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Amazing Grace
2008-06-25 14:03:00 William Wilberforce, young leader of the movement to abolish the British slave trade, speaks with John Newton, former slave-ship captain who has recorded his personal arguments for the abolition of the trade and is passing them along to reinforce Wilberforce’s argument in Parliament. I Once Was Blind, But Now I See. Incidentally, I recently preached two sermons ...
By: ThingsHopedFor
Thankful For Helpful Parents
2008-06-15 06:51:00 Take a moment to read Proverbs 1:8-9. Have you been blessed with parents who taught you the Creator’s will from a young age? If so, make sure to pause and appreciate that gift throughout the day. Those of us who grew up with godly parents can’t put a price tag on such ...
By: ThingsHopedFor
BACKGROUND: A link between older age of fatherhood and an increased risk of
2008-06-08 06:37:00 If you want to avoid having non-familial autistic or schizophrenic or other types of damaged children be sure to father them in your 20s to very early 30s. By the age of 34 the risks are much higher than if you were 24. Aberrant Epigenetic Regulation Could Explain the Relationship of Paternal Age to SchizophreniaMary C. Perrin2, Alan S. Brown3,4 and Dolores Malaspina1,2 2 Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY3 New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY4 Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 1 To whom correspondence should be addressed; tel: 212-263-6214, fax: 212-263-5717, e-mail: Dolores.Malaspina@NYUMC.ORG.The- causal mechanism underlying the well-established relation between advancing paternal age and schizophrenia is hypothesized to involve mutational errors during spermatogenesis that occur with increasing frequency as males age. Point mutations are well known to increase with advancing paternal age while ot...
Gavin Rossdale on Fatherhood: It?s Terrifying and Brilliant
2008-06-06 17:06:00 “I used to wallow in introspection. I don’t have time to be that guy now,” he tells PEOPLE More: continued here
By: Feed Me Gossip
Usher Talks Fatherhood on Ellen
2008-05-23 07:05:00 The singer calls his “surprise” bundle of joy “my reason for living” More: continued here
By: Feed Me Gossip
Keith Urban ?Very Excited? for Fatherhood
2008-05-17 18:05:00 Plus: The singer is all smiles at his rehearsal for Sunday’s Academy of Country Music Awards More: continued here
By: Feed Me Gossip
My Personal TSA Nightmare
2008-05-16 21:43:00 Okay, Nightmare is too strong a word for it, but it makes for a much stronger title than “My Personal TSA Bad Experience” I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it here before, but Z collects snowglobes from the places that she’s visited. Thus far she has somewhere in the neighborhood of 40. ...
By: Philaahzophy
What Happened To Aahz And Z?
2008-05-07 18:30:00 Although I’m going to try to update Philaahzophy over the next few days I don’t know if I’m going to be able to. Why? Because I’m taking Z on a surprise trip to both the Soft Opening and the Grand Opening of the new Hard Rock Park amusement park in Myrtle Beach, SC!!! We’ve been ...
By: Philaahzophy
Bitz ?n? Pieces O? Good News For Aahz
2008-05-05 07:33:00 A few different bits and pieces of good news for me from around the web over the last week or so. None really bloggable by themselves but combine them all together and add in this coming Wednesday’s exciting developments and you can see it’s a good time to be me The first bit of ...
By: Philaahzophy
On Fatherhood
2008-04-27 11:25:00 I am a father of three. As such, I struggle with the role I play in their lives and our relationship. Our society today does not understand the father. The “ideal” father today is sensitive and encouraging, we are told. He is not punishing or demanding, as fathers were portrayed prior to the 1960s. The ...
Portland Travelogue - Ch. 3
2008-04-26 05:58:00 Technorati Tags: Portland,Hooters This is my first post using Windows Live Writer. Thanks Rick. Just to get you up to speed; Ch. 1, Ch. 2. There were a couple places that I had planned to go, but those went out the window. Never to fear! Bryan and I have a history of turning our trips into a ...
The Self-Esteem Extreme
2008-04-22 16:33:00 Beginning in the early 1980s, child development specialists encouraged parents to build their children’s self-esteem by giving them lavish amounts of praise. The only problem, writes Sharon Jayson in USA Today, is that “life will burst your self-esteem bubble.” Jayson reports that the self-esteem movement created an environment that protected children from failure, ...
By: ThingsHopedFor
TS Gun Show Pretty Much A Bust
2008-04-21 06:59:00 Yesterday I took Z to her first gun show. I don’t know what I was expecting, but somehow it was still disappointing. I had hoped to find some fellow freedom lovers at the gun show. At minimum some literature I could study and use to educate Z on the true meaning of freedom. ...
By: Philaahzophy
Go Faster By Going Slower
2008-04-17 21:33:00 For all of you space buffs out there, did you know when astronauts orbit the earth, the slower they go, the faster they go? Here’s how it works. As their shuttle slows down, the earth’s gravity brings it closer to our planet - causing a tighter orbit and faster speed. When the ...
By: ThingsHopedFor
Social Spark Is Perfect For Pro Daddy Bloggers (and mommys too!)
2008-04-17 07:12:00 If you’re active in pretty much any online community, then you’re most likely aware of the acronym SAHM (Stay At Home Mom, for those who aren’t). But there’s a growing movement of SAHD’s (the D is for Dads) who are making their voices known as well. Although I’m still only a part-time dad ...
By: Philaahzophy
Fatherhood
2008-04-13 20:05:00 I love my father, and the older I get, the more like him I become. It would be no surprise to most men of my age to hear that this thought used to just plain piss me off. Time moves on however, and the influence of our genetics is, at some level at least; inescapable. This realization that I am not as different from my Dad as I used to imagine, was accompanied by a new respect for the man that gave me half of the chromosomes required for me to be born. Seeing the world through the eyes of my limited experience, shaded as they are by that of those who have gone before me; once vast chasms of difference have shrunk to cracks in the sidewalk. I have become able to empathize with the man my father was when he decided that the young wife and the seven year old son were a bit too much to handle. He has begun to teach me ? perhaps without even knowing it ? how it is to be a man with a wife and a child on the way. He has also taught m...
Fatherhood 101: Bonding Tips for Building Loving Relationships (Paperback)
2008-04-03 04:04:00 Fatherhood 101: Bonding Tips for Building Loving Relationships (Paperback)By Michael Ray King Buy new: $19.95 Customer Rating: First tagged “baby” by Michael R. King Customer tags: dad, newborn, baby, fatherhood, parenting, child ...
Ryan Phillippe Says Fatherhood Is His Greatest Achievement (Hot News Anchor
2008-03-20 07:37:00 (Hot News Anchors)Ryan Phillippe says being a father is his “greatest achievement”. He is father to Ava and Deacon. Ryan sat down with Entertainment Tonight the other day and told them how he feels:“Being a father is by far my greatest achievement(Hot News Anchors)and the most important thing about me. My mother had a day-care centre in my house while I was growing up. And I come from a big family on the East Coast. We grew up helping take care of and raise kids, so it’s like second nature to me.”(Hot News Anchors)
By: Hot News Anchors
Ryan Phillippe Finds a Balance Between Work & Fatherhood
2008-03-18 12:28:00 "You feel like a bad father," the single dad of two admits about being tired after long shoots
By: mini wisdom
Scott Baio?s Life Gets Better with Fatherhood
2008-02-24 13:02:00 More: continued here
By: Feed Me Gossip
Fatherhood Foundation wants an apology from the PM too
2008-02-12 23:18:00 Another page of our nation’s history will be written today when Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issues an official apology to the ’stolen generation’ at Parliament House in Canberra.But oneorganisation is attempting touse this historic occasion to further it’sown agenda more than most. In a statement released to the media this morning, Warwick Marsh said, “It is ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Fatherhood Foundation wants an apology from the PM too", url: "http://www.australianwomenonli-ne.com/?p=229" } );
Men planning fatherhood past 40 or even 35 need to be reminded that autism
2008-02-09 20:55:00 EVIDENCE is mounting that men who become fathers in their 40s or older are more likely to produce children with brain development disorders such as schizophrenia and autismAutism risk for delaying dadsArticle from: Font size: Decrease Increase Email article: Email Print article: Print Submit comment: Submit comment Janelle MilesJanuary 29, 2008 11:00pmEVIDENCE is mounting that men who become fathers in their 40s or older are more likely to produce children with brain development disorders such as schizophrenia and autism.Queensland researchers have found adult mice born to older fathers have differently shaped brains and are generally more anxious and less adventurous than those fathered by younger animals. Senior investigator John McGrath, of the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, said brain scans of the mice showed those born to older fathers had thicker cerebral cortexes.Previously, population-based studies have found the children of fathers aged 40 and older have twic...
A childs? view of Groundhog Day
2008-02-07 22:23:00 Last Saturday was Groundhog Day. A day that a great many people get all bunched up over what a rodent has to say about the direction of thier lives. Groundhog Day just happens to be the name of my #2 favorite Bill Murray movie (What About Bob? is #1….. It’s death therapy, Bob! Works every time!) So, ...
Another Day At The Races
2008-02-05 07:03:00 After getting absolutely soaked at Fisherman’s Wharf on Saturday, Z and I found a Motel 6 in Oakland that was only $70 with a friendly staff and a great room. They pointed us to a breakfast spot called Nikko’s that seriously rocked as well. Then it was off to the races… A couple of ...
By: Philaahzophy
Casey Affleck: Fatherhood Is ?Transformative?
2008-02-05 05:02:00 The Oscar nominee calls having kids “the best thing that ever happened to me” More: continued here
By: Feed Me Gossip
Video: Snoop Dogg's Fatherhood (Episode 6) - On Latin Radio
2008-01-27 04:17:00 Part 1 Part 2 - With Latin Radio StationHilarious Episode from Snoop Dogg's DoggFather, where Snoop, and Anthony goto a spanish radio station in Los Angeles called "La Raza"EG RadioE.G RadioExtravaGangsta RadioLatin Hip Hop RadioHip HopHip Hop GossipHip Hop PodcastOnline Hip Hop Radio
By: EG Radio Online
Fooled into Fatherhood
2008-01-27 00:04:00 Jim’s divorce was the best thing that could have happened to him. The only problem was that he still had feelings for The Ex. Two years after they parted ways, Jim bumped into The Ex at his favorite watering hole. She struck up a conversation. He was receptive. They left the bar together, rekindled an ...
By: Kimchihead
Fatherhood made Affleck quit smoking
2008-01-25 11:37:00 Actor Ben Affleck reveals that his daughter is the reason he was able to kick the butt. In an interview on Oprah Winfrey's show recently, the 35-year-old actor said that he decided give up nicotine when he came to know now wife Jennifer Garner was pregnant. "I finally decided to quit smoking when I was gonna have a child. That was the thing that sort of put it over the top for me," Contactmusic quoted hiam as telling. Afflick admitted that he used hypnosis to kick his habit after his best friend Matt Damon advised him to try the method. "You sit in, like, a Barker lounger (chair) and he (hypnotist) sips water and just talks to you for an hour, and explains how nicotine is poison. All of a sudden, you thought' 'This is asinine that I've been doing this to myself for all these years’,” he said. "My last cigarette was on November 10th, 2005... I feel a huge difference in my health now that I don't smoke. I...
By: B4U India
Grant: fatherhood inspired Cech
2008-01-24 10:24:00 Avram Grant believes Petr Cech is back to his world-beating best after the Czech goalkeeper celebrated becoming a father by starring against Everton.
By: sports
Grant: fatherhood inspired Cech
2008-01-24 10:24:00 Avram Grant believes Petr Cech is back to his world-beating best after the Czech goalkeeper celebrated becoming a father by starring against Everton.
By: sports
Fatherhood: Are you up to the challenge?
2008-01-19 11:23:00 I recently watched the 1991 movie ?Father of the Bride.? It was fun to watch. Something caught my attention though, and had to get a pen and copy the caption. Stanley T. Banks (played hilariously by Steve Martin) delivered these lines:"Who giveth this woman?" This woman. But she's not a woman. She's still a child. And she's leaving us. What's it going to be like to come home and not find her? Not to hear her voice calling, "Hi, Pops" as I come in? I suddenly realized what I was doing. I was giving up Kay. Something inside me began to hurt.Incidentally, the battle with my son?s custody is still pending in the higher court. What I have is only a temporary court order to keep my child. It is quite amusing to read the daily entertainment on the custody case of Britney, because the case is quite similar with ours. The difference is, we are no celebrities. Okey, I digress.I am just probably feeling melancholic when I was deeply touched by Banks? line there. No, I am not giving my...
Clothing For My Angel from Heavenly Couture
2008-01-11 19:21:00 Okay, Z’s more devil than angel lately, but the title works much better this way It’s only a month to Z’s birthday, so it’s time to start considering her gift. The last couple of years I’ve taken her clothes shopping for her birthday, because I know essentially nothing about contemporary clothing. I’ve ...
By: Philaahzophy
Fatherhood and prostate cancer risk
2008-01-07 16:25:00 A new study from Danish researchers has found that childless men have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer than fathers, and that, paradoxically, the more children a father has, the lower the risk of the disease. Whether fatherhood can affect the risk of prostate cancer remains controversial. Evidence has suggested that childless men may be ...
By: B-Health
Yep, It?s Christmas
2007-12-25 21:44:00 Another Christmas successfully concluded. Well, for me at least. See, Z’s Christmas tradition is to spend the day with family friends at their Christmas and that just doesn’t seem right to me, so I spend most of Christmas Day alone. I got up early and headed over to her house for Santa ...
By: Philaahzophy
Snoop's "Fatherhood" Episode 3
2007-12-21 18:37:00 Ive been checking out Snoop's reality show "Father Hood" and to me it was rather dry but this new episode is pretty funny!Do It! nfeeds.com
Rogue Santa Gets Obscene In Canada
2007-12-16 01:23:00 For years, Santa Claus has had his own postal code (zip code) in Canada. Canadian children can address their letters to: Santa Claus, North Pole H0H 0H0. I’ve always loved that interesting little factoid. But, according to Reuters, things are getting a bit nasty- OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada’s post office and police ...
By: Philaahzophy
Z?s First eBay Selling Experience
2007-12-13 23:15:00 A couple months back X decided to do some Spring Cleaning (yeah, it was autumn, but this is California ) so I decided to help clear the clutter by offering to help Z sell a bunch of her stuff on eBay. When Z and I first got back together a couple ...
By: Philaahzophy
Things learned
2007-12-13 04:01:00 Cooper will turn eight months old next Monday. Since I will probably forget to blog about this at that time, I’ve chosen to do so while all of this is fresh in my mind. In the past eight months, I’ve learned a fair amount about Cooper, parenting, and all that I thought I knew about babies ...
By: Paternal Prose
Fatherhood...
2007-12-12 21:10:00 I was just starting to feel bitter. Bitter that it was MY body that had to go through all kinds of crazy transformations to make this small person; bitter that it was my most tender parts that had to actually produce the little guy and then slowly SLOWLY recover from that; bitter that it was MY body that still felt twisted and torn from trying so hard to feed the little dickens, only to learn that I wasn't doing a good job... I was starting to resent the husband. I resented that he got to go to work every day while my life ran on an endless three-hour loop. I resented that he did daddy duty when it seemed easy, but that it was always me that was up in the middle of the night and always me who was singing silly songs and pacing when I wanted to be doing almost anything else. I was just feeling drained. And tired. And angry... and totally unappreciated. I was feeling like we were going to have to sit down for an "LF talk" (as one of my good friends calls these husband-right...
Snoop's "Fatherhood" Episode 1
2007-12-10 22:08:00 Check out the debut episode of Snoop's reality show "Father Hood" nfeeds.com
Usher Discusses Fatherhood At Movies Rock Ceremony
2007-12-06 00:00:00 'Extra' caught up with Usher at the Movies Rock ceremony in Hollywood, where the singer discussed how he had "a lot to be proud of" following the birth of his "beautiful baby boy" Usher Raymond V. "I cried when my baby was born," Usher revealed. "He'
Fading Fatherhood
2007-12-05 06:00:00 It is very, very cold today. Even though I've already turned up the thermostat high enough to seriously bring into question both my commitment to the environment and to reducing our electricity bill. Anyway, I'm looking forward to my husband's return from work, in the hopes that he'll be able to stem the tide of toddler energy racketing around the house at present. Yesterday, he spent quite a while horsing around with the boys, and as I watched them play, I couldn't help but notice the little lessons that are embedded in the fun. Things like winning and losing gracefully, not giving up when things get tough, and working together as a team. They were subtle, but they were there, and it gave me a nice moment to reflect on all of the little gifts that fathers give their children. And so, I was terribly saddened by this recent British survey, which found that more boys saw athletes as role models rather than their own fathers. Actually, the surve...
As Easy As Fallin? Off A Bike
2007-11-23 02:27:00 Z’s little brother G isn’t my son, but his father has never been in his life, so I fill the role on occasion. Arriving at X’s exceedingly early for Thanksgiving dinner today left G and I stranded alone downstairs with the beautiful California sun shining outside, so I decided it was time to ...
By: Philaahzophy
Freeze Chronic Muscle Pain In Its Tracks
2007-11-20 05:18:00 I’ve never been much of an athlete, but I do know a few guys who were. Emphasis on the “were”. This is what makes it so difficult for me to get Z into athletics. There are no real ‘jockish’ role models in her life. I suppose the closest would be ...
By: Philaahzophy
A Call to Fatherhood
2007-11-19 18:17:00 I've just begun shooting a new documentary with Debby Takikawa, with whom I made What Babies Want, the award-winning feature documentary about birth and babies.We're making a follow-up, about fathers and fatherhood, tentatively entitled "A Call to Fatherhood." We started shooting last week, and, I would suspect we'll be shooting into the Spring.I'm the Producer/Director of Photography/Editor of the project. It's fantastically exciting for me to work with Debby again, and I think we have the potential to make something that can really change people's lives for the better. Even the little bit we've shot so far gets me really excited.Stay tuned for more updates as the project progresses!
Proud Father Of A Science Geek
2007-11-16 23:00:00 I believe I may have failed to mention it here on the Philaahzophy, but at the beginning of the school year, Z joined an after school club/activity called the Mathematics Science Engineering Achievement (MESA) Program. Basically, it’s science club with year-long projects and a science fair type of even in May. In ...
By: Philaahzophy
ShareAPic Problems Seem To Be Worked Out
2007-11-14 21:46:00 Well, it seems that ShreAPic finally has all of their problems worked out. It took them more than a week of 100% down time to change over to new servers. Maybe they should have purchased used cisco equipment instead of having to try and configure the new equipment. But I digress… Uploads ...
By: Philaahzophy
Don?t Just Lay Your Head Anywhere
2007-11-13 20:18:00 With yesterday being Veteran’s Day, Z was out of school. I, of course, still had to work, so it became a “Take Your Daughter To Work Day” for us instead of our typical fun weekend. Since so much of my workday is actually spent sitting in my room typing away on my ...
By: Philaahzophy
Parent Teacher Conference Meat Market
2007-11-09 19:59:00 Went to Parent/teacher conferences at Z’s school last night. There were parents, and there were teachers, but there wasn’t much in the way of conferences. When I attended the conferences at her elementary school we actually had an appointment and had x amount of time with the teacher. At her Middle ...
By: Philaahzophy
Tech Assistance With Goal Setting
2007-11-08 18:40:00 I’ve been working with Z on goal setting of late and she’s decided that she wants to lose 23 pounds to get down to the suggested weight for her age and height. Her timing couldn’t be better when it comes to ways that I can use my truest obsession, the ‘net, to help ...
By: Philaahzophy
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