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Subverting The Princess Myth

Homemaker Man — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:00:00 +0000

Wow that’s a heavy title. I should say up front that I make no claim to wisdom. Or street smarts, common sense, book learnin’, or even being a good guesser. This is not a How To. Merely a hope to….

The Beard

Gbarbera — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:47:12 +0000

I grew a beard once back around the end of 2001. I immediately shaved it after someone told me I ‘d looked like Bob Seger.

That Which Is Handsome

Holmes — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:20:53 +0000

I’m growing this beard out in the name of handsomeness.

Naked Time

Homemaker Man — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:00:00 +0000

I have no problem with naked time. Not my own mind you. I have a tremendous problem with my own naked time. I mean my kids. Little kids love it and they need it. So I try not to stand…

Influence

The Muskrat — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:00:00 +0000

What are we teaching our kids when they see our asses all hung over and stuff?

The First Time I Made My Kid Cry

Beta Dad — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:00:00 +0000

For once, I can’t blame my kids’ histrionics on them.

The Cult of Good Posture

Beta Dad — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:00:00 +0000

The only way I can fix my back is to be more like Henry Rollins

Giving a Shot @ Life

The Muskrat — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:00:00 +0000

How can I save a life for $20?

Parenting Is Not a Job

Beta Dad — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:00:00 +0000

There is no good metaphor for parenting.

In the places we are broken

TwoBusy — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:00:00 +0000

…there she is, sitting on the edge of a table, pulling long and ragged breaths into her small lungs, clearly doing everything she can to stay close to composed, her face wet with tears, her hand wrapped in a bandage and it’s red, a generous Rorschach bloom of red spreading irregularly across the mesh and cotton, and she looks up at me and says, “Daddy, I’m so sorry” and