When She Was Young and Happy
After burying my mom this morning, I’ve concluded people should never have to plan their parents’ funeral. When you lose someone like your mother or father, the last thing you want to do is talk to a complete stranger about the funeral arrangements. You don’t want to answer questions like: Would you prefer a metal [...]
Goodbye Mom
My mom passed away on Tuesday. She lived a sad life. Her life started on a bad note when she born in China and was not allowed to immigrate to America. A guardian took care of my mother in China while her parents raised her brothers and and sisters in the states. My mom was [...]
Links Roundup – 2009.06.19
I won a $100 Home Depot gift card from Idaho Dad. Yay! Now I have to hide it. Otherwise, my wife will spend it all before I can make it out to Home Depot. A while back, I also won a 16×20 poster from Kari. I’m on a roll. I should buy a lottery ticket. [...]
Links Roundup – 2009.06.05
Reminder: Wednesday, June 10th is the last day to enter the Teleflora flowers giveaway for Father’s Day. If you got about $100 to spend, a cool lightsaber would make an excellent Father’s Day present for a geek dad. The (Yoda [$79.98], Darth Vader [$99.03], Luke Skywalker [$139.99], Anakin [$99.99]) lightsabers are expensive because they use [...]
Mom Throws Kids Off Of Bridge
Over Memorial Weekend, a mom (Amanda Jo Stott-Smith) threw her two kids off of a bridge in the Portland area. The seven year old daughter is in serious condition, but is expected to survive. The four year old boy, however, died before he was rescued. The girl is actually very lucky to be alive. The [...]
Free Dad and Mom Domains
I have six domain names that I don’t use. If you’ve commented on my blog prior to this post, leave a comment and you can have one domain for free. If you are not a regular commenter, use the contact me link to email me. Make an offer and I’ll get back to you. dadforever.com [...]
The Sun is Crushing My Blog
We finally got several days of nice, warm weather. A couple of weeks ago, we got our first 70 degrees day. Today, we got our first 80 degrees day. When it’s nice out, I find it hard to work or blog. I stare out the window, take long lunches, and run around naked outside. Here [...]
Who’s on First
Today was the deadline for filing our taxes and contributing to the AIG executive bonus fund. I hope everyone got their taxes done on time. Because it’s tax day, I thought I’ll share a recent phone call to the IRS. Me: I got a letter stating I over paid my taxes. IRS: Which form? Me: [...]
Top Three Things
Kay over at Life is Kulayful tagged me for the Top Three Things meme. If you enjoy memes, consider yourself tagged. Here goes: Three names that friends call you: 1. Ken the Great 2. The Gifted One 3. Mr. Amazing Three most important dates in your life: 1. June 13th 2. July 31st 3. February [...]
Thanks to AIG, I Can Not Die in Peace
I seem to have hit a pocket of bad luck turbulence. My latest financial trouble involves American General Life Insurance Company (AIG Life). Over the weekend, AIG sent me a letter cancelling my life insurance policy for non-payment. I don’t think AIG knows what they are doing because I made the annual payment last October. [...]
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