The worst, stupidest thing about being a parent is planning summer camps while the sun is setting at 5:00 #parenting
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Jeremy DeGroot
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Stages off my son learning about the Great Chicago Fire:
1. Dad, was this when you were a kid?
2. No, that was 150 years ago!
3. How old do you think I am?
4. Dad, are you sure?
5. You know what? Fine. I'm 160 years old, and I look incredible for my age.
6. It was actually our cow. We were boarding her with the O'Leaerys
Sometimes it seems like we're never getting the future we were promised as kids, but sometimes it happens. I can host a movie night for my neighbors in my back yard using consumer grade tech and exactly 1 extension cord, and that's pretty cool. Young me would have been thrilled with the setup my family enjoys for these events
#totk has taken over my brain. My kids got out my Ryobi fan to cool off their outdoor play this weekend, and I found myself wondering if I could build Zonai devices with it
What are the chances that Threads eventually integrates with Facebook Groups in some way and lets me get off Facebook for good while still keeping in touch with my PTA, book club, etc?
I've been wanting to get off FB for years but Groups is what anchors me there.
Giving my update at stand-up
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To (mis)quote Mark Twain, I've never wished a man dead, but I've read some obituaries with great pleasure. This is one of those
Pat Robertson, broadcaster who helped make religion central to GOP politics, dies at 93
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson has died. He had an enormous impact on American politics and religion. Robertson turned a tiny Virginia television station into the far-reaching Christian Broadcasting Network, where he hosted the flagship “700 Club” show for half a century. Robertson ran for president as a Republican in 1988, and from that experience founded the Christian Coalition, which helped cement the Republican Party's enduring alliance with evangelical voters. Robertson also drew attention for his televised pronouncements of God’s judgment on America for everything from homosexuality to teaching evolution. Robertson died Thursday at the age of 93.
Dadbod AntiFaThe people have tooted!
Next installment of the in-person #TriangleTootParty will be on Saturday 20 May at approximately 2-4:00p at Mordecai Beverage.
2425 Crabtree Blvd, Raleigh, NC 27604
Drop in, mix, and mingle with your Fediverse neighbors! Food truck food available. Looks like other eateries are in the same strip, including Union Special.
Please retoot and mark your calendars.
We bought an axe-throwing target from Costco this week. The "axes" are plastic and the target is a big bristle-type dartboard, so it's a facsimile of actual axe-throwing that suits our grade-schoolers. A neighbor saw it and commented that his son was teaching their grandson to shoot, and our kids are learning to throw axes, and how this new generation of kids scares him.
"Good, " I thought but didn't say. And I felt hopeful for the future.