It's breakfast time at my house, on an average weekday during the summer. I sit at the dining room table, which is crowded with books, puzzles, a sewing machine, and various other odds and ends and pressed against a window looking out to the backyard. My attention, though, is focused here, on the smudgy screen... Continue Reading →

Hey, can we talk about something, dear reader? Can we talk about manliness? About being a man--a real man--and all that goes into it? Ok, good. You start. What does a man look like? Are you picturing Clint Eastwood? James Bond? Frank Sinatra? The Most Interesting Man in the World? The Marlboro Man? What does... Continue Reading →

I'll admit it, dear reader. I've been putting off writing this week's blog. Call it lack of inspiration, writer's block, ennui, whatever. Maybe I've just been busy. In addition to actually being a dad this week (a little bit extra, since I was away from the family for four days last week), I've been working... Continue Reading →

Recently, another and much better-known daddy blogger has garnered a good deal of press over something that he admits is a small but important matter. It seems he attends a church that, like many places, had baby-changing amenities in the women's room but not the men's. He recommended a change and was heeded. His victory... Continue Reading →