Quick, run-don’t-walk-but-don’t-trip-over-your-own-feet-ya-dunce to your local bookstore and buy your baby daddy a book that’ll make him misty-eyed from the copious amount of gut-laughter he’ll experience while reading it. *Note: this is the kind of book non-readers will like to read. I promise. Family-friendly (hehe) comedian Jim Gaffigan’s first book, Dad […]
Hello Apartment Therapy readers! Welcome to my humble chateau on the internet. Poke around if you’ve got a minute, or like Out With The Kids on Facebook for easy reference later on. I’ve got the inside scoop, generally speaking, on the best of modern indie kid’s music, movie news, badass […]
Nothing brings about more joy and fear in me as a father than being around children who are not my own; whether it’s the 3rd grader who boastfully packs a switchblade in his backpack or the 10-year-old girl twerking to Rihanna at the playground, signs of premature adulthood are everywhere. […]
It had to be in the fall. The year? That I know for certain: 1993. I was 17. I had graduated, barely, from my college prep high school back in the spring and was now the only one out of an 82 man graduating class not sitting in a college […]
Something beautiful happened here the other week. And I’m going to tell you about it now. But first, some background. I am writing, among other things, a children’s picture book. This process is about a year old now, maybe a bit more actually, and there is no end in sight. […]
The Good Men Project wrangled together 14 dad writers to share what they really crave during this coming Sunday’s faux-holiday. The guys who contributed to this story are some of the finest, most genuine and honest male writers on ye olde internets. For some reason, they asked me for a […]
I participated in a campaign on behalf of Dad Central Consulting for LongHorn Steakhouse. I received a gift card to facilitate my review and a promotional item as a thank-you for participating. The best part of dinner was hearing Good Old War’s “Calling Me Names” on the way out. This […]
Enough with the baby stuff (I mean, unless you are a baby in which case, who in the hell let you use the internet unsupervised?), let’s give something away the grown-ups would like! Maybe a Father’s Day gift???? Yeah, I dunno, that’s in like 9 days. Still, something awesome, a […]
