Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner

Well, I did it. I entered my very first cooking contest.
In entering the recipe that I did I also took a big risk. Even though the rules of the contest didn’t stipulate that the recipe had to be something simple or easy to prepare, I felt no matter what it was necessary for [...]

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Things to consider when naming a child

February 5, 2010

A few weeks after my wife’s pregnancy was confirmed I took the opportunity to dust off the list of names that we had compiled when we were expecting our son. By no means was it an exhaustive list, as I had a strong preference for a boy’s name while my wife had a strong [...]

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Inside the mind of a stay-at-home-dad

December 11, 2009

There are an increasing number of books coming out written about fatherhood these days. In his book “Daddy, where’s your vagina?” author Joe Schatz breaks down many of the roles and responsibilities that this generation of fathers need to embrace. In this ‘Dad 2.0′ world, as he puts it, fathers are no [...]

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What does it mean to be a good man?

December 1, 2009

About a week and a half ago I reviewed The Good Men Project, a compilation of essays written by men on the topic of modern manhood as it relates to marriage, fatherhood, being a son and a worker. The book spawned a lot of my own thoughts about modern manhood, but I held back [...]

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Fathers and the parenting equation

November 16, 2009

Every once in a while there is an article or a news story about dads and fatherhood that really rubs me the wrong way. It has been a while since one has come through my stream that has annoyed me as much as the New York Times article “Fathers Gain Respect From Experts [...]

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Why he was so funny

October 22, 2009

One of my favorite movies of all times is Goodfellas. I was going through some pictures of our son from this weekend and his demeanor in the picture from yesterday’s Wordless Wednesday post reminded me of Tommy DeVito, Joe Pesci’s character. The first thought that entered my mind was the scene from the [...]

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Top 10 (Mostly) Completely Honest Things About Me

October 19, 2009

Last Thursday I was tagged by Liz over at This Full House, a new blogger friend who I had the pleasure of meeting at the event that shall not be named. The challenge was to reveal my deepest, darkest secrets.
This is the first time I’ve been tagged in something like this, and while my [...]

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There isn’t always a solution

October 16, 2009

As men we are programmed to be problem solvers. Most of the time if you come to a guy with a problem, the first ideas that pop into our heads are ways to solve it for you.
About two and a half years ago I found myself in a position where there was no solution [...]

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Dad in the middle (of a twitstorm)

October 7, 2009

Last week I left my family and flew to California to attend the Nestle USA Happy, Healthy Gathering, which was an event for bloggers. Some of you may have heard about the event before it was held, some not until after and, for most of you here, not at all. I did mention [...]

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Th’ Scoop on ‘Move over Barney Stinson’

September 19, 2009

In honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, I thought I’d give the Post Like a Pirate translator a spin and see what my last post would have looked like if I wasn’t such a land lubber. Yes, I totally stole this idea from The Bloggess, but isn’t thievery the highest form of [...]

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The Scoop on ‘Move over Barney Stinson’

September 17, 2009

A week ago yesterday we packed up our things and headed to the airport for our long anticipated trip to Boston. We had a lot to accomplish in the four and half days we’d be up in the northeast and while it was stressful traveling with a toddler who didn’t care to nap because [...]

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