From the category archives:

rant

Welcome to the neighborhood; now get out!

by Blogger Dad on February 22, 2010

Is there such thing as an unwelcome wagon?
If so, I’m ready to bring it into town to greet my newest neighbors. The problem isn’t them so much; for the most part, they seem like nice enough people. However, one of them tends to enjoy loud music. Really loud. And really early in the morning.
And during [...]

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The Christmas Light Scrooge

by Blogger Dad on December 14, 2009

Well, it’s that time of year again, when my wife looks around at the neighbors’ houses and asks me, “Can we hang Christmas lights?”
And of course by we, she means me. And by hang lights, she means for me to first find the lights somewhere in the black hole which we call our garage and [...]

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Swine Flu Madness – Make Your Own Choice

by Blogger Dad on November 2, 2009

I’ve been wanting to write about the swine flu before my entire family got it two weeks ago. You see, there’s lots of misinformation about the H1N1 vaccine that’s being thrown out there. And it seems that more than half the people I know have some pretty wild theories about the vaccine. None of which [...]

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Letter to an unnamed cookie company

by Blogger Dad on July 16, 2009

Dear Unnamed Cookie Company,
Thank you for the “free sample” of the “World’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookie” which arrived in my mailbox today.
Ever since I placed the order last week, I have been salivating as I imagined what The World’s Greatest Chocolate Chip Cookie would taste like. As you might discern from my belly, I’m no [...]

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How NOT to market to me

by Blogger Dad on June 2, 2009

In a prior post, I mentioned how I get pitched crap from Public Relations and marketing people pretty regularly here at Blogger Dad.
People want me to open up my space here to sell you all sorts of stuff you don’t want or need. Such as:

get rich quick schemes
home improvement items
miracle weight loss pills
shady blogging affiliate [...]

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