Dusk blew gently in past her fluttering curtains, filling her bedroom with light like ash. It was bedtime and we had almost come to the end of the ritual--me sitting next to her bed, stroking her brow, telling her I...

Sunday is Mother's Day (right?), so we thought it would be fun to ask some of our favorite moms what they hope to find under the Mother's Day Tree. What? There's no such thing as a Mother's Day Tree? Ok....

I just flew in from New York, and boy, are my arms tired! But seriously, folks - we spent a few days in New York City (courtesy of the fine folks at VTech Toys and Ogilvy PR, for whom I...

As some of you know, I recently had a vasectomy. I've been fielding a lot of questions about it, from many nervous dads who are considering getting The Big Snip. We fear what we don't understand (along with midgets and...

I was hanging with my boys the other day when I heard my youngest, a lackadaisical 6-year-old who was with his older brother cruisin' the net for JabbaWockeeZ videos on YouTube say, "Google 'Is Santa Real.'" Oh shit. Here we...

This year, as we've done in the past, we're offering up some suggestions on what to get for that special dad in your life. Some of the things listed below were sent to us for review, some we purchased ourselves...

As the network shows are wont to do, we're going to wrap up our series on TV's Best Dads by giving you a Very Special Clip Show. You know the ones: the main characters all decide to go their separate...

"Wanna know a secret? Daddy kills people." -- Dexter Morgan There is virtually nothing about the conundrum of Dexter Morgan as father figure that is not horrifying, fascinating, and strangely, defiantly, wonderfully correct. He is the product of the wo...

...which may or may not be porn. Ahem. So how many of you married or previously married or co-habitating or otherwise long-term-relationship-having peoples out there, when you were first a’courtin’, went out and saw a movie together? Show of hands?...