June 30th is Arthrogryposis Awareness Day. If you’ve been following the blog portion of the site you know my son was born with Arthrogryposis. Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC) is a term used to describe a group of congenital conditions characterized by joint contractures in two or more body areas, and is derived from Greek, translating…
To manscape, or not to manscape? Seriously, what’s the answer to this? I know a lot of people will say manscape! But as someone who is, I admit; hairy, that’s not always the easiest thing. If I trim or shave any general area of my body, then it just looks out of sorts compared to…
Last year, Disney+ and Marvel teamed up to turn real-life kids into superheroes with Marvel’s Hero Project. The Hero Project honored 20 young people doing amazing work in their communities. One episode of Marvel’s Hero Project featured Izzy, a 13-year-old taekwondo champion, who was born with arthrogryposis. Arthrogryposis causes the joints to become locked in…
12 years. Somehow my baby girl is 12 years old. I’m not really sure how that happened! Yes, today my sweet, silly, cosplaying, underdog defending, YouTube personality purveyor, creative, big-hearted Bug turns 12. Abigail, you’ve had my heart and my number from day 1. You’ve always known when I needed some Abby attention, regardless of…
When I first launched Fatherhood: Reloaded, I meant it to be an outlet. Going back to my roots of blogging about my kids and life. I was having a new baby over a decade after my last. I was having a baby just a few months after turning 40. In my head, the equations were…
If you check the calendar, you’ll notice today’s date and realize that it is in fact Valentine’s Day. However, today is also my lovely bride’s birthday! (Yes, I have a Valentine’s baby) Since this website is still part personal blog between the reviews and entertainment posts, I felt it was worth sharing my words with…
At my wife’s last prenatal visit, something was said by the doctor and a nurse that struck me. They said that I was a great guy for still being at every doctor’s appointment, despite the fact that I’m regulated to the parking lot because of COVID-19 protocols. I’m sorry, but guys, what are you doing?…
About the Episode With videogames being the talk of the town with the new Xbox Series X and Playstation 5 being nearly impossible to find, along with the recent Gamestop Stock chaos, why not go back to a simpler time? A time of 8-bit graphics and joysticks. With recent streaming game service announcements like Plex Arcade and AtGames…
It’s been a crazy week, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to skip out on getting a podcast episode out! This episode misses the magic from Jenna, so it’s just Michael talking about movie theaters, people mad over WandaVision and HBO Max, back in the day when he works at a video store (ask your…
What happened to welcoming a baby into the world and having that celebration of life being enough of a gift and reward? When did a happy, healthy baby become not the primary hope of the parents? What the hell is a ‘push present‘ and when did it become a “thing”? I admit I’ve been out…