Sometimes my mom prints out my blog posts, the touching ones that mention or in some way involve her or my dad or my childhood in general. She’ll jack up the font and use up some of her valuable printer ink so that my dad can more easily read my […]
Holy cow! This is the biggest and best giveaway bundle in the history of OWTK. Valued at nearly $1000, this ultimate Father’s Day giveaway package is going to blow one lucky dad’s mind this month. I’ve tried to include something for every type of dad — tech, books, fashion and […]
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Reading books on the Kindle app on iPads These are a few of our favorite dads. My sincerest apologies to both Rodgers and Hammerstein for the musical theater crimes I’ve just committed, but the opportunity to […]
The scene nearly paints itself. The once-cold steel of a grill that now blisters with energy, the billowing smoke from the hot hot heat, the shimmering water undulating in the distance, the squeals of delight emanating from children who scamper in every direction, the rippling stars & stripes staked along […]
We felt it before day one, on back to school night…or maybe it was meet the teacher night…either way: the Mouse’s 2nd grade teacher was destined to be the kind of educator name-dropped decades later, when Mouse is reflecting back on what first prompted her to [insert great accomplishment verb […]
It doesn’t surprise me one bit that we spend 7 billion LESS on Father’s Day than on Mother’s Day. I get the pitches. I see the ads. It’s okay. We don’t need they shit they are selling. We dads don’t need much more than the occasional phone call to check […]
This post has been sponsored by eBay. All opinions expressed within are honest and unbiased, as always. There aren’t many questions that cause me to stumble over my words, but “What Do You Want For Father’s Day?” sits atop the short list. It’s a tricky thing for a non-materialistic dad […]
It’s a common thing that parents say, but honestly it doesn’t seem like just yesterday. It’s far more like another lifetime ago. I now have girls zooming around the neighborhood on electric Razor scooters, working diligently with wires and circuit boards as they deconstruct old stereos, and wearing whatever comes […]
