Of course you know who he is.
One word says it all: MacGyver.
He redefined the 80s with his Swiss Army knife and preference for non-violent conflict resolution.
Didn’t we all love this show? There was nothing that MacGyver couldn’t save the world from in under an hour.
My life is a lot like MacGyver’s; the only differences being [...]
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Just Call Me MacGyver
Halloween Whore-er
Today I am participating in the Spooky Story Starters at Mama’s Losin’ It. You can earn 5 extra entries in our Flip Ultra HD Video Camera if you link up with Mama Kat today!
I used to love Halloween. I mean L-O-V-E it! I loved going to pick out our pumpkin in the scarecrow filled pumpkin [...]
Prude or Progressive?
WARNING!! Scarring photos below. Proceed with caution.
Until last week, I was a very open-minded person. I was tolerant of others’ views and lifestyles and, for the most part, nothing shocked me. This all came to crashing halt the moment I spotted the doll.
Last week I came across a site promoting a childbirth doll. The [...]
Know When to Fold ‘Em
When I was 8, I went through a major origami phase. I folded cranes, boats, balloons, basically anything I could figure out by looking at the pictures, since the instructions were in Japanese. My origami fad stemmed from reading the book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (not to be confused with Sudoku, [...]
Hot! Hot! Hot!
“Mom, am I on fire?” These are the famous words our nephew asked his mother after relocating from the Bay Area to Las Vegas. This past weekend I felt like I was on fire as I drove to the Central Valley, one of the hottest parts of our state, for a family gathering. [...]
Children’s Day
Today is Children’s Day, also known as Kodomo No Hi. This national holiday is celebrated in Japan and by many Japanese Americans stateside. Children’s Day celebrates the happiness of all children and gratitude towards mothers. In my family we’ve always referred to May 5th as Boy’s Day.
On Boy’s Day, families traditionally hang carp flags, or [...]
Ask a Dad
Culture ClashA first-time mother asked me to comment on the risks associated with raising an interracially mixed child. Fortunately for you, this is something I have personal experience with. Emi is the byproduct of an interracial union that wasn’t even legal in California during the fifties. Sometimes we still wonder how confused Emi will be [...]
Kacey: Mom to Emi, lover of good design and original style, educator to tomorrow's world leaders, rejected the first gift that Francesca ever gave her at age 5.
Francesca: Mom to Giancarlo and Lucia, lover of good food, red wine, and all that is celebrity news, still envious of Kacey's Swatch watch collection from junior high.
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