While minding my own business on a busy street corner in Mahe in The Maldives, a man approached me and asked what I thought of Obama. I then heard his take…
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Absence Makes the Kids Grow Independent
My recent trip overseas resulted, as most such trips do, in many unexpected and enlightening experiences. It was an extraordinary adventure. What I truly did not expect was what happened back at home while we were gone.
Africa, Gratitude, Fame, and The Biebs
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Featured guests:
Cherylyn Harley LeBon – Co-Chairman of the Project 21 National Advisory Board – for “Political Talk.”Pastor Drew Sams for “Spiritual Talk.”
Pastor Drew Sams for “Spiritual Talk.”
Doug French, co-founder of the Dad 2.0 Summit
Today’s radio show is inspired by this week’s “A Dad’s Point-of-View” column, Flying Home after 13 Countries, 21 Cities, in 38 Days.
Monkey Business
Zanzibar is a pretty bleak place. Frankly, it’s depressing. But, we did have a light time at Jozani Forest when we encountered these monkeys and their “monkey business” – be sure to see the surprise ending!
What’s On Your Mind at #DadChat
It’s a New Year. What’s on YOUR mind? What are your hopes, wishes, fears? What do you want for yourself, for your family, for the world? I just returned from a wonderful but sobering trip to Africa and India and I’ve been reflecting a lot about the world, my place in it, and my hopes and dreams for my boys. Let’s have an open dialogue about this and whatever is on YOUR mind Thursday, January 23 from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. PT/9:00 – 10:00 p.m. ET.
How Much is Two Billion?
In mid-2013, #DadChat surpassed one billion impressions. I wrote How Much is One Billion at the time so all the amazing facts about numbers are in that column. This time, I simply want to crow a bit about how the entire year turned out for #DadChat AND, what I believe to be the potential and pitfalls for Tweet Chats in the future.
First, the statistics for 2013:
Contributors: 7,956
Tweets: 77,113
Reach: 69.61 million
Impressions 1,883,330,000
Dad Comes Home
In Because I Said So #116 Dad comes home from a long trip and finds a lot of surprises in his house!
Genetics Determine Everything
For the past few weeks I’ve been traveling overseas, largely on a cruise-ship. As often is the case, cruise lines bring aboard guest lecturers, usually experts in travel that speak about the places the cruise will visit. But, on this particular cruise, in addition to those ubiquitous and familiar lecturers, they invited an especially fascinating scholar and exceptional speaker, Dr. Robert Schrire. His topics have been loosely related to politics but more specifically about how the past and present will impact our future.
