08
Jun
Dads Gone Wild
A couple of teenagers raided their dads liquor cabinet and got caught.
Their punishment?
PARTY TIME.
07
Jun
Girls Can Be Geeks
The other day when I went to pick my son up from daycare, I saw a little girl in his class wearing a super-cool Wonder Woman dress. It wasn’t a Wonder Woman costume; it was a dress emblazoned with a drawing of Wonder Woman. And it was awesome.
I’ve written before about how much I like superheroes and that I want my son to grow up liking them too. Which I think will probably happen.
But what if I had a daughter? When I was a kid, the likelihood of a little girl liking superheroes wasn’t great. But I wasn’t a kid in this day and age. Girls can be geeks too!
06
Jun
Cutting the Cable Cord
We got rid of cable.
The summer is the perfect time to cancel. We don’t watch reality shows, we don’t watch USA’s oh-so-breezy summer programming…and not much else is on until fall, when, according to the last few commercials I saw, electricty disappears and hack jokes about guys having to be parents – THE HORROR! – are all the rage.
Except for Breaking Bad, there’s not much I can’t wait for.
The stuff I am gonna miss without TV? Sports, filler, and the kids programming. Oh wait, we have plenty of kids programming. No shortage of inane, annoying, loud, bright, anthropomorphized animals and songs about brushing your teeth here.
05
Jun
The Wire: The Musical
Finally, a version of The Wire that’s (slightly more) appropriate for my young son. Tap dancing! Click image to see the video. It reminds me of Mr. Show’s “Rap! The Musical!” sketch.
01
Jun
Accepting the Reality of Fatherhood
Almost as soon as I had my son, my life became subsumed by his existence.
I put up a strong front on this blog – my kid won’t change me! I’m still a bad-ass rock star (I’m from Connecticut) – but fatherhood has changed me, has changed my life, has changed my priorities. Which is fine; to be a good dad, some of that has to happen.
I thought I’d at least been doing okay holding on to my personality. And then I started referring to myself as “Daddy.”
Game over.