OurFirstMarriage #84: Communication
Childhood obesity caused by “over organization of sports?” What the heck is that anyways? Date night is WAY overdue and Tom and Tanel are getting cranky. Is podcasting a panacea? What is the most important thing in maintaining a good relationship with your spouse (for once, Tom didn’t say “sex”)? Tanel comes up with a [...]
OurFirstMarriage #80: Quantity vs Quality
A short technical discussion about why OFM sounds better than ever (not that we got complaints but that’s Tom). The rules for Iron Chef – OFM are discussed and opened up to the peanut gallery (that’s you). Tom asks Tanel a serious question. Tom shares a story about a restaurant so bad that he recognized [...]
It’s OK – You really don’t have to medicate for a fever
Since he was a baby, Punkalicious has always rejected medicine. Thankfully, he never really was that sick. We’ve been through different tricks to have him take it such as chewables mixed with M&Ms, bribes, and well, just shoving it down his throat and having him immediately throw it up. Note to self – [...]
Internet searching trends
The first step to finding relevant information is to determine the appropriate questions. According to graduate schools in information or library science, the reference interview is the key. Librarians talk to their patrons and help them clarify their research problem, ideally keeping the questions narrow enough to avoid being deluged with too much information but broad enough to [...]
Our maladaptive children
This story has been all over the news this week, and those families who forced their children to sleep through what we consider inhumane methods (listen to our “Crying it Out” podcast) are jumping for joy.
We, on the other hand, have created maladaptive children because we choose to parent our children at night. [...]
OurFirstMarriage #48: Books and Movies
Tom is sick and whining about it… and he’s not even that sick. Everyone wants to write a book. You know you do. Tom finally finished Atlas Shrugged. Tanel finished her book, A Thousand Splendid Suns. Both are discussed. Tanel shouldn’t be allowed to read exciting books. Or cowboy up and push through. Tom doesn’t [...]
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