"Murphy was an optimist!"
The future cometh April 30, 2016 9:56 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeIn 7 years my children will all have graduated high school.
In 11 years my children will all have graduated college.
In 12 years nobody will be able to find me.
From the mouths of babes April 23, 2016 7:20 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Evan, Family, From the mouths of babes, Of Being DadMe: "Do you want steak for dinner?"
Boy child: "Do we have barbecue sauce?"
Me: "Ok, sirloin for you."
Protected: Tax paperwork April 16, 2016 11:15 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeSaturday in the middle of April April 16, 2016 9:16 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeIt is a beautiful weekend…which I will be spending on the computer. And tax paperwork. And slipping in some cleaning. And medicating the animals.
I would like to be shopping for a new car, working on the yard, working on the house, gardening, adventuring with the children, etc. Such is adulthood.
add a commentToday begins a new chapter in my children’s lives April 9, 2016 11:08 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Amy, Daily Life, Evan, Family, Of Being DadThe state of TN is at war with public education. They are out to destroy public education and my youngest two children are on the front lines. We are testing our children to stupidity. The teachers have no time to provide a quality education because we are constantly prepping for the next test. I am pro-gadget, pro-electronic and want my children absorbed in this fascinating digital world with their easy access to all of humanity’s knowledge. However, my ten year old’s generation is suffering as the first generation to be raised from birth with screens in front of them. Their craving for information and multitasking is on par with a cocaine addict, alcoholic, or gambler.
I personally have fallen. I have failed to dedicate time to my children. Today changes that. Today we began meditation and reading aloud (Jonathan Livingston Seagull). Today we began to learn about First Things First with a discussion of the four quadrants and how to live in Quad II. Today is a good day and will be followed by so many more.
add a commentVirtual reality has arrived April 9, 2016 10:05 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Technology, Virtual Reality (VR)Not nude but boobies: https://gfycat.com/FixedTightCobra
add a commentFormula to create a fascist state April 4, 2016 6:46 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Politics, Touchy Subjects, United StatesIt occurred to me last night that my entire adult life has been an experiment to convert America to a fascist state. How do you that?
- Change the economic system such that the bulk of the populace has to work two or more jobs to make ends meet. This takes away their time for family, self-improvement, self-satisfaction, self-education, personal satisfaction, personal growth, and health. If all the adults in the household are too busy to interact with their children, they cannot further their children’s education and their children grow up disconnected and lacking human empathy.
- Dumb down the public education system by placing an emphasis on testing instead of knowledge.
- Pit the common people against each other. This is easy since they have been dumbed down and lack empathy.
- Create more laws to reinforce 1, 2, and 3. This becomes easy since the public is not educated enough to understand what is happening and they have become divided upon their differences in race, religion, and philosophy.
This is the experiment we living in America.
