Kick Atlantis’s Skinny Ass!

Ten more votes. That’s all I need to knock off the actor guy who’s on “Stargate Atlantis” from the “Hottest Daddy Blogger” list! This is all sort of weird for me to even be asking, but the thing is, I never win any blogging awards. Cue saccharine music. I know, you think I’m obsessing about [...]

10 Ways to Get the Kids to Love You: What it’s like to be a stay-at-home dad, Answer 7.

I complain about being too noticed, not noticed enough, and noticed in the wrong way. None of that matters even a little bit, though, because kids — not all kids, but enough — love me. I’m mature enough to acknowledge that this popularity has absolutely nothing to do with me. I brainwash the kids into thinking [...]

I’d Rather Be Pluralized

Please tell me I’m overreacting. We have a new Music Together teacher. The “hello” song (for those of you uninitiated to this particular cult) has a verse that goes: Hello to the mommies!Hello to the daddies!Hello to the nannies! If there are no nannies, we skip that line; if there are grandmas or grandpas or babas there that [...]

The Birthday Wrapup Index

Taking measure of a birthday: Number of birthday cards received in the post: 1 Number by e-mail: 4 On Facebook: 37 Number of sheet sets changed: 3 Loads of laundry: 4 Rooms vacuumed: 2 Carrot cake cupcakes consumed: 4 (oi!) Moments of utter exhaustion: 3 Blog posts written despite exhaustion: 4 Conversations about how cool I am: 0 Conversations about skidmarks (yes, that kind): 2 Ladybugs released: [...]

Something Crawly in My Shoe: Best Birthday Ever

Say cheese. If you’ve noticed that I’m taking things a little easy this week, you’re right; I decided to celebrate today’s anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Nah, just kidding: it’s my birthday today. Birthdays as a dad are a bit anticlimactic. Working Mom made me carrot cake on Sunday (note to Europeans: it’s actually [...]