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  • Fury Cooks and I Get Up Close and Personal. But Not Here. on Nov 20, 2009 in detours

    Fury and his fellow Kid Test Labs comrades TXU and Brendan put Curious Chef products to the test, and they captured it all on video. Food Network, are you listening? These kids need their own show. Most adults I know can't cook like this: Throwin' Do...

  • I've Got 20 Minutes and a Baby Picture on Nov 13, 2009 in Randomness

    Consider this post a pre-emptive strike, nothing more. I've been doing this once-a-month posting thing for long enough to intuitively sense when I'm about to be called out on Twitter for abandoning my blog. Plus, my dogs started barking at the sky an...

  • I'm a Skate Punk. Was. on Oct 26, 2009 in Stories and Adventures

    I recently bought Fury a skateboard. Last night I was showing him the finer points of an ollie. Well, explaining. The showing part didn't go so well. Because when you're 37 years old and haven't skated in 20 years, your skate tricks look less like th...

  • Time to Bring the Heat: Tastemaker Challenge 2K10 on Oct 21, 2009 in Recipes potato recipes tastemaker

    BEFORE YOU READ THIS: If you only have a second and don't want to read this long post, just skip down to the video and rate it. I promise, you will NOT be disappointed (if you like cooking, Rocky, Karate Kid and/or lightsabers). When I was in 4th gra...

  • Music Credits You'll Never See (alt title: Announcing KidTestLabs.com) on Oct 19, 2009

    Jay-Z, featuring BusyD I'm bad luck when it comes to collabo's. Remember sometime last year when Mr Lady and I kicked off our advice blog? Looking back, it kicked ass. It was fun, and we dished out great advice. But two people who never shut up abou...

  • 7 years in, and he's already got me beat on Oct 7, 2009 in Dad Gets Duped Kid Words

    d Wife has been having a pretty tough pregnancy. Everyone tells us that means it's probably a girl. This would usually be the part where I do a happy dance followed by a "Kid n Play" style grab one foot and hop through with the other, but seeing your...

  • A Few Good Causes on Oct 2, 2009 in Deserving Plugs

    This blog gets decent traffic. And since I don't use it to make money advertising, I should at least use it for something productive. You know, aside from trying to persuade you that I'm wicked awesome like a ninja. Because that is a noble cause too.