Monthly Archives: September 2010

An appreciation: Patrick Swayze on ‘SNL’

Posted on September 29, 2010 by

Editor’s Note: I wrote this last year after the death of Patrick Swayze, who died in September 2009 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, and posted it on Facebook. Not because I was a huge fan of Swayze’s movie oeuvre … Continue reading →

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A Dad’s Help Never Ends

Posted on September 24, 2010 by

With a toddler and a newborn at home, and a wife recovering from surgery, this dad is on help detail 24/7. Continue reading →

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What if my daughters don’t like college football?

Posted on September 22, 2010 by

Tim wrote about The Formula back at this blog’s launch — and, specifically, how his son’s soccer prowess is messing with The Formula. The Formula being Tim’s well-calibrated, all-consuming passion for college football, or as he calls it, The Ongoing … Continue reading →

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TV Dad to watch: Adam Braverman of ‘Parenthood’

Posted on September 17, 2010 by

I finally caught the season debut of NBC’s “Parenthood” last night. This was one of last season’s breakout network shows that became appointment viewing for my Beautiful Wife and I — somewhat surprisingly, because I had pretty low expectations for … Continue reading →

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The summer of this dad’s content

Posted on September 14, 2010 by

Andy Green, an editor at my local rag, penned a nice column in last weekend’s opinion page about his summer as a stay-at-home dad and his return to work. He compares his experience with that of Michael Keaton in “Mr. … Continue reading →

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How Do I Know You?

Posted on September 10, 2010 by

Rexpresto ponders the context in which he knows his daughters, both as themselves, and with each other. Continue reading →

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Are you confident in your ‘child-oriented masculinity’?

Posted on September 8, 2010 by

Slate ran an interesting article recently by a dad who was able to take advantage of Sweden’s really progressive government policies on paternity leave to spend 18 months at home with his son and daughter — with pay. Nathan Hegedus, … Continue reading →

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Hollywood dreams

Posted on September 6, 2010 by

As Dads, we savor the little victories. We, of course, want our children to be happy, but we like it best when we’re the reason they have a smile on their face. This goes back to when my wife was … Continue reading →

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Why Daddy Drinks – Reason No. 2: “That kind of week”

Posted on September 5, 2010 by

Sometimes, Daddy just needs a margarita. And a recent Friday night was some of those times. Continue reading →

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YDD Jukebox: Peter Gabriel’s ‘Father, Son’

Posted on September 3, 2010 by

“Cat’s In the Cradle” is banned here, but we’ll occasionally play cool dad songs. Like this one, by my favorite artist, Peter Gabriel. It was written after he and his then 86-year-old father spent a weekend at a yoga retreat. … Continue reading →

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