Son #1 wanted corn dogs for lunch this week.  I think they must be serving them in the cafeteria at school because "corn dog" really isn't in our vocabulary.  Now, you know that I don't shy away from frying things in oil from time to time (...

We all do it. We all have that one indicator we've designated as the DMZ between the Republic of Healthy Happy and the Commernist Socialist Crappiarchy of Sick. Perhaps it's dry eyes for you, or maybe it's that itch at the back of your throat. Whatever...

I love watching sports (and when I was younger I loved playing sports)… but when it comes to the big game – I really watch for the commercials – the ones that make me laugh or bring a tear to my eye (yah there have been some sappy ones) but ...

She............She.................She doesn't want me to sit with her. In her words, I should sit "over there." This is kid speak for "As far away from me as possible." This is what I hear. This is what I also hear: You suck. I have seen pigs ...

My oldest daughter is now talking quite well. It is amazing the things that she comes up with and figures out on her own. However she can’t say the sound ‘S’. It sounds like Hhhhh with lots of Phlegm. So it is fun to listen to her talk about the ...

It's sitting right there, a calmness in a sea of violence. A throng of people move in, out and around somehow missing the tranquility that is right in the middle, right at the eye of the storm. I must have that table, I have to have that table. ...

by Tony Chen A lot of the savviest daddies I know have figured out a way to invent a life they enjoy - significant time with the kids and doing something they love.  Many of them have achieved this life by starting up a business.  What does it take?

After watching endless Blue's Clues re-runs on Netflix with my two daughters I wondered if after taping these episodes that Steve from Blue's Clues just goes out and gets completely hammered? I mean, after being with the kids all day and pretending an...