Category: Mashup

Camp Good News

No. 2, 3, and 4 sons went to camp for a week.  Some kids had a better time that others, No.3 was sick most of the time, and another kid threw up in the cabin. Apparently it is not a…

The Trailer

Having four boys, a garden, and a lot of crap could only mean one thing — we needed a trailer.  So the guys and I decided to get one and put it together.   We got the trailer from Northen…

The Garden

2010 Update –  Follow all the gory details of our garden on this blog: GalvanizedGardener.Blogspot.com No3 and No4 sons at our new garden plot.  These guys have been hard at work planting seeds and keeping the weeds out.  We have…

FRONTLINE: The Medicated Child DVD

Ten years ago, stimulants like Ritalin and Adderall were the drugs of choice to treat behavioral issues in children. Today children as young as four years old, are being prescribed more powerful anti-psychotic medications that are much less understood. The…

Raising Cain DVD

Raising Cain is a 2-hour PBS documentary that explores the emotional development of boys in America today. Our guide in the program is child psychologist Michael Thompson, PhD, one of America’s leading experts on boys. His book on the emotional…

Leonardo’s Dream Machines DVD

Leonardo’s Dream Machines DVD The world’s leading experts boldly attempt to build, for the first time ever, two of Leonardo da Vinci’s machines to the exact specifications that he designed 500 years ago. The first is a giant crossbow, with…

American Experience: The Wright Stuff DVD

American Experience: The Wright Stuff DVD Garrison Keillor narrates the all-American story of two Midwestern boys who truly believed they could fly–Orville and Wilbur Wright. While they had produced a working plane by 1903, they didn’t publicly reveal their invention…