I remember a time when pulling all-nighters every night wasn’t such a chore.  I shouldn’t say chore the reasons for being up all night right now are quite legitimate with the furnace being on the fritz and needing to feed or change Sarah nearly hourly.  I just sat here holding her for more than an [...]

First I read an interesting post by a friend of mine on MyLot about his distaste for “text speak” i.e. LOL, ROLF, XMAS 2MRO. Then I heard a very interesting bit on NPR this morning about kids and cursing and it got me to wondering about how I am going to deal with the subject [...]

In the course of nearly ten years of being a stay at home dad by default I have learned a few things. Call it a parenting course based on my on the job training.
5) You are Dad. That means a lot, don’t shirk your responsibilities. You will have to turn off your [...]

Honesty often times is painful.  It must be excrutiating for some, look how far John McCain and Sarah Palin go out of their way to avoid it.  Often times we use the excuse that is okay to tell little white lies to save anyone from hurt feelings, but that is only an avoidance of hurting [...]

That is right ladies, gents, men, women and hopefully not too many young ladies because I really wish you could have lived a hell of a lot more of your life before be needing this sort of blog.
I am Brad, your blogmaster and all around administrator. Aside from being a stay at home dad for [...]

Sarah is now a little more than a month old and it is time for me to do a little analysis of the pros and cons of gift giving.  As a stay at home dad let me point out that I am all about practicality and functionality over what is cute.  Without further ado here [...]