My sons' interest in dinosaurs when they were little(r) awakened my slumbering interest in the natural sciences AND gave me a conceit for a blog. Thus I have adopted the dinosaur as my totem. Accordingly, let me commend Dinosaur Comics and its...

Bedtime chez Dinosaurov. Riley Dino and Mouse are each jealous of the time I give the other for conversation and snuggles. BoyMan has ceded this ground to his younger siblings because he is Too Big For All That and, besides, he falls asleep earlier...

BoyMan attempts to describe Foghorn Leghorn: "Who's that big cartoon chicken who's all buff and stuff?"

Hiding from my mother-in-law's ill-humor, I have taken Riley Dino and Nephew Junior to the Swim Center for an afternoon of aquatic fun. They started with the Splashdown, a giant flume, then they switched to the diving board (Riley clowning and...

Halloween kicks off the Fall-Winter holiday season on my personal calendar, so I can't help but see it as an indicator of how the holidays that follow it will go. This year the kids all had costumes they liked, the weather was good, the candy was...