You can’t substitute material things for time with your family. I think having balance in your life as a father is critical. – Arthur Blank Art Eddy: Let’s first talk about your foundation that is called The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation. You set this up to give back to [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Those Darlins Damn, it sucks when you get to know a band when it’s too late to be immersed in one of their shows. I started listening to Those Darlins a few years ago, just as the original lineup [...]
When these two girls recognized someone they know from Moana, they called him out on it. The amazing Costco employee, Will Vaana (who has the long hair, the Polynesian tattoos and everything) could have gone two ways with this. He could have politely corrected them and then went about his [...]
My wife has never seen It’s A Wonderful Life. It was on our TV over Christmas, and because she’d been hearing about it forever, she asked what it was about. I gave her a quick summation: by seeing what the world would be like if he had never been born, George [...]
Trying to achieve a New Year healthy eating plan can be a challenge... Last year, “Get healthy” was the #1 New Year’s resolution — by a huge margin. It was almost twice as popular as the #2 resolution, “Get organized.” But while improving your family’s health, is an easy [...]
"You have to communicate with them because the world is different now than it was when I was growing up. Communication is probably the biggest thing. It has taken my relationship with my kids and their growth to another level." - Damien Wilkins Art Eddy: Recently we saw a [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Pale Honey The last time I wrote about music from Sweden, it was for the excellent Miriam Bryant. Now, just a few weeks later Sweden is back on my radar. This time for the super rad, minimalist rock of [...]
Netflix. Hulu. Amazon Prime. HBO. YouTube Kids. Affordable flat screen TVs. No driving. Gas prices. Ticket prices. Insane candy prices. Ludicrous drink prices… These are just a few of the reasons NOT to take your kids to the movies. And yet, I love movies. My kids love movies. Unfortunately, a [...]
There is always that stereotypical gift for dads that we need to fake a smile for when our kids get us for our birthday, Father’s Day or Christmas. Then there are those gifts that throw you for a loop....in a good way. For one dad his son, Scott got him [...]
