What would you say if I took those words away?

There is an awesome Web site called Wordle, which allows you to plug in your own Web site’s URL and it will analyze your content and create a word cloud based on it. Above is the cloud for RagingDad.net. Clearly, it does not dig very far back into the archives, because there is no way [...]

My blog will corrupt your mind, evidently

Well, this is a shocker. You think it is bad enough to put me on Sarah Palin’s banned blogroll? Maybe her tough husband can visit my webmaster and gently persuade him to erase my existence from the web. The best part of the rating tool was this statement: “This rating was determined based on the [...]

Raging Dad part of Discovering Dad’s September Blog Carnival

I’m pretty stoked to be the “Editor’s Pick” for Discovering Dad’s September Blog Carnival. I submitted my post about Michael referring to mutants as “freaks,” and our discussions that followed about people who are different from you. If you missed it, check it out: Tolerance and the plight of mutants in the Raging Household. Please [...]

Not as hot as May-Treanor/Walsh, but still pretty cool

Just watched Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh win the gold in the rain. Freakin’ awesome. While on the topic of awesome, let’s talk about me. I am not sure how exclusive a club it is—I mean, they accepted me—but I am now listed on Alltop in the Dads category. Lots of good blogs in there, [...]

Anniversaries and milestones

The last two weeks saw several milestones and anniversaries for my Raging Family and me. Most notably, Aug. 1 marked two years since moving from the Twin Cities to Portland. It was our second visit back to Minnesota since the big move, and it was a very important trip for our family, especially Raging Mom. [...]

We are not as far west as you suppose we are

Today we are flying to Minnesota for two weeks of vacation. It will be our first trip back the mother country in a year, and the kids are so excited to see their cousins. We moved out to the Pacific Northwest two years ago, leaving behind lots of family. It has been a tough move, [...]