#DadChat on Thursday, November 17, from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m., PST will be Open Mic (meaning we talk about Whatever!). And…
Win a great giveaway if YOU win the Funniest Photo Caption Contest. Two chances; two prizes! Come up with the best caption for the picture below. Entries accepted during #DadChat, beginning at 6:00 p.m., PST on Thursday! The second one will be posted during #DadChat. Depending on how the evening goes, we’ll either all vote for the best caption or I’ll choose a winner for each photo. I’d prefer the former, but we’ll just have to see if that is practical!
I took today’s column title from the very great REM song, Everybody Hurts. I also happen to love The Corrs’ version of it as well (see above). The lyrics are incredibly deep for a rock ‘n’ roll song, though I’m not sure that REM can be so simply classified in a music genre. Regardless, these lyrics are important and touched me the other day as I was walking and thinking. I do some of my best thinking when I walk around a small lake near our home.
Take comfort in your friends. Everybody hurts. Don’t throw your hand. Oh, no. Don’t throw your hand
If you feel like you’re alone, no, no, no, you are not alone
(Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe)
I play tennis with an old friend who has a cell-phone that probably came out around the time the first iPod came out. Heck, he doesn’t even know what an iPod is. Or how to text, use Twitter, or how to “like” a Facebook Page. IMHO (in my humble opinion), he is not being the best parent he can be. To be the best parent in these technological times, you must know how to use Social Media.