Exactly 1 year ago today I started this blog. And the funny thing is I didn't even realize it until I saw the month and date on the arch...

I’m a horrible cook. And the sad thing is my Dad use to cook pretty well, and a whole lot better than my Mom (he could even install ceramic ...

People who write instructions for plastic “Some Parent Assembly required” ride-on or whatever toys are evil. As a Dad (designer, man, guy, ...

Last week, when my daughter made her 1-year-old visit to the pediatrician, they had mentioned in passing that now would be a great time to s...

O.K. so I saw this off Cynical Dad and now here's my list. The things I've personally 'done' (72 out of 150) in BOLD (with...

It’s not the scorching heat this weekend that we’re getting out here in L.A. (108) that I’ll remember in a year or 2, or 10 from now. Or eve...

I'm not sure why it is, but I have this reputation among friends (and enemies) for having a strange fascination with KFC . And the funny...

Dear Therapist, First of all, I hope I’m still alive. Or at least frozen at that cryogenetic lab chamber place somewhere in Riverside, Cal...

I think I need to go back to college or at least some handyman vocational school to baby-proof my house. My daughter has been “cruising” all...

We took our daughter on her first real road trip to San Francisco (technically Pal Alto, but it’s all the same to a SoCal people) over the w...