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History Channel tackles “America The Story of Us”

History Channel tackles “America The Story of Us”

I’m an unabashed history nerd.  I love history, and I’ll admit I’ve had a real chip on my shoulder for the History Channel for the past two years, since they stopped doing history and started running shows like “MonsterQuest”, “UFO Hunters” and “Ice Road Truckers”.  No offense to those shows, I’m sure they’ve got their audiences, but they most certainly are not history, and neither is most of the other content that’s filling the schedule at History. Its easy to…

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A Month Without Blogging…

A Month Without Blogging…

Not my personal choice, but more a relection on how utterly busy I have been.  Some great stuff going on, some not so great, but such is the natural progression of life. I have an interesting comment from my 11 yo daughter Madison on my about page: “hi, dad! Whats up? So……can I have an account for All Things Cahill,or the family website,pretty please with 100,000,000,000,000 CHERRYS on top.” My first knee jerk reaction was pretty much what you’d expect…then…

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Tips for Roadtrips with the Kids – Dadomatic.com

Tips for Roadtrips with the Kids – Dadomatic.com

My latest post is up over at Dad-o-matic and this one draws on the experience of my trip to Pennsylvania last week with my kids.  It’s got lots of suggestions I’m betting any parent can put to use to turn the dreaded roadtrip into a cherished memory.  Things like:   Games – keep their heads out of books and off the game boy to avoid motion sickness. Try things like “Love Bug” where the kid gets points for every Volkswagen Bug they…

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