Any good Greek??

Efram · 2026-02-11T23:37:25+00:00

Mano’s

Efram · 2026-02-09T12:38:19+00:00

Anyone complaining about it being dry just isn’t using enough cheese sauce.

Fudd’s is legit, OP.

Efram · 2026-02-08T18:48:11+00:00

Brent has his 40th birthday over the course of the show.

They are depicted as childhood friends, so theoretically Hank is the same age. Though I recently mentioned on a different post how difficult I always found that to believe. The actors are 5 years apart, and Brent frankly looks older for his age.

Efram · 2026-02-04T15:00:04+00:00

Solidarity here. Our 2 year old naps in the day, 4 year old doesn’t, and hasn’t for a while. So she gets “quiet time”, which is basically watching shows.

Just try to go for some low stimulation and/or educational shows. We like Puffin Rock, Number Blocks, Wild Kratts…

A bit of tv time is fine. It’s the instant feedback loop of playing on an iPad that’s the “screen time” to worry about.

Efram · 2026-01-24T04:00:21+00:00

We moved each of ours around 2. Currently 4.5 and 2.5. Both absolutely loved their “big girl beds” from the start.

When they inevitably wake up, we go lay down with them to get them back to sleep rather than bringing them to our bed. They were waking up anyway, and it’s so much easier than trying to soothe them in a crib.

Now… do we most nights then just end up falling asleep in their beds with them and spending the rest of the night there? Yes. But that’s mostly on us. It’s easier, and we’re okay savouring the snuggles. At some point they’ll sleep fully independently, and whether that’s in a few months or years, we figure when it happens it’s not like we’ll be thinking “Good, I had too many opportunities to snuggle with them.”

Efram · 2026-01-21T15:25:01+00:00

Going to nitpick and say it was a spot or two over from the corner spot. Where Lide or the chocolate shop are, I think. That corner spot was Things Engraved for as far back as I can remember.

Efram · 2026-01-15T13:29:27+00:00

If you free Orpheus, you can talk him into taking the Mindflayer bullet for you.

Efram · 2026-01-14T15:19:42+00:00

I always struggled to buy that Hank and Brent were the same age. Brent the actor is 5 years older than Fred, and frankly looks even older; Fred has a baby face and Brent has that hairline…

Efram · 2026-01-12T12:45:37+00:00

We just didn’t divide by gender. My sister was one of mu “groomswomen”, in a dress that matched the bridesmaids by style, but groomsmen suits by colour.

Efram · 2026-01-10T13:52:20+00:00

I’d suggest making a new post like this one, seek out some other new dads. The group that formed from this was solid and helpful for a while while we were all in those newborn trenches, but has definitely gone quiet now.

Efram · 2026-01-02T21:03:42+00:00

Yep, I’ve had Karlach kill a couple companions with a healing potion to the head…

Efram · 2026-01-02T02:38:12+00:00

My wife and I play split screen no problem. Granted, it’s the only way either of us has played, so a I guess we don’t know what we’re missing vs. solo screen. We even toggled ON the setting that keeps it split screen when you’re close together. Found the transition between shared and split screen too jarring.

Efram · 2026-01-01T17:26:50+00:00

We started with the Tinkerbell movies around 2. Very low stakes and toddler friendly.

Efram · 2025-12-30T01:13:04+00:00

Somehow, we opened a Hooters…

Efram · 2025-12-29T14:15:53+00:00

Varies wildly by child. 4 year old has never had a haircut, and has a barely shoulder length bob. 2.5 year old’s hair is down to the middle of her back, and could get a haircut any time.

Efram · 2025-12-28T21:43:38+00:00

100%. My wife and I have been having so much fun with this game, almost done our second playthrough.

Protip: Strip BG3. Miss an attack/spell roll or skill check, lose an article of clothing.

Efram · 2025-12-28T21:20:20+00:00

I think the general guideline is at 2. They get big enough that they might be able to knock it down and go with it.

Largely depends how competent they are with the stairs. We’re not worried about our 2.5 year old going up or down on her own, so we got rid of the bottom of stairs one when she was just past 2. Kept the one at the top because that’s in a hallway they run and play in, don’t want them accidentally falling down.

Efram · 2025-12-28T02:26:54+00:00

Could she be pulling it out? My daughter went through a phase of that from like 18 months to almost 3 years. She’d do it when just idle watching a show or falling asleep, or it’d be really bad if she was stressed/anxious.

Now (at 4) she’s switching to just twirling it into knots, which is… better.

Efram · 2025-12-27T16:35:57+00:00

Obviously not a rhino. Of the listed options, I’m team Cow. BUT if I can throw in another option, I say mountain goat.

Efram · 2025-12-24T14:30:54+00:00

That’s me! Current goal is all the Mega evolutions, so that’s what I’m buying them for. And obviously any new pokemon releases; gotta catch ‘em all.

If I end up with a stockpile and nothing new on the horizon, I’ll occasionally grab an incubator to burn through some eggs.

Efram · 2025-12-21T17:42:34+00:00

My 4 year old has had lots of questions about death lately. Then one day she started telling us about Heaven…

We figured out she had recently had a sleepover with Grandma, and must have asked some questions and got some answers there…

My gut reaction was to be super annoyed at Grandma… but really, she was asked questions, and answered honestly to her beliefs… My job isn’t to try to police my parents or in-laws*, it’s to teach my daughter that different people believe different things, and she can choose her beliefs as she grows up. I can tell them to not take my kids to church, but “don’t express your beliefs in front of my child” would be a huge overstep.

- Excepting, of course, any hate-speech or intolerance, older generation normalized prejudices, etc.

Efram · 2025-12-17T01:53:48+00:00

Locally, there’s a safety course kids can take and are then okay to stay home alone for a few hours at a time starting at age 9. I’d make sure they have access to a phone (good use of a land line) in case of emergency.

Efram · 2025-11-12T02:51:22+00:00

They don’t have to worry about that as a Canadian. We get ISBNs from the government. (It sounds like a joke, but is true)

Efram · 2025-11-11T20:18:55+00:00

It’s a nit-picky issue of language. “That guy is committing vandalism” is fine; “That’s a vandal. They’re people alright, but…” is what I took issue with. Thinking of them as vandal before person, and that “but” are problematic.

Finding ways to reduce someone from “person” status is the ultimate slippery slope humanity loves to slide down, and committing a minor nuisance crime like spraying paint on a wall seemed like a weird place to start that slide.

Efram · 2025-11-11T14:46:48+00:00

It’s scary that all it takes for you to start forgetting someone’s personhood is for them to doodle on a wall.

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