Author: Carter Gaddis
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Harry Potter and thrills galore set Universal apart
Before I get into the amazing experience we had during our Facing Fears Together visit to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure earlier this month, I need to put this whole Harry Potter thing into perspective. We are a family of readers. By that, I mean we enjoy sitting (or…
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Fear is a Friend — and a Fiend: Halloween Horror Nights 24
Why are you afraid? You know it’s not real. You understand that these realistic city streets and iconic set pieces are the same at night as they are in the light of day. You know how it was done, with movie-quality makeup and smoke machines and misdirection. Loud noises…
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Why We Should Care if CEO Dads Choose to be Engaged Parents
The thoughts and experiences of several CEO dads regarding work-family balance are detailed in a new article posted to TIME. This quote from Ernst & Young’s Mark Weinberger sums up why it is important to tell the stories of these high-powered, high-stress, high-responsibility executives: “You can have all the initiatives…
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Ray Rice is a Jerk, but the NFL Doesn’t Care if You Boycott
Ray Rice – jerk. Simple enough. He cold-cocked his fiancé in a casino elevator. He’s out, cut from the Baltimore Ravens and, at least for now, banished from the NFL. About that banishment, though: Took you long enough, Roger Goodell. Oh, and way to go with that whole two-game suspension…
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Share Your Best Mushroom Recipes for a Chance to Win during #ShroomTember
My wife and I fell in love over a plate of mushroom salad at a local fondue restaurant. No fooling. We did. Nothing says romance like a delicate pile of raw, thin-sliced and lightly seasoned mushrooms in a delicious salad, followed by cubes of French bread dipped in melted cheese…
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Thoughts about SeaWorld never stray far from Dawn
No matter where my family and I went Wednesday at SeaWorld Orlando, I thought about Dawn Brancheau. In the morning, we stopped and gawked at a dozen or more dolphins swimming leisurely along in their open-air enclosure. I thought of Dawn. We watched a SeaWorld caretaker bottle feed a rescued…
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What do we tell the children?
What do we tell them? What do we tell the children of Gaza as the tears stream down their faces, leaving tracks in the layer of dust that settled on their cheeks after bombs turned their homes into craters? What do we say to the terrified children of Syria, where…
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9 Things Han Solo Taught Me About Being a Dad
As a child of the ’70s, I considered Han Solo the epitome of manhood. Fiercely independent, yet secretly sentimental. Skeptical, but willing to believe in magic if he sees it with his own eyes. Secure enough in his own skin to pursue a princess, but not above taking a wide-eyed…
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Disney Fun Run: Into the Wilderness at Wide World of Sports
I’m not a runner. I should be a runner. Why? Because I’m lithe. And I used to be fast. How fast? Faster than a diamondback rattler strikes its prey. Faster than a Thompson’s gazelle in full flight from a hungry cheetah. Faster than Expedition Everest and Space Mountain — combined.…
Carter Gaddis, Writer & Editor 
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