Year: 2011

  • Tantrums, Tantrums, Tantrums!!

    Now that my little girl is almost approaching two, she has already begun with the tantrums.  Now, I know that this is a normal stage in growing up, but is there a right or wrong way to deal with them?Being a parent is an on the job experience and no matter how many books I…

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  • I Survived the Warrior Dash

    If you remember I put up a post awhile back about how I was trying to get myself in shape for the Warrior Dash that took place on June 19th. A little more than a week later I filled you in on my progress and started to worry and second guess my attempt at completing…

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  • “I’m a Celebrity Look-Alike” Blog Hop

    So Morgan from The Little Hen House has posted a fun Blog-Hop called “I’m a Celebrity Look-Alike” and while reading this I noticed that there were no dad bloggers represented.  I started to think about some celebrities that I’ve been told I look like and these are the two that I constantly hear. Me That’s…

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  • Video Game Time 6/21 Edition

    This week we have the continuing saga of Point-man, a man’s journey to hell to save his girlfriend, a new co-op fantasy game and another movie tie-in. Cars 2 – Fun family entertainment Dungeon Siege III – Finally a co-op game that you don’t need to be online to play. FEAR 3 – The saga…

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  • Happy Father’s Day!

    We here at Fandads would like to wish all the fathers out there a Happy Father’s Day and thank you for all the support in our first year here.  Being a father is an amazing experience and everyday it just keeps getting better.  As we grow as fathers we remember words of advice that was…

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  • Warrior Dash Update!

    Well, there are two days to go before the Warrior Dash and I haven’t really had that much time to work out for it.  Am I ready? Who knows, but I am going to try my best.I have been working a lot these past two weeks, so my legs have been getting a bit of…

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  • Video Game Time 6/14 Edition with Bonus!!

    This week we get a couple of classic franchises returning and a movie tie-in that looks pretty good. Alice: Madness Returns – The original game American MeGee’s Alice came out on PC in Oct. 2000. Child of Eden – From the creator of Rez comes this shooter that takes advantage of the Kinect. Duke Nukem…

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  • Video Game Week on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

    Last year after the Electronic Entertainment Expo, Jimmy Fallon dedicated an entire week on highlighting some of the biggest games that were announced and revealed them on his show.  This year he’s doing it again and he chose some great titles to highlight each night.Last week via his Twitter, Jimmy announced the schedule and games…

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  • Training the Fandad way!

    As many of you know by now, I am participating in the Warrior Dash on June 19th.  Now while I am not in peak physical shape, I am in decent shape and have decided to start working out so I won’t embarrass myself doing the dash.  I thought of a few ways to get in…

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  • Video Game Time 6/7 Edition

    This weeks games include: Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters Infamous 2 Operation Flashpoint: Red River Red Faction: Armageddon Many new games were announced these past few days at E3 and be sure to read our post about some of these titles.  We have a few items to giveaway, but we are trying to create…

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