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Geek Dad Report: We Build a (very basic) Robot Dinosaur!

by Ryan Thomason under FEATURED on Mar 5th

Ok, maybe it was only a couple of parts that had to get screwed on or pressed into holes, but for the first time, we made something together where my son got to see the electric guts, ask questions and then put it together himself.

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Geek Dad Report: Football, Concussions, and a Fathers Fears

by Ryan Thomason under FEATURED on Feb 4th

I don’t think it’s anything new that I’m kinda the resident former Letterman’s Jacket wearing Jock here at WPR, I shall dispense with something that’s been rattling in my skull for a while.

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Geek Dad Report: Am I His Ultimate Protector In Game Too?

by Ryan Thomason under FEATURED on Nov 19th

We’ve started letting our 5 year old play on my old Nintendo, of course, he loves Ninja Turtles Arcade. Now, I’ll disclose this early on, after a couple of game sessions we couldn’t make it past the first level in the game. Eventually, I realized it was a Konami game, and well, you know what follows if you’re a retro gamer. Before using the code, the time that I beat Rocksteady with barely any health, and zero...

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Geek Dad Report: Dragons are coming! For Training and Entertainment Purposes

by Ryan Thomason under WATCH on Oct 15th

Alright, normally I don’t get excited over kids stuff, but this is How to Train your Dragon! Live! Maybe I’ve watch the movie(s) and the new TV Show too many times with my kids, but I really dig this franchise.

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Geek Dad Report: Achievement Unlocked! I Made My First Tabletop D&D Character

by Ryan Thomason under FEATURED on Sep 27th

After 30 years of sucking oxygen out of the air, I finally did it. I found a Tabletop D&D group and made my first character.

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Introducing the WPR Youtube Channel

by Ryan Thomason under WATCH on Sep 11th

New expansion into our own digital content ahoy!

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Geek Dad Report: It’s the things you don’t see coming that make you proud

by Ryan Thomason under FEATURED on Aug 10th

Yesterday my oldest, Lincoln, who turns 5 in a couple of weeks really surprised me with something he created, enough that it pulled me back to a Geek Dad Report to write about it.

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Geek Dad Report: The First Set of Graduations Ceremonies

by Ryan Thomason under READ on Jun 13th

We had a busy week of my oldest Graduating from 4 year old Preschool and a tumbling year-end performance from a tumbling class all within 2 days. Of course nothing went as planned, and that only solidified the memories.

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Geek Dad Report: First Taste of Team Sports

by Ryan Thomason under FEATURED on May 31st

My wife and I have ventured into new territory of raising our kids, Team Sports. Yes, the totally un-nerdy world sports, but it’s kids, so it’s acceptable. I’m not against sports in any way, shape, or form, Pro-Atheletics if you will. Yes, we will be attempting that blend of Nerd (Academics) and Jock (SPPPPPOOOOOORRTS) in the raising of our children.

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Geek Dad Report: Solo Dad Weekend

by Ryan Thomason under FEATURED on May 23rd

The longest I’d ever gone watching my two adorable little knee biters was a “day” perhaps. The need for quotations was that my wife eventually came home at some point within that 24 hour period. So, how did I fair when she left for a 3 day excursion on the east coast to attend a wedding? Better than I thought it would at least.

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Geek Dad Report: Maim, Kill, Destroy But In a Nice Way

by Ryan Thomason under FEATURED on Mar 15th

What happens when your kids start getting to that age where they start re-enacting the things that they’ve seen, especially when it comes to fighting? You’re in for a heap of trouble, broken things, lot’s of children’s Band-Aids and a wife giving you “that look”. Yes, that look. The one where you know you’re in deep shit after the kids are put to bed.

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Geek Dad Report: Kids Are Useless (slave workers in the fall)

by Ryan Thomason under FEATURED on Nov 30th

Remember when you used to have lots of kids because you needed them to work the farm, or that sweatshop down the street at the age of 5? Neither do I. Thankfully, maybe. It’s not to say that my kids are lazy, well, they are, at 4 and almost 2, they make a mess doing anything. When I tell them to clean up, I might as well be asking them to solve string theory. So, when I look outside and see the giant carpet of leaves...

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Geek Dad Report: You Can Do It

by Ryan Thomason under FEATURED on Sep 15th

Having grown up in a very sports oriented household may be the reason why I value pushing myself and trying to overcome obstacles in my way. How do you translate that to your kids though?

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Geek Dad Report: An American Tail – Revisited

by Ryan Thomason under FEATURED on Aug 29th

I can’t tell you how long it’s been since I’ve watched this movie that was unarguably one of our household favorites growing up. So, when I saw it was on the movie channels I set it to record and waited for the right time to have my son sit in my lap and watch it with me. That happened this weekend.

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Geek Dad Report – Passing down Mr. Sheriff

by Ryan Thomason under FEATURED on Aug 4th

This is Mr. Sheriff. He has one eye, a nearly decapitated head (lovingly sewn back together), still very much held together though, and I’ve had him since I was a newborn.

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Geek Dad Report: Long Car Trips Are Not Fun

by Ryan Thomason under FEATURED on Apr 24th

As I reflect on my recent experience with traveling for close to 10 hours in a car with a three year old and a one year old. I thought that I might as well dispense some information on you other parents out there so that your trip might go a little smoother than mine.

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Geek Dad Report: What is My Breaking Point?

by Ryan Thomason under READ on Apr 7th

If you ever come across a parent who had or currently has very young kids, and they tell you that it was a magical time and there were no problems or bumps in their lives. They are full of crap.

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Geek Dad Report: One Check on my Vision Bucket List

by Ryan Thomason under FEATURED on Mar 10th

Back in December I was able to scratch off something that was in my top 3 for my ‘Vision Bucket List’. Why did it take so long for me to tell you about it? For one thing, it’s really, really hard for me to write about my diagnoses of Ushers Syndrome and the consequent effects it has on my daily life. Everyone knows what a bucket list is, it’s one of those lists of things you want to do before you die. I also...

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Geek Dad Report: Why Torchlight is Special to Me

by Ryan Thomason under FEATURED, PLAY on Oct 22nd

My three year old has a new bedtime routine, after I put his sister to sleep in her crib around 7:30, he is usually doing one of two things. First, is standing near the door whispering at me if Finley is asleep yet so we can play the game. Second, I come upstairs, to when he hears me coming, he leaps off the couch and runs to me asking if we can play the game. Heck one time, he was sitting on the couch, started to run...

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Geek Dad Report: Daddys Lil Gamer

by Ryan Thomason under FEATURED, READ on Oct 5th

Well, the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree. Every night now for the past couple of weeks, Lincoln is very excited to do one thing before bedtime. That is the 30 or so minutes we spend on the ‘puter as he puts it, playing games. Yes, my son makes me very proud because he is a PC gamer and not a console. Suck it consoles. It all started out innocently enough for us, first I’ll let you in on the current...

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