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Bumble Bee BlogHer11 Twitter Sweepstakes

August 5, 2011 By PJ Mullen Leave a Comment

Enter to win the Bumble Bee Foods BlogHer11 Twitter Sweepstakes and win an exclusive Ustream Q&A with Chef Scott Liebfried

Filed Under: Bee Squad Tagged With: BlogHer, Bumble Bee Foods, Chef, San Diego, Scott Leibfried, Twitter, United States, USTREAM

2011 Big Sangwich Competition

February 9, 2011 By PJ Mullen 16 Comments

Please view and vote for your favorite big sangwich as pride is on the line.

Filed Under: Dad in the Kitchen, Featured, Videos Tagged With: Black Forest Ham, Cooking, Home, Prosciutto, Super Bowl, Super Bowl Sunday, Super Bowl XLV, United States

Why men should learn to cook

January 21, 2011 By PJ Mullen 8 Comments

There are lots of reasons why men should learn how to cook and only few of them are related to meeting women

Filed Under: Featured, Food, Man of the House Tagged With: Cooks, EAT, Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes, Health, Home, Mark Bittman, New York Times, United States

Target, packed bags and the illusion of free

June 15, 2010 By PJ Mullen 13 Comments

At the tender age of two my son is already firmly in the clutches of corporate America. I’m not talking about the plethora of shows and characters designed to captivate children and annoy the living hell out of parents. No, I’m talking about brand recognition in it’s scariest form.

Filed Under: Random Thoughts Tagged With: Brand, Starbucks, Target, United States

Orange we glad scurvy’s not an issue

May 21, 2010 By PJ Mullen 23 Comments

Despite our son not being a voracious eater, we have been fortunate that his tastes have skewed towards things that are good for him. We normally don’t keep many packaged or processed foods in the house and with the ones we do keep we’ve tried to ensure that they have some modicum of nutrition.

Filed Under: Fatherhood Friday Tagged With: California, Fruit, Nutrition, Orange, Scurvy, United States

Road Tested

June 26, 2009 By PJ Mullen 8 Comments

All this week I’ve been discussing our recent family road trip, first by whining about the disaster that is PENNDOT and then talking about all the fun we had at the Blossom Festival with my in-laws. This was our first major road trip as a family and I learned quite a lot about how my [...]

Filed Under: Captain's Chair, Fatherhood Friday Tagged With: Boston, Charlotte North Carolina, Gatorade, Jekyll Island, Mountain Dew, Recreation, Road Trips, Travel, Travelogues, United States

Not So Random Bits: PENNDOT Edition

June 23, 2009 By PJ Mullen 5 Comments

We completed our first official family road trip on Saturday (now I know why Jason chastised me for attempting to call it a vacation), where I spent a total of 28 hours in a packed minivan with a grumpy toddler, so pardon the rant this morning. Roughly 1,800 miles and $393 spent on gas and [...]

Filed Under: Random Thoughts Tagged With: I-79, NASCAR, North Carolina, PENNDOT, Recreation, Rochester, Society and Culture, Travel, Travelogues, United States, West Virginia

Midnight Feedings #5: Memorial Day Edition

May 25, 2009 By PJ Mullen 9 Comments

Image by Dustin C Oliver via Flickr Today is Memorial Day and I, for one, am thankful for all of the brave men and women of our armed forces that put their lives on the line to enable us to enjoy the freedom that we sometimes take for granted. No matter how you celebrate, please [...]

Filed Under: Midnight Feedings Tagged With: Armed forces, Barbecue, CC Chapman, Father's Day, Holidays, Memorial Day, United States

Bits of Randomness: 24 Season Finale Rant Edition

May 19, 2009 By PJ Mullen 6 Comments

Image via Wikipedia Now that the train wreck of a season is over, I’m left a little aghast at how horrible it all really was. Come on, how unbelievably bad was the whole thing – it was so bad that even the normal ridiculous subplots had even more inconceivable subplots. I don’t think that word [...]

Filed Under: Random Thoughts Tagged With: 24, California, China, Fox, Jack Bauer, Princess Bride, Senate, Torture, United States, White House

RMDM’s Response to Rep. Davis’ Scholarship Bill

February 24, 2009 By PJ Mullen

Image via Wikipedia A few days ago I read a post about a scholarship bill being considered by the Missouri state legislature on David’s Stay at Home Dads Blog on About.com. I was amused by the stupidity of the logic behind excluding fathers from the bill and a few days later read a post for [...]