Home and Away - Gifts from Road Trips

Guilty as charged. I always have such good intentions about bringing the kids gifts when I return home from road trips, but somehow my hate for shopping always wins out over my desire to please the family back home.

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Daddy’s Home - Dad Gets Burned Out

There’s something really enjoyable about laying in the sun and getting nothing at all done.

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Home and Away - Inserting Foot in Mouth Again

Husbands are sometimes less then tactful and I wonder whether we say things like this despite knowing it may interfere with our marital bliss or because it will interfere.

Daddy’s Home - Walking the Mine Field

For some reason dads are the most vulnerable to the mine fields left on the floors of our houses by the kids.

Some of the worst are: pet boo boos, marbles, hotwheels, and monopoly pieces.

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Michael Phelp’s Dad

Imagine you’re Fred Phelps, Michael Phelp’s dad, watching your son break record after record at the Beijing Olympics on TV from your home near Baltimore. Imagine not picking up the phone to call and congratulate your son, the yound man you helped bring into this world. Hard to imagine, isn’t it?

Michael’s mom and dad divorced when he was 9 years old and sadly Fred Phelps has not maintained a relationship with Michael. No doubt this cold reality poured on young Michael each and every day from the time he was a young boy became an important ingredient in the fuel that drove him to the heights he has reached.

Love your kids dads, love your kids.

Source: Yahoo!

A Bronx Tale at Wadsworth Theatre in LA Sept 9-21

A Bronx Tale is a classic father-son story that will resonate with all dads. They’ve offered dadz.com readers a $10 off special to encourage you to take advantage of this great performance. Here are the details provided:

SAVE $10 ON SELECT SEATS & PERFORMANCES*

Academy Award®-nominated actor Chazz Palminteri returns to the stage in an unforgettable performance fresh from a successful run on Broadway, where it was praised by the critics and adored by the public. In A BRONX TALE, the celebrated play on which he based the legendary movie, Palminteri vividly depicts a young boy’s rough childhood in the 1960s-era Bronx and the unforgettable people he encountered. A classic coming-of-age story about reaching your true potential and trusting your heart, A BRONX TALE is directed by four-time Tony Award®-winner Jerry Zaks.

For your dadz.com $10 discount, visit this:
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Performance Dates/Times at the Wadsworth Theatre

September 9 – 21, 2008

Tuesdays-Fridays at 8pm

Saturdays at 2pm and 8pm

Sundays at 3pm and 7:30pm

*Subject to Availability. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Not valid on previously purchased tickets. Restrictions apply. Ticketmaster fees apply to all orders.

Here’s a short (2 min) trailer from the movie:

Links to more information:

Summary of A Bronx Tale on the Internet Movie Database

A Bronx Tale on Broadway

If you’re fortunate enough to make it to this performance in September please send us a message with your thoughts on it!

Home and Away- Dad Does Work at Home

Work-at-home dads have a hard time convincing others that they really do work at home.

This should further prove their case!

Daddy’s Home - Phone Manners

Handling phone calls can be a challenge for work-at-home dads.

But, most people you speak with have kids of their own, right?

‘Why Not Dads’ Video Wins

A mom’s video, ‘Why Not Dads?’, wins a video competition put on by her local news organization The Union. Monique Derenia put together this very interesting 13 minute documentary about the lives of stay-at-home dads in San Francisco.

The video gives the viewer a glimpse into the mindset of a stay-at-home dad, including the trying moments when the uniqueness of what they do for living crashes up against what “society” is used to.

Co-ed Baby Showers?

I’m just not sure about this one… a co-ed baby shower? This means that men are supposed to attend? Yikes!

The mom author of the Little Black Journal is a big fan of co-ed baby showers, but pay close attention to these comments made by Ms. Lil’ Black Journal in her post explaining why she’s a fan:

“let me tell you, there is no funnier sight than a group of blind-folded men try to fumble their way through putting a diaper on a stuffed animal”

and…

“the presence of men make for some good laughs”

So dads…, before you get snookered into attending one of these co-ed baby showers be advised that you are the comedy routine! If you go at least demand some compensation and/or full rights and control over any pics or video taken at the “baby shower”.

For more check out the post at Little Black Journal. (Hint: don’t dare give her your name or email address!)

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