Andrew Knott

1 week ago | medium.com | Andrew Knott

Humor | DIYPlus notes on old-school bloggingLong before I got famous on the internet for duck, I had a humble blog on Blogger called Explorations of Ambiguity. Somewhat confusingly, the domain was KnottJustABlog dot Blogspot dot com. It still exists. You can look it up, but I’m not linking it because I sincerely hope you don’t. In retrospect, I should’ve just called it Knott Just A Blog to get a decade or so jump on my personal branding.

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Andrew Knott

Parenting | LifeIt turns out Cecil is a rather mysterious characterMy 8-year-old daughter made a mailbox and asked me to write letters to her. Of course, I couldn’t be normal about it. My wife wrote notes like “I love you!” and “Hope you have a great day!”I took a different approach. Letter text: Hi there, Do you know where my friend Cecil went? I haven’t seen him in ages! Let me know. Cecil is not a new creation.

2 weeks ago | creators.yahoo.com | Andrew Knott

Spring is here, and if your lawnmower needs a little maintenance after its long winter slumber, this 43-step tutorial is all the help you'll need to get the job done. Probably. 1. Pull the cord on your lawnmower enough times that you work up a decent sweat: the type where the roots of your hair are just a little damp and sweat marks are starting to form on your gray t-shirt. If you happen to live in Florida like I do, that will take approximately five pulls, depending on your level of fitness. 2.

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Andrew Knott

Humor | Satire“Sleep when the baby sleeps… and at all other times.”Sleep when the baby sleeps…and at all other timesAs a new parent, it’s important that you stay rested. It’s kind of like when you’re on an airplane and the pressure in the cabin drops; you must put your oxygen mask on first before assisting others. The same is true when you have a newborn, but instead of air, what you need most is sleep. So, sleep when the baby sleeps. But don’t stop there. Sleep when the baby is awake, too.

1 month ago | creators.yahoo.com | Andrew Knott

The children demolished our playground this week. It graced our backyard for nearly a decade and now it’s gone. All that’s left is empty space and a pile of rotting wood planks. The destruction was a collective effort. My two youngest kids participated while my middle schooler watched from the sidelines (in his VR headset). My kids didn’t act alone. They assembled one of the top demolition teams in the history of mankind.