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Where Is Our Inspiration?

May 31st, 2009 | By Stu Andrews
Where Is Our Inspiration?

I just watched the last hour of Invincible, the story of Vince Papali, who is played by Mark (y) Wahlberg.
That was a good [...]

Freakatars Review: Dr. Frankenstein Meets Henson

Feb 11th, 2009 | By Stu Andrews
Freakatars Review: Dr. Frankenstein Meets Henson

Welcome to the world of Freakatars, a place designed to inspire your imagination and expand your creativity. Whether you’re three or thirty, creating and collecting Freakatars is freakishly fun!
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Kid’s love to create. It’s built into us, and when we are young, it’s clear. We draw, paint, play. We make up games [...]

Du Jour Means Christmas

Dec 5th, 2008 | By Stu Andrews

How will you be celebrating this Christmas?
I’m not talking about the food. That wonderful banquet of smells and tastes. The turkey (that for us [...]

How Do You Deal With Rejection?

Oct 23rd, 2008 | By Stu Andrews
How Do You Deal With Rejection?

This week we experienced a moment of heart wrenching sorrow.
Our third little one is heading to school next year. Already, as the Mums and [...]

Practical: Party On

Oct 20th, 2008 | By Stu Andrews
Practical: Party On

It seems that once a child reaches School, or Daycare, that Kid’s Parties become both a bane and a blessing.
Parents, in my experience, put on a good show for their kid’s celebrations. Grinning through the crazy, you can see the glimmer in their eyes. Looking forward with bated breath for all the other parties [...]

Kid’s Books: Do You “Do” The Voices?

Oct 12th, 2008 | By Stu Andrews

It’s such a simple thing, with great rewards.
 
When we are reading at night (the night’s that I read, which go in spurts), depending on the book, doing the voices of the characters creates another level again of story-telling.
 
Requirements:

Be over the top!
Try all different kinds of voices. The kids will quickly pick up if you forget [...]

Thanks

Oct 10th, 2008 | By Stu Andrews
Thanks

I’d like to say thankyou to Chris Brogan. Since this place went live, a few weeks back, I’ve been reading and commenting with great gusto. 

It is really encouraging to hear other “internet” (for want of a better word, nerd, geek, computer guy, ..) Dad’s writing about what matters to them. Love. Sacrifice. Presence. And not [...]

Self vs Unself: The Ballad Of True Love

Oct 9th, 2008 | By Stu Andrews
Self vs Unself: The Ballad Of True Love

Hi, my name is Stu Andrews. I’ve been a husband for ten years now, and a Dad for seven of those. Four kids so far.

The idea of “Self” is prevalent in our society today, just as it has been throughout the ages. Philosophers in the first century thought up spheres of thinking that centered around [...]