The collection of discarded and non-working gadgets has been growing so the boys and I gathered some of them together to do some creative deconstruction. We pulled up chairs to the work bench, gathered some screw drivers and other tools, and set … Continue reading →

Jimmy, James, Jimbo, or just plain Jim head on down to your local Red Robin Tuesday December 6th to get your free Sweet Jim Beam® Bacon Swiss Burger just for having the good fortune of a noble name. Just head over … Continue reading →

Have you experienced the panic of the pink plus sign on that home pregnancy test you bought six of just to be sure? Feel wholly unprepared for the responsibility of fatherhood but don’t want to seem like a flake by … Continue reading →

The flag on the right is being waved by me in Salt Lake City during the last Timbers game of the year. We didn’t make the playoffs but we finished strong on and off the field. Is it 2012 yet?

After a few toy offers and a smattering of books there was finally an offer for something that I could I try myself and not hand over to the boys for their take. Dove Men+Care sent me some manly cleaning products to try out and write about and while I ...

Stay at home dads are already behind the eight ball with some folks who think they are less manly then working dads, but now there is research that shows this is actually true. Well less manly is a bit of a meaningless, undefinable statement but it turns out that once ...

Starting next week we officially have a kid in public school. Not only that, segundo starts preschool next week as well so two days a week from 9 AM to 11:30 AM I will not be responsible for any kids. That time off will be great but it starts me thinking about ...

[Cross posted at Cranial Gunk.] Sometimes when I hear talk of “manliness,”  Damon Wayans appears in my head wearing a ridiculously tiny bowler with David Alan Grier alongside him sporting the shiniest lip gloss. They’re the hosts of Men On Film...

We have Wednesday Playgroups at the playground for the pre-school and now that I am on the board and the incoming Junior Class Rep it is now my job to engage parents in conversation even though some of them still assume I’m there to kidnap their kids. I’m getting better ...

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