go through a lot of awful before they get to awesome, and since kids are pretty much new at everything, there is a wealth of awful that can be pretty entertaining. […]
Drugs, They’re a Hell of a Drug
Talking to your kids about drugs is positively awesome. Knee-jerk sarcasm there, sorry. It’s awful. How do you explain something like drugs to someone who still collects sidewalk pebbles and thinks of bagels as fake doughnuts? You wait ’till they’re older? Well yeah, but I was recently forced to give it a shot with […]
Quite Simply The Best Star Wars Commercial
Listen, I don’t like watching bad commercials. They’ve become the thing we skip, if we aren’t streaming or internetting all the time. They make you want to shoot your television. Can you remember your favorite commercials (not from the BIG FOOTBALL GAME every year)? Maybe you’ll remember one or two at the most. This is, […]
Awkwardness on Full Display
This post is sponsored by Cetaphil. A photo posted by Whit Honea (@whithonea) on Aug 3, 2016 at 8:34pm PDT A couple weeks ago, bloggers converged on Los Angeles carrying their laptops and devices to attend a huge convention. These conventions are always a time to come together and share information, to commune without judgment […]
Are Men Just Children?
A photo posted by Charlie Capen (@charliecapen) on Jul 24, 2016 at 8:34pm PDT To the woman in the grocery store who came over to my wife while I was with my kids: I would like to apologize. You grinned, pointed at me and asked my wife, “Did you know you have three kids?” I […]
The Hugest Homemade 360 Swing
As a kid, I had big dreams. One of the biggest, and most electrifying dreams was the idea that I could jump on a swing set, and go all the way around the world on it. For those not educated in kid terminology, around the world means going up and over the main bar holding […]
When Skin Attacks!
This post is sponsored by Cetaphil. This is the best pyramid scheme. Circus performances coming soon. A photo posted by Charlie Capen (@charliecapen) on Aug 2, 2014 at 5:11pm PDT Taking care of yourself, after you become a parent, can be super difficult. You have tiny people relying on you for everything. So, relying on […]
