I didn’t want to be a veterinarian. I was too afraid of a fastball once it started to actually travel fast to step into a batter’s box for a living. The idea of being a race car driver never appealed to me. My fat fingers and complete lack of rhythm […]
Another week, another “dad” stepping on mom’s pregnant toes. So there’s this New England guy, Aaron Gouveia of “The Daddy Files,” who seems to “think” it’s a man’s job to actively participate in the decision-making usually reserved for a pregnant woman, decisions like naming the baby, circumcising the baby, breastfeeding […]
No. Don’t even think it. This is absolutely not the start of a daily “Here’s what I packed my kids for lunch at school today” series of cheery overachieving posts. I’m not nearly that committed…or creative. And certainly not that cheery. As my high school teachers, every single one of them, […]
I’m the type of guy who’ll wake up at 7am on a idyllic Sunday morning and lie in bed for a few minutes thinking about the ingredient potential in his kitchen, specifically the 2 sticks of unsalted butter and 1/4 cup of heavy cream that remain in his fridge, ghosts […]
World Breastfeeding Week may, technically speaking, have come to a close a couple of days ago but it’s not like babies aren’t still latching on and, I reckon, despite advancements in human brain capabilities, nursing moms are still being shown the door to the restroom. Fuck that. I was moved […]
There’s been a lot of fuss lately made over “dad blogger” Chris Bernholdt’s cockamamie scheme to, as he puts it: “BANISH THE PLAYDATE.” In Bernholdt’s world of make believe, kids would use “rotary phones” to “spontaneously” “play” with their “friends.” And they would climb something called a “tree.” WITHOUT ADULT […]
The week of July 7th, it turns out, is when the big red button was pushed. Somewhere, maybe in a boardroom, or in a committee pre-meeting about the actual meeting but before the follow-up meeting to discuss what was discussed during that very same meeting, or possibly in a sterile, […]
I’ll concede that the conditions have to be just right. It’d probably help if you’re a parent. If you’ve got a daughter, that’s likely a plus. And having a sense of humor someone might describe as at least ‘slightly askew’ will serve you very well here. If you self-identify with […]
