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Socialization
Whenever people learn we homeschool our kids, the follow-up response tends to be something asking about… Socialization. “But what about socialization?” My response these days is that we let our...
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Lone Star School of Music
I originally wrote this over at Yelp, and since it’s my review there I felt it only right I also post it here. Plus, I can give an update. When searching for a music school for my children, I chose...
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on rudeness
I need to vent. I normally don’t post other things on Sundays, but I had to get this off my chest. Today Youngest had his first piano recital. He did just fine, and I’m more proud of him for learning...
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra, 2012 Winter Tour Review
Yesterday afternoon the family went to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra. This is our fourth time seeing them in concert, and it’s always an enjoyable experience. But this time was a lot more enjoyable —...
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Fun Family Day
If you look down on “rednecks”, both the people and the things they do, then you should stop reading now because this post will probably offend you. Had a wonderful day with the family today....
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Hooray for Government Schooling
They aren’t public schools, they are government schools. And they are not places of learning. If life was nothing but standardized testing, which the budget depended upon, then maybe we’d be...
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Admitting fault
We take a break from the typical topics of guns and weight lifting to talk about something else. I’m not perfect. I’m happy to admit it. I don’t expect you to be perfect either. And, I’ve worked to...
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Why are you choosing and promoting ignorance?
The best way to reduce gun accidents is for everyone, not just gun owners, to learn the basics of gun safety. Yet those in favor of “reasonable gun laws” object to any discussion of including the...
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Training young shooters
I’m sure some people get the vapors at the mere thought of teaching children how to shoot a gun. Well, would you rather children have education and knowledge? or ignorance? Tim sent me this video over...
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See the positive, understand the gain
I do not live my life in a typical way. Of course, what is “typical”, but here it tends to mean that those around me whose lives intersect with mine in some meaningful way… my life doesn’t follow their...
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Learning to program
Youngest walks up to me about a month ago and asks how you program (write software for computers). Oh joy! Now I’ve talked about learning to program before and even a second time. I always come back to...
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More stuff for learning to program
A few days ago I wrote about Scratch, a nifty way to help my kids learn how to program. I forgot a couple other things I found. Stencyl. This looks neat. It I haven’t used it, but from what I read it...
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Sometimes, you gotta be Dad first
As the kids get older, it’s been fun to take them to various events to “expand their cultural horizons”. I remember when I was a kid, my parents taking me to things like plays, musicals, orchestral...
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Children learn from our example
“The Angry Coach” at EliteFTS was writing A Sad Commentary on the State of Youth Sports. As I read it, it actually felt like a sad commentary on today’s youth and parenting in general. He was observing...
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Improvised Weapons, and kids
Of all the presentations at the 2nd annual SDS Conference, the 3 kiddos were unanimous in what their favorite presentation was. Leslie Buck‘s presentation on improvised weapons. (yeah, it should have...
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Teach your children these four vital things
Our society puts high value on three things: Our children Their education Their safety We value our children because we love them, because they are our future (and our legacy), and because they are...
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KR Training 2014-08-30 – DLG-E Quick Hits
This past Saturday was an especially good one for me. KR Training was holding two classes: Defensive Long Gun Essentials and Skill Builder. But it was a slightly different day for me. I was Dad, in...
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Facepalm
One of the men lifted his shirt to display a handgun tucked into the waist of his pants, [Lt. James] Espinoza said. Moments later, five or six other men began beating up the 37-year-old coach. One of...
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Gone Huntin’
Sign picture found via Google Image Search, from Jackie’s Crafts. Gone hunting with Oldest. Thanx, Karl.Filed under: Guns, Hunting, Kids, Me Tagged: Guns, Hunting, Kids, Me
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Life’s better, when you focus on the good things
Yesterday I went deer hunting with Youngest. He got to learn why it’s “hunting” not “bagging” because we came home with nothing. Actually, that’s not entirely true. We came home with a bunch of great...
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