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A Meatless Meatloaf Recipe So Perfect, It Will Fool Even the Most Carnivorous...
There’s no shortage of meatless meat recipes on the Internet. But if you ask any committed carnivore, they will tell you that no matter how much quinoa or rolled oats you put into a dish, they will...
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A Week In Paradise
It’s time once again for “Backpacking Dad Makes You Look At His Vacation Photos”. You love these posts and you wish I would do more of them? Oh, alright then. We just spent a week in Hawaii with the...
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The Night I Got to Second Base With Joss Whedon
I met Joss Whedon at San Diego Comic-Con. I didn’t expect to meet anybody, much less this anybody. As it turned out, I spent a lot of time in San Diego with “just be cool, man” running through my head...
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I Should Have Just Given Her Some Money to See What Would Happen
Erin has been participating in summer camps for most of the summer. Emily drops her off in the morning, then I pick her up in the afternoon and take her with me to get Adrian from his year-round...
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Merry Christmas. Here’s the best Christmas picture ever taken.
Back in, my goodness, 2010 where does the time go oh hey look I haven’t written anything on this blog since August, we paid a visit to Santa, The result was my favourite picture ever. We’ll never top...
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The Burnses Do 2013
I thought about writing a summary of our year, but instead I decided to use all of the technological shortcuts available to me as an American in the 21st century. So here’s a slideshow.
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Parents Who Misuse the School Listserv Are The Enemy
The kids’ school listserv offers a very easy way for parents to communicate with each other, and for the school to communicate with parents. Each classroom can send messages just to its own members, or...
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Dad Blogger, Redux
I’ve spent a lot of the last nine months, the non-blogging months, finishing grad school. I’m done now. Hi, I’m Dr. Shawn Burns, Ph.D., and now I don’t know what I’m doing. I spent the spring finishing...
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Truant Officers Hate Him! This One Neat Trick Will Help You Get Your Kids To...
Do you suffer through delays, whining, and excuses from your kids in the morning when it’s time to go to school? Of course you do. We all do. Well, this one neat trick will solve all of your problems!...
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Today, We Circused
The circus came to town, so the town went to the circus. The Zoppe Family Circus stops by Redwood City every year, and even though we no longer live very close by, we’ve still gone every year for the...
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Three Lenses (and a Family) Go to Disney World
I brought a Canon T5i, cropped-sensor camera on our Disney World trip last month. In addition to my zooming kit lens (Canon EF-S 18-135mm, f/3.5-5.6, IS STM), I brought two others with me: a...
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Erin and Adrian Go to Sonoma
The kids had a rare Monday off yesterday, and rather than stay home, or go to the movies, or meet up with friends, I decided that it had been too long since we’d gone on a day trip, so we drove to...
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Hiking Pictures Part Whatever
I’ve been going out on morning hikes for a couple of months now, mostly as a way to practice taking pictures of things that don’t move very fast, like mountains and rocks and trees. Children, I’ve...
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Soap Bubbles On The Lawn
As the title implies: soap bubbles. You start with soap, and a shape, and a boy. You add determination, and breath. You change things up, to get a new perspective. You anticipate, and sometimes...
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Erin Crafts One Ring to Rule The Mall
Erin and Adrian had a shortened school day on Thursday. Rather than bring them home and watch them play Minecraft, I decided to bring them up to San Francisco for the afternoon. Our friends Alexei and...
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The Traditional Easter Pirate Battle
Gray Harbor Historical Seaport Authority has a couple of ships in town at the moment: The Lady Washington and the Hawaiian Chieftain. The Lady Washington is better known as the H.M.S. Interceptor from...
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This Is How We Started Summer Vacation
I’m not sure I can keep up this pace. I think I need to send them back to school on Monday. The post This Is How We Started Summer Vacation appeared first on Backpacking Dad.
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Erin and Adrian Go To LEGOLand (Photos)
We brought the kids to southern California for the last week of summer. Although we don’t usually make it any further south than Disneyland, we decided to use this time to go to San Diego. Emily and I...
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