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In just under two weeks I'll be getting up really, really early on a Friday morning to drive down to Atlanta (sorry, no swagger wagon on this trip) for the Modern Media Man Summit. Despite my real life introverted nature I'm looking forward to meeting a group of dads who ...
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Last year on the occasion of our third anniversary I talked about my diminished mental capacity in proposing to my wife in Savannah - in August. A little over a month later I recounted the anniversary of our first date and how we’ve always tried to celebrate it. ...
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Let's face it, diaper rashes happen and they suck. There are a number of over the counter options available that work to varying degrees. Some are great as a prophylactic and others are better when things have gone bad. ...
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(It's ok, my wife is totally cool with it) ...
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By now many of you have heard about my win in the Perdue Verifiably Good Video Contest back in April. Especially after I less than humbly declared myself the Chicken King, albeit of North Carolina and its sovereign territories. ...
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Towards the end of April I was contacted by a writer who was going to be doing an article on stay at home dads for Marie Claire magazine. Since I’m interested in doing whatever I can to paint stay at home dads in a positive light, I accepted the interview...
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One of the challenges I'm preparing for now that we have two children in the house is organizing meal time, especially finding something that your uber picky two year old will actually eat. Fortunately, my wife is still on maternity leave, so I have two weeks left before this could...
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Brevity has never been my strong suit. However, when Chalkboard Dad unveiled The Father 100 (no, it’s not a NASCAR race), I felt compelled to give it a shot ...
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Brevity has never been my strong suit. However, when Chalkboard Dad unveiled The Father 100 (no, it’s not a NASCAR race), I felt compelled to give it a shot ...
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Today marked my wife’s first day back to work from her maternity leave. It goes without saying that I had a good deal of anxiety heading into today. I stayed up late last night due to the anxiety, plus I was compulsively refreshing the Pepsi website to see how...
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Before our son was ever born my wife and I were getting ready for church and in a rush to get ready was confusing her left from right. When she realized what she was doing she told me that it would be my responsibility to teach our child left from...
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A few weeks ago I received a review copy of the new childrens book Time for Bed, Baby Ted. It was a pretty opportune time for us to be receive this book, as we are presently bracing ourselves for transitioning little man from his crib to his toddler bed in...
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Recently I and a number of my dad blogger brethren were approached by RedEnvelope, the place for unique and personalized gifts, to receive a gift from their Fathers' Day collection in exchange for a word or two about the experience. ...
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