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The New Hat

August 12, 2013/1 Comment/in THE BLOG, The Daddy Files/by Chris Read

My son got a new hat the other day. There was really nothing special about it. If anything, it looked like one of the many poorly crafted hats that I had enjoyed in my younger days. “I picked it for Grampy in heaven, because he liked baseball” he said with a proud smile. I gently […]

And This One Time, At Coupon Camp…

August 11, 2013/11 Comments/in Reviews, THE BLOG/by Chris Read

I have a confession to make. There was a time, back when we only had one child, where I may have been one of those crazy coupon binder people that you see on the show Extreme Couponing. Now, I don’t want to say that I am not proud of this fact, because let’s face it, […]

A Boy In Gymnastics? Say It Ain’t So?!

August 8, 2013/57 Comments/in THE BLOG, The Daddy Files/by Chris Read

Those of you who follow this blog know that I rarely get bent out of shape and write a post out of anger. The truth is that confrontation, especially online, gives me anxiety so bad that I almost always shut right down and cease to function. That said, a discussion I had earlier this week […]

My Top 5 Summer Driving Songs & Your Chance At $500

August 6, 2013/9 Comments/in THE BLOG/by Chris Read

The good people at KANETIX asked me to write about my Top 5 Summer Driving songs and when I couldn’t think of a good reason not to, I immediately got to work. After 6 days of deliberation, my list was finally complete! KANETIX, an online comparison site for insurance, mortgages and credit cards, recently commissioned […]

Life Is Short; Do All Of The Scary Things!

August 1, 2013/3 Comments/in Inspiration, THE BLOG, The Daddy Files/by Chris Read

The photo above is a shot of me reading an emotional post about the death of my father for about 150 people at the Dad 2.0 Summit in Houston last year. It took all of my strength not to cry while doing it and I’m proud that I not only got through it, but that […]