Daddy Mojo, Author at Daddy Mojo

Closing schools due to cold weather is wrong in Atlanta-here’s why

I live in Atlanta. Atlanta doesn’t get too cold, it’s one of those cities where the schools close when we get an inch of snow under the shade tree in the middle of a field and TV news is covering it. During the recent Polar Vortex, like many other cities in the country school was cancelled. What Atlanta shared with some cities is that school was cancelled simply due to the cold. What about the children who don’t have winter coats was the rallying cry on social media supporting the decision.

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Battroborg is great motion controlled robot boxing fun for ages 7 and up

Battroborg is a game that simply looks fun. It has motion controlled robots and boxing-just add children aged 7 and up for hours of yelling, robot boxing fun. Battroborg was named one on the Most Wanted Holiday List 2013 for Time To Play Mag, Best Action Toy of the Year in France and Belgium in addition to numerous other accolades. But, does the toy deserve all of the praise?

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Unlikely Loves is feel good animal odd couples with great photos

You and your spouse have a story. Unlikely Loves is the story of other unlikely animal loves that have happened to animals that, on paper should not even be friends. The Girl and the Moose, The Rat and the Kitten and many other sound like old Chinese proverbs but are the charming tales of how one animal met the other and became inseparable.

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Sticks N Stones N Dinosaur Bones: rhyming fun for dino kids

Kids love dinosaurs. The funny thing about being a parent is that you start to love them again too. You remember how to pronounce the names, the silent “P” in Pteranodon for example and how much they really stretch the imagination. Sticks N Stones N Dinosaur Bones is a slightly historical take on the Bone Wars in the 1870’s. It’s a fact based children’s book, with just enough whimsy and tall tails to make kids dream of dinosaurs and the men who chased their bones.

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Dad spends a night in the mancave, Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear review

Nothing says mancave happiness like a good ninja movie. Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear is a ninja movie with an old school heart and in some cases that’s not a good thing. However, this is a ninja movie and people who will watch this grade ninjas on a curve, lest they come through the screen and kick our butt. I was joking with my wife that I was going to watch Ninja II: Electric Boogalooo.** Thankfully Shadow of a Tear wasn’t like that, but it wasn’t a ninja classic either.

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Rite Aid photo deals and a giveaway

My wife loves photos. Truth be told I take 99% of the photos that we have, so I like photos too. She is the more creative gift giver in the house without a doubt and calendars, cards or photo reprints are her go to gifts. Rite Aid has some groovy coupons that they asked me to share with you and offered up a canvas print and some customized photo cards for one lucky winner also.

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The Deck by SOL Republic X Motorola Bluetooth speaker review

The Deck by SOL Republic is their first Bluetooth speaker. Back in the day I had speakers that were 4’ tall, massive black and tan things that weighed 30 pounds each. They were a different kind of speaker. The Deck by SOL Republic provides outstanding sound, weighs about 2 pounds and has a couple of neat features that you wouldn’t expect.

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Living life like it’s Thanksgiving Day with my New Years Resolutions

Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day are bookend holidays. You’ve got major religious holidays between them and all sorts of retail sales, family obligations and social events jammed in too. The bookend dates, and the New Years Resolutions that follow, highlight things that we could and in some cases should do every day. However we’ve become conditioned to think that if it doesn’t happen on that day then you have to put it off until that date next year in order to start again.

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