My Wife Just Raged… #96
“Ugh! My hatred for my phone right now outweighs my hatred of the Taliban!” -Elizabeth – Previous “My Wife Just Said…”
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Hero for a Day
So, we’re on this insane road trip when my wife texts me a message. I’m sitting in the backseat of the car and zoning out with my earbuds. It was this image, and the words, “His words. Not mine.” All the onions. All the dust in my eyes. He gave me a gift I’ve wanted [...]
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My Kid Just Said… (to my wife)… #17
FINN (Watching Busytown Mysteries): “Mama, do you know dat hippo’s name is? “ AVARA: “No, Finn. I don’t.” FINN: “Her’s a girl hippo. (seconds later) Like you.” I can already tell that my job as a dad will include teaching my son about timing and tact. The do’s and don’ts of male-to-female interaction have filled [...]
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Road Trip of the Lost Dads
Today marks the start of our epic road trip to Dad 2.0 Summit with our good friend The Daddy Complex. For 31 hours, and damn near 2000 miles, we will drive a 2013 Honda Crosstour loaned to us by Honda (the official vehicle sponsor of the conference), and journey halfway across America to arrive in [...]
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What Your Pizza Toppings Can Say About You (Illustrated)
Science has proven that you aren’t actually “what you eat,” at least not literally. But what you do eat CAN say a lot about you. This is so true for pizza. Maybe pizza toppings won’t tell you who to marry or who to hire for your taxes, but that’s what Magic 8-Balls are for, right? [...]
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Teaching Your Kids About Music
Our next episode in the DAD & FINN ADVENTURES series, is about music. My parents have been in the radio industry since I was a child, I worked for a musician for three years and I’ve been playing music my whole life. Music is super important. It’s the heartbeat of everything I do. Needless to [...]
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Baby Jogger Strollers, Journal #2: ADVENTURETIME
Part of my job as a father is giving me son opportunities to be scared or elated or sleepy. In that effort, I bring him on many trips and voyages that, perhaps, some parents might not. But I have a tool to help in the endeavor. A rad stroller. Here’s the second installment in a [...]
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Lego: Ruining Childhoods
So, listen Lego. We have a problem. You have made THIS. Buy it here! Where was this when I was kid, Sirs and Madams? I lost years off my life. I’m not angry. I’m not. JUST SAYING, OKAY? Also, you’ve cut down the amount of time searching for pieces by 1/1,000,000,000,000th, thereby making Lego activities [...]
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Party Time, Excellent… MANDAYS!
We’re having a Twitter Party with #Manwich (Jan. 28th, RSVP). Get ready for fun, tips, prizes and MATH! Why is math good here? Nom* + Yum = Family Nom: v. Put (delicious food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it: “he nommed every last bit of his dinner”; “I drooled all over myself [...]
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Drive-ing In Movie Theater
When I drive, it’s nearly always with my favorite cargo: Finnegan, my son. I feel downright strange when he’s not in his car seat, chatting up a storm behind me and asking me every question ever printed in the encyclopedia (RIP: Encyclopedia Britannica). We spend so much of our lives getting from place to place [...]
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