A Bag of Cats

We discuss what happens these days with kids birthdays.

We titled this summer vacation, but as with a bags of cats, Baby D went on a really strange tangent so I didn't really get into what my summers were like. We discussed it after the podcast, but she talks a little about what her summer will be like.

I was explaining to my daughter that, at least to me, Father's Day is just an after thought for most people. I also tried to explain to her that Father's Day "gifts", again to me, are NOT necessary. I would just like a day that I can relax and watch the grass grow.

Apparently we were both having an A.D.D. day on this episode. I tried to keep us on topic. Just one of those days I guess.

Baby D had a concert at her school and I wasn't able to go to it live, but it reminded me of my fourth grade experience with the recorders. We played and played them until we picked an instrument. So, unplanned, we picked this topic to talk about. I apologize as this episode is even way more "unscripted" than any other episode we've done and, oddly enough, it is probably the long...

We are currently fostering animals from the Michigan Humane Society and figured it would be a good thing to talk about the process.

I thought it would be nice to speak to Baby D about Memorial Day. Sometimes they explain this stuff to kids in school but I wanted to get her take on remembering the fallen and understanding that our troops give much to us regardless of if someone is in the supply chain or fighting on the front line. They all do an amazing job keeping us safe everyday. Baby D got a little philosophical regarding d...

I always knew my daughter was quite smart, but I didn't know her memory was so good. She surprised me this week so I thought we would have an episode on hers versus my memory.

Our (my) cat, Buffy, passed away this past week so I thought it would be nice to dedicate an episode to her that was about cats. Baby D brings up a song sung in "Friends" so I named the episode like a "Friends" episode. Denise also created a song using "SUNO", which is an application that, apparently, uses AI to take words she writes to create a song. She wrote a song...

Denise is learning to play basketball and her playing reminded me that I used to play when I was a kid. So in this episode we discuss our skills.

So this episode is really strange. We started the episode on Saturday after her first ever hair appointment. The Squarock box crapped out on us half way through the episode. I didn't realize the box retained it's own back up power. I hadn't turned on the actual power to the box. So there were MANY technical difficulties. We ended up recording the opisode in record time and thought we w...

Baby D's school had a skate night last night and I thought about the differences in the way things are done now versus when I was a kid. So, we discuss some of those differences.

Baby D was off the chain on this episode. I wanted her take on family. I had just brought her back from seeing one of her brothers and one of her sisters. So I thought it would be a good time to explain different types of family. It didn't go exactly

This recording ends abruptly because she was having a very hard time paying attention, she wouldn't speak into the microphone and she wouldn't stop playing with her iPhone. She was playing a game and metaphysically "phoning it in" this time. The podcast ends with her just saying "Good-bye" and leaving the room. Sorry.

We discuss some of the small differences between school how it is now versus when I was in school as a child.

We discuss what it was like to be a kid in the 1980's growing up and getting a job at 12 years old to get her perception of it.

My daughter and I decided to "debate" Taylor Swift for our first Podcast. Needless to say, we both have our own opinions. The songs we played during our discussion have been removed for copyright reasons.