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037: Why being a dad is scary

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Being a dad can be downright scary, and I'm not just talking about the baby stuff. How you appear in the eyes of your impressionable 12-year-old son or daughter can be as terrifying as driving a newborn home from the hospital. Let me explain...

036: God's parental practical joke

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God definitely has a great sense of humor as well as a penchant for practical jokery. In this episode, I look at one of His best jokes related to parenthood.

035: Image is everything — even for moms and dads

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What is the image you project to the outside world? How we choose to see ourselves is pretty much how we act and how the world views us, so choose wisely!

034: The Top 5 ways to know you're too political

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If you have a scowl on your face every time you look in the mirror, and you're losing friends on social media at an alarming rate, there might be a problem. You may be too political. Here's a surefire way to find out.

033: Social media and the death of civility

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Every time a national election rolls around, I'm reminded of the kindness and consideration of social media and how I never, EVER, long for the days prior to Facebook and Twitter. Because life was so much worse then and we're all so enlightened now. No, really.

032: The decline of the American TV father and the rise of 'Doofus Dad'

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There are a few reasons I named this blog "Doofus Dad" and they're not all about self-deprecating humor. The American view of fatherhood isn't what it was during the days of "The Andy Griffith Show."

031: My top 9 best things about being gainfully unemployed

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There are definite advantages to being gainfully unemployed if you look hard enough and make several of them up.

030: The human design flaw of married-with-children sex

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It's an uncomfortable topic, but one that needs to be addressed, I think. The process of having children simply affects men and women differently — no matter how tight you are with your soul mate — and no greater is this difference than where it applies to shmex, as my 19-year-old son calls it.

029: How THE HELL can you vote for Trump??

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This is a question I hear a lot these days, especially over social media. People have various reasons for voting or not voting for a particular candidate, so I wanted to make a suggestion on how we Americans should approach the process of casting our ballots this year.

028: Casting the first fly — Indoctrination on the Bighorn River

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This podcast tells the story of my first (and only, to date) fly-fishing expedition. An expert angler at an outdoor writers conference in 2016 was kind enough to take me fishing on the Bighorn River, near Billings, Montana. It was quite an adventure.

027: My Top 12 Reasons Why I Hate CrossFit, Version 2.0

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This is the podcast version of my most popular blog post to date, written seven years ago this month. I've updated it to reflect my current situation, but all the good stuff is still there. If you either love CrossFit, love to make fun of CrossFit, or just love to make fun of anything, you'll enjoy it.

026: My Top 10 Areas Where American Common Sense has Gone AWOL

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The Meriam-Webster dictionary defines common sense as, quote, “sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts” unquote. OK. That’s pretty good but let me amend that with an even simpler definition: Common sense means not being a dumbass. Not being a dumbass is in short supply these days. Here's what your Great-Grandpa and I think about things.

025: My Top 6 Reasons Why Sending Your Kid to College is Weird and Unsettling

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Of the many milestones in the life of a parent, sending your kid to college ranks high in terms of both pride and angst. In other words, it will freak you the hell out. Here are my top 6 reasons why.

024: 11 awesome reasons why you should embark on an adventure travel trip as soon as possible

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I wrote the following blog in 2019, back before traveling anywhere further away than your mailbox wasn’t viewed as high-risk activity, and the inside of an airplane wasn’t viewed as the setting of a horror movie where everybody gets eaten by giant bugs.

023: The Year 2020 so far

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The year 2020 has been an epic disaster and it is still going. It will probably be a year that will live in infamy for the rest of our lives. But there has been some stuff good, too, and even some funny stuff.

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