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Joe’s 3 Theories of Summer Camping

After 3 days of camping, BBQs and lots of hot sun, I have come up with 3 important theories. There are those who will argue I came up with them after a mild case of heat stroke or after drinking … Continue reading

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The Great Camping Trip of 2015

Ok, let’s be clear. It wasn’t really hard-core camping. We weren’t going to have to sleep in tents. We didn’t have to hunt squirrels and cook them on an open fire with sticks. We didn’t have to poop in the woods … Continue reading

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I Have A Dream – Stepdad Adventures

I had a dream last night. A happy, wonderful dream. I dreamed that the boys listened to every word I said like I was Moses preaching from Mt Sinai. Or Spongebob talking about poop. “Joe, Tell us, again, how WW2 started … Continue reading

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Stepdad Adventures – Destroy it and they will come

Getting the boys away from their video games and You Tube movies is like yanking a fly off of flypaper after it’s been embedded in amber. So it was, very much to my surprise, that something odd happened on the … Continue reading

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Adventures in Step-daddying – Cutting It Short

There are rites of passage we all must go through. First walk to school alone. First dance. First job. But somewhere in-between them all is first garden chore. Back in my day, I had a briggs and stratton gas mower, old-fashioned … Continue reading

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Derpy Sus – Part 2 – Aka wtf?

In on-going effort to keep current, to be able to understand what The Oldest is saying (or by saying it myself, totally take away the cool factor), I looked into this whole You Tube video phenomenon. It’s not like You … Continue reading

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Derpy Sus – Part 1

Ok, I confess. It took me a while to figure what that meant. I can usually get an idea of what something means by the context, like when really smart people use big words because they have a tendency towards … Continue reading

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Step-dad Adventures – 10 Things to Bring to Camp

Ok, I know I’m going back a bit here, kinda like time traveling, which would be so awesome if I could actually do it, but I needed to finish off something I’ve been thinking about at 3am in the morning. … Continue reading

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Step-dad Adventures – The Easter Pig

Most houses have an Easter Bunny. For some reason, we have an Easter Pig. The Easter Bunny is fluffy and cute and puts of lots of chocolates (or Easter eggs) for good little boys and girls. Our Easter Pig is taller, … Continue reading

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Step-dad Adventures – Dodging the Last Bullet

I have a confession to make. It’s not something I’m proud of. Like eating the last cookie on a plate. Or paying money to see the Battleship movie. I managed to avoid volunteering for the last tourney. Hockey at this … Continue reading

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