Raising Mentally Strong Kids In “Raising Mentally Strong Kids”, psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen provides a comprehensive guide for parents on nurturing the mental health and resilience of their children. Drawing from his decades of clinical experience, brain science research, and insights as a parent, Amen lays out a holistic approach to building mental strength and…
Alright, psychedelic warriors and guitar gods in training, strap yourselves in. We’re about to take a trip through Jimi Hendrix’s “Are You Experienced,” an album that doesn’t just rock your world – it sets it on fire, plays a face-melting solo over the flames, and then smashes the smoldering remains. When this sonic bomb detonated…
This one is a crowd favorite. Maybe 15 years ago someone gifted me a food basket and it had some fig jam in it. I tried some on crackers and it was pretty good but it was a big jar and I was wondering what I could possibly do to use up all this fig…
This is an odd one. My grandfather Mike was a NY Italian and I’m pretty sure this is his NY accent butchering ‘a foccacia’ – but that’s what he called it and it was a central part of every holiday held in their house. He would grow his own tomatoes and then make a bunch…
I came into the white pie lifestyle later in life. I was a read sauce kinda guy then one day there was a meetup with friends and someone insisted I try the white pie. It was revelatory but I thought to myself I could improve this. How did I improve it? Garlic. a LOT of…
This isn’t sponsored by them and I am in no way affiliated with brain.fm but I have to say it is a huge reason I’ve managed to catch up on my tertiary goal of blogging my way through this project. For months I was focused on completing all the goals but whenever it came to…
Since my daughter was really into drawing, I wanted to encourage her to practice and expand her creativity. While looking into ways to do this, I found this book – where there’s a prompt for her to draw something then a prompt for me to draw something to build on her drawing. I really enjoy…
[Note: Stock Photo Used as I didn’t take photos of this dish for some reason] Now, I love Mexican food. I don’t eat it as often as I’d necessarily like but it always hits the spot. The thing is, other than Tacos I rarely make Mexican food at home. Which is a shame, because it’s…
In what might be history’s most audacious case of “dress for the job you want, not the job you have,” Charlie Chaplin plays both a mild-mannered Jewish barber and his exact doppelganger, Adenoid Hynkel, the power-hungry dictator of Tomania (subtle, Charlie, real subtle). Our story begins in the trenches of World War I, where our…
Part of a side project where I’m sketching / drawing various D&D monsters based on images from the monster manual. Seen here is a brass dragon – frequently seen in deserts and quick talkative (according to the lore)