Category: Daddy’s Corner
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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Cake
Today is Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday—whatever you call it, it is the last day before Lent begins. Traditionally, the day is celebrated in some way, often pancakes as a way to use and enjoy eggs, milk, sugar and other foods that were often abstained from during Lent. For us, every season is Lent…
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Baby Fed Nothing But Almond Milk Develops Rare, 500-Year-Old Disease
Baby develops disease after living with severe lack of nutrition because of almond milk. Source: Baby Fed Nothing But Almond Milk Develops Rare, 500-Year-Old Disease Packages of almond milk, in the United States at least, have warnings that it should not be given to children under 1 year old. Despite the headline being a bit…
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Future Hall of Famers
This week’s Picture of the Week is of Teresa trying on football shoulder pads. The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum had a special exhibit from the NFL Pro Football museum. The museum does a good job of trying to balance having things that both adults and children would enjoy. In particular, they had a…
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Turning cupcakes into compassion
When we use food to define culture, we declare that those who can’t eat the way we do are no longer part of that tribe. Source: Turning cupcakes into compassion My eldest suffers from food allergies. Originally, she was allergic to milk and all dairy (including casein, often found in “alternative ” cheeses), eggs, tree…
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When Are You No Longer Mexican? 🇲🇽
Awhile ago, Vanessa and I attended a panel at SXSWi, “What Would Cesar Chavez Tweet?”, that examined the status of Hispanic engagement via social media, particularly while being leveraged for political/social movements. A corollary issue is when is someone no longer “Hispanic enough” to be part of the target demographic? This hits home for me, as…
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Snow Day
We planned on returning from El Paso on Sunday, but a bit of snow fell overnight Saturday preventing our return. Even giving it an extra day, the return trip suffered a major delay due to continued plowing of IH-10. This picture of the week shows our girls enjoying their first true snow day. ⛄️