Rating: GGenre: Family/ComedyRelease Date: July 23, 2010Running Time: 104 minutesChild friendly? Ramona and Beezus is a live-action film based on the bestselling characters made famous by Beverly Clearly. It revolves around Ramona Quimby, a rowdy third grader, and Beezus, her elder teen sister. The film follows Ramona as she gets herself into different hijinx, as well as how … [Read more...] about Movie Review: Ramona and Beezus
Archives for July 2010
Warning: new Facebook scams may be bigger lures for parents
I've been in the internet for 15 years, worked in data security at Visa, and most recently at Yahoo!, and still I was "phished" by a Yahoo! ID scam a few weeks ago. It was pretty tame stuff. The scammers sent an email with another phishing link to my entire address book, but did not appear to do any other damage before I changed my password. With all the data we all keep, not … [Read more...] about Warning: new Facebook scams may be bigger lures for parents
Car seat safety tips
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), motor vehicle injuries are the leading cause of death among children in the U.S.Officials say many of these deaths and other injuries can be prevented by fathers following simple parenting advice to place their kids in age and size-appropriate car seats and booster seats.Children under 1-year old and weighing … [Read more...] about Car seat safety tips
Summer Toys
Summer is finally here! I had a chance to enjoy the warm weather when I took my middle daughter and niece, who both just graduated from high school, down to Orlando for five days of fun and exhaustion. While I love roller coasters, as you get a little older you must be careful. After riding the Rip Rocket at Universal Studios, both my daughters told me how awesome it was and … [Read more...] about Summer Toys
Five minutes with Bill Bounds
Bill Bounds has written a book on on becoming a father for the first time, Forty Weeks of Keeping Your Head Down. He talks about his experiences as a parent since then. Five words: What makes a great dad? It's difficult to narrow it down to five words. Not necessarily in order of importance, I'd probably have to say; commitment, love, strength, consistency and … [Read more...] about Five minutes with Bill Bounds