Joe McCarthy’s grandfather remembers when the Park “Hog” River used to run through downtown Hartford. But today, it’s gone. There are buildings where there used to be a river. Intrigued, Joe looked closer and found the river buried beneath the streets of Hartford. Joe partnered with fellow artist Peter Albano to map the now underground [...]
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Make Magic! Do Good!
Dallas Clayton launched his writing/illustrating career with An Awesome Book! Now he is back with a bigger and more awesome book: Make Magic! Do Good! His new book is a collection of poems and illustrations. An Awesome Book was a single poem joyfully illustrated by Clayton. Make Magic! Do Good! is full of dozens of his [...]
Lessons From a Zombie Preparedness Class
Imagine a viral outbreak has occurred. It’s highly contagious and dangerous. It’s nicknamed the “Zombie Disease” because those killed by the disease seem to rise from the dead and prey upon the living. How will you survive? REI, the outdoor gear store, has put together a class to provide some advice for that scenario. I [...]
Fencing for Fun
The boy has taken up fencing. I wrote more about this in my latest post on GeekDad: En Garde! – Fencing for Fun
Viva Le Tour
Saturday is the start of Tour de France, as most of the world’s best cyclist queue at the starting line in Liège, Belgium. I covered this in my latest story in Wired.com: A Geek’s Guide to the Tour de France
The Power of Habit and How to Hack It
We are creatures of habit. We may like to think that our daily actions result from deliberation and willpower. But mostly they are the products of our unconscious habits. The same is true for our kids. Most of what they do is based on habit. One of the keys to success in life is [...]
Archery and the Movies
There are three big movies coming out this summer that feature a bow and arrow: The Avengers, Brave and The Hunger Games. It just so happens that one of the GeekDad contributors, Jim MacQuarrie, is an archery coach. He set a critical eye on the archery sequences in the trailers and publicity shots for these [...]
10 Reasons To Love the Tour de France
With the Tour de France starting this weekend, I wrote my annual Top Ten Reasons Geeks Should Love the Tour de France for GeekDad. Go over there and check it out.
The Children’s Museum of Easton
In addition to getting back to writing for GeekDad, I’m also trying to continue my quest to visit the 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts. How about combining the two? The Children’s Museum of Easton has been on my list of places to visit for several years and I finally got around to making the trip [...]
Dinosaurs and the Museum of Science
The Museum of Science was kind enough to invite me to Media Family Day and a preview of the Dinosaurs exhibit. Since The Girl has been walking around with a stuffed T. Rex for a few weeks, I assumed she would be thrilled to see more about dinosaurs. Of course, The Boy like dinosaurs. The [...]
