Thank you Block Advisors by H&R Block for sponsoring this post. Nearly everyone I’ve ever talked to about my left-of-center career has been enthralled. I usually get responses along the lines of, “I wish I could do that,” or “I always wanted to be a writer,” or the classic, “You’re so […]
Right, yeah, it’s not all dads, I know, but the ones I know, and me, we will stop short of just about nothing to do things for our kids, to make them smile, provide experiences that move them, and memories worth holding on to. My oldest, she of 17 (for […]
Huge thanks to Dick’s for looping me into their Winter Apparel campaign. I received a gift card for attending a virtual event and to write this post but of course all opinions are honest and my own. A snowboard, skis, or a snow scooter would’ve been rad, of course, but […]
I host the Dad 2.0 Podcast with the Summit’s co-founder Doug French. It’s fun and at times enlightening because each week, we speak with a creative person from the dad community, an expert, author, or just a kind human willing to give up about 90 minutes of their time to […]
I made my debut on The Washington Post earlier this summer, with this story of how to introduce kids to your new love after a divorce. This is my story but I also spoke to a couple of experts to find out tips and tricks and strategies for children of […]
I received compensation and coupons from Entenmann’s® to facilitate this blog post. The opinions expressed in this post are my own and do not reflect the opinions of Entenmann’s® My wife and I are from a part of the world were those tasty, often colorful adornments regularly found atop ice […]
I have had a…complicated relationship with donuts over the bulk of my life. The bulkiest part of my life. Oh, I love donuts, I really really really do, but thankfully have gotten to the happy point where I can eat one without eating a box. It’s the small victories that […]
I haven’t been asked to play it often but I am a fan of the break-the-ice party game Two Truths & A Lie. Recently, during a video conference meeting for a Dick’s Sporting Goods Father’s Day campaign (the blog post for which you are now reading, although it likely doesn’t […]
