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Dadalogues #1: Video Games

2009-07-10T09:11:47-04:00

Everything is wonderful now

2009-07-09T17:01:33-04:00

Today was Father's Day. Today was the day I delivered on my promised Father's Day gift, by taking my parents out to lunch at one of the more high-end restaurants in the area. The offer was a last-minute decision I...

Should've Worn A Diaper

2009-07-08T15:48:28-04:00

I'm sitting in a rocking chair in a room. The curtains are drawn, the lights are off, and a white noise machine on a nearby shelf is busy forming a protective barrier against any outside sounds that would seek to...

Taking From Trees

2009-07-08T11:52:53-04:00

As I sat there beneath the shade of the old oak tree thinking the thoughts that a father thinks I found myself lost against the waves of rolling wind and the sinking spiral of so many leaves. Or I would...

Bicycle Tricks

2009-07-07T14:45:51-04:00

My daughter's helmeted head is all I see gliding along the grassy horizon. In a second or two, her shoulders rise out of the summer blades of yellowing green. Then the rest of her comes into view as she rounds...

SanDisk SlotRadio Giveaway - What's Your Essential Road Trip Song?

2009-07-07T14:24:52-04:00

We're in the middle of summer, and many of you are packing up the metaphorical Family Truckster for your metaphorical Trip To WallyWorld. Our sponsors, the good folks at SanDisk, have sent us another SlotRadio digital music player to give...

Bully

2009-07-06T12:36:39-04:00

In general, I believe kids default to Good. Not good, as in "you cleaned your room all by yourself" good, but true Goodness, that which keeps them from torturing small animals or lighting their younger siblings' hair on fire. I...

Black Hockey DadCentric Reviews: Kids Talking

2009-07-03T17:13:12-04:00

There's constant danger lurking around the edges of writing about being a Dad. The truth is surrounded by dishonesty on all sides. You want - believe me I really do want - to write about children as if everything they...

Fireworks

2009-07-02T23:31:34-04:00

I'm taking the easy way out tonight - I can't properly combine words into coherent sentences in order to post something worthy of your time so I'm posting a video that was crucial to my elementary school learning. I'm sure...

The Declaration of Dependents

2009-07-02T12:18:33-04:00

We the people of Castle TwoBusy, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common beer fridge and wine rack, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of free and easy...