Another addition in the Future Proof Your Children Series — click here to find previous ones. Let’s be honest — what I don’t know about parenting is astounding. I’m a pediatrician and have three kids, and it’s amazing what I still don’t know. Every so often I hear a parenting idea (or come up with […]
Rogue Dad’s One Year Anniversary — Select Our 2018 Charity
The one-year anniversary of my blog — the blogiversary — passed last week with little fanfare. Meaning no fanfare, as no one besides me remembered. To celebrate this forgotten blogiversary, I am handing over a big decision to the readers of my blog. I’ve previously decided that 10% of all revenue generated by this site will be […]
2 Things I Read For You — Jan 02, 2018
This is TL;DR (Too Long, Didn’t Read) Tuesdays, where I summarize two interesting articles from the InterWebs. Slightly different from roundups on other blogs, I’ll tell you what you need to know about the article and discuss its significance. This concept is inspired by my father, who sends everyone in the family articles links by […]
Why We’re Not Donating to Charity in 2018
Yes, you read the title right. We will be significantly cutting back, if not completely eliminating, our monetary donations to charity in 2018. Jan 11, 2018: I’ve added a slight update to the end of this post Our Charitable Goals For most of our marriage, we have donated without a plan. We donate for holidays, […]
The Only Thanksgiving Post You Need
Perhaps I exaggerate. As a Muslim married to a Christian, I have the opportunity to celebrate twice as many religious holidays as most people. I suppose it also means I have the opportunity to be twice as sacrilegious when I say I think Thanksgiving may be my favorite holiday. Eid-al-Fitr, the holiday at the end […]
Hurricanes in H-Town, Eid, and Sacrifice
Today is the perfect day to announce the charitable mission of this blog. If the blog survived a few months and generated some revenue, I wanted to donate a portion of the money to charity (partially inspired by the incredible blogger/doctor, PhysicianOnFire). So 10% of all blog revenue will be donated to charity. Not 10% of […]