Zombie Land

A Chuck Rave: No, not the movie, rather a sequel of the H1N1 flu shot clinic that was held at a Sacramento homeless shelter, whoops, I mean urban camping center.  As I mentioned in my last post, I decided to opt my family out of the all the ‘fun.’   So how did it go? Well, the [...]

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I’m Having a ‘Swine’ Time

A Chuck Rant:  My search for the swine flu cure-all continues.   Our region finally received the first truck load of doses, and just in the nick of time – post H1N1 flu season which, uhhh, peaked two weeks ago.   And, the clinics which are held daily, pell-mell throughout the county are so very accommodating – [...]

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Not ANOTHER supplement!?

Dudes, aren’t there already too many additives and supplements to stuff in your baby’s mouth, other than his/her daily diet? As if it’s not time-consuming enough to prepare the morning grub, I also have to pour down baby’s gullet a dropper full of vitamin fluid and a teaspoon of fish-oil (dha). Sometimes I toss them in the cereal, [...]

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Swine Flu: An Epidemdic? Only for Gov Officials Handling of It

A Chuck Rant: Worse: the government declares H1N1 or swine flu a “national emergency” Worser: the government promises 160 million doses of vaccine by October, so far only 16M available Worst: H1N1 flu season peaks in early November Worstest: the vaccine produced was doled out willy nilly to every hypochondriac panicked into waiting in line [...]

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Are Kids Overscheduled?

A Chuck Rant: It’s that time of year, yes it’s back to school. And, with the new school year, we have to listen to all of the tall tales of how our kids are over-organized and overscheduled. Who are these hand wringing worrywarts who fret that children don’t have enough ‘downtime?’ And, why do we [...]

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Caution: Study Finds That Sand is…Dirty

A Chuck Rant: Here we go again. A study has found one more thing to not let your child do: play in the sand at the beach. Yeah! ‘Research’ conducted by the University of North Carolina indicates that you and your kids (underscore kids, OMG, let’s freak out!), could become sick after digging around in [...]

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Ask a Woman Her Weight? You Crazy Fool!

A Chuck Rant: It’s the ultimate trick question women pose to us foolhardy men. Your wife walks out of the closet, does a pirouette in front the mirror, frowns and asks you, “do I look fat?” Regardless of the state of her body, the right answer is to put on your best Spock face, complete [...]

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I Want to Ride My Bicycle…

A Chuck Rant: One of the best things about being a stay at home dad, (besides drinking beer and hitting on stay at home moms), is that you finally have time to complete all of those projects you managed to put off every year.   So, this past weekend, after listening to Queen’s “Bicycle” I was motivated.  I pulled our bikes out of the attic; [...]

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Baby Joggers: Are They Worth It?

A Chuck Rant: I used to think baby joggers were a waste of money.  Just another attempt by marketers to have me fork out a few more c-notes for something that would hang around in the garage collecting dust and dog hair.   Well, I’m eating crow now; I use the baby jogger everyday!  If you like [...]

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Buckets o’ Babies

Chris says: OMG, this looks hilarious. I haven’t tried this product yet so can’t really give it any type of review-age. But, it looks pretty darn simple. Baby in a bucket. It’s called the Tummy Tub  and is a bath designed to make baby feel more comfy, like still in the womb.  Now that’s kinda [...]

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