As some of the more loyal Dadwagon readers may have noticed, I went on vacation last week and thus was absent from the site. Apparently, my replacement, Warren, left some of my fellow Dadwagoners perhaps hoping I was fatally injured while “knee deep in pussy somewhere in the Caribbean”. Nathan, who is the author of …
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Robot Father Knows Best
Ever since I wrote about the creeptastic Japanese robot baby, I’ve been a bit obsessed with robots, and specifically how they will interact with our families. And of course, I’m turning to the Internet for context. Let’s start again with the Japanese, who have long been in the forefront of cyberfamily dynamics. Surprisingly, they’ve not …
I Punched (Like) A Girl
Sometimes I regret not beating our children. Parents have been beating their kids since time immemorial. Your dad beat you, you beat your kid, your kid will beat his kid – it’s tradition. Beatings are handed down through generations, like a secret family recipe. Grandma’s apple pie. Mom’s chicken soup. Dad’s back-handed bitch-slap. Some parents …
Walk for the Cure!
You know how some people walk for AIDS or breast cancer or civil rights or some important shit? Well, in Le Mars, Iowa, last Saturday, there was a call out for dads to walk for… dads. Yes, that’s right, according to the Le Mars Daily Sentinel: The walk is being put on by the Lifetime …