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5 Horror Movie Tropes That No Longer Scare Me (Because I’m a Parent)

By Brandon on October 31, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

You think a demonic possession is scary? Try surviving flu season with a four-year-old. All those creepy horror movie moments are just a typical Tuesday when you’re a parent.

Man faces the camera in a blue polo shirt. Purple sand is dusted across his body.

In My House, Silence is Purple

By Brandon on September 3, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

One bag of Kinetic Sand and two very quiet children led to a multi-year cleanup sentence and a new theological discovery.

About novel Hidden Pictures, plus an interview with author Jason Rekulak

By Brandon on March 24, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Creepy pictures, spooky kids…Learn more about this riveting page-turner from the author himself!

About novel Sleeping Giants, plus an interview with author Sylvain Neuvel

By Brandon on February 7, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

We’re spotlighting our book selection Sleeping Giants, and we talk with the author about the book’s origins.

Introducing: The Not-The-Mama Book Club

By Brandon on January 26, 2023 • ( 2 Comments )

Announcing my crusade to get more people to read physical books! A book-of-the-month award and Blind Date Book sales!

5 Signs You’re Parenting In Survival-Only Mode

By Brandon on April 15, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

When raising three kids under 4, you stop worrying about being a perfect parent, and you just focus on survival.

First Step In Ending Inequality? Burst Your White Privilege Bubble

By Brandon on June 7, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

“All Lives Matter” is racism in disguise. It’s the most recent example of systematic injustice making the lives of black people harder than their white counterparts.

Ramblings Of A Guy Who Just Found Out He’ll Be A Dad

By Brandon on August 27, 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

When you learn you’re going to be a dad for the first time, you start looking at your life very differently…

9 Things You Didn’t Know About HUGGIES® (And Changing Diapers)

By Brandon on August 8, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

The secret to a Huggies diaper lies in a combination of containment gaskets and hundreds of people behind the scenes.

We Survived Lunch at Cracker Barrel

By Brandon on July 10, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

Bringing a baby to Cracker Barrel is effectively throwing chum in shark-infested waters. We were lucky to survive.

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