In observance of the solemn occasion that is Father’s Day, the famed DadWagon interview turns its eye to Donovan Hohn, features editor at GQ and author of Moby-Duck, a book whose subtitle tells you much of what you need to know about it: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of …
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Yesterday was Father’s Day, and I wanted only one thing for the annual celebration of my successful attempt at procreation: to sleep late. And I did—till almost 8 a.m.! The rest of the day saw us meeting out-of-town friends for brunch, then a nap back home, and finally a trip to Carroll Park, where Sasha …
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In a couple more days, dads across America will be let down by the unutterable boringness of the holiday dedicated to their existence. But, I’ve often wondered, is this a universal truth, or just our national fucked-up-ed-ness? So, I asked my friend Joe McPherson, a father and proprietor of the estimable ZenKimchi.com, what Father’s Day …
For the top ten list of odd things I’ve learned conducting research for my book: according to my father, my mother, who admittedly is a doctor (but not a surgeon), “assisted” on my circumcision. Please, please, please, please, please let him be lying, misremembering, or just plain wrong.
