I’ve passed many a satisfactory hour complaining about my ex-wife, bitching about the logistics of our shared custody, and congratulating myself with the thought that all our problems are her fault. And they are. Seriously. One thing I’ve learned, though, is someone always has it tougher than me. This past weekend Tomoko and I drove …
Monthly Archives: June 2011
DadWagon Q&A: Robert Sayegh, Children’s Book Author who Got Booted off his Flight for Swearing
The airline industry’s latest First Amendment martyr, Robert Sayegh, was victim this week of one of the more miserable little abuses of power on American airplanes. Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 5136, which was actually taxiing for takeoff, returned to the gate so that police could escort Sayegh off. His offense? Swearing out loud. That Sayegh …
Dad vs. Toddler: An Evolving Dynamic
Getting a toddler to do what you want her to can be a complicated process. The kid is just learning the power of no, after all, and so the chances that she’ll do what you ask—brush her teeth, take a bath, for god’s sake put down the machete—are next to zero. You do everything you …
The Mighty Reach of DadWagon
It can be hard to judge the reach of this humble blog. Yes, we know we have some readers (we love you madly, by the way). But are we, to use that shiteating buzzword of the day, influencers? Well, yes. At least, that’s what I’m going to assume, given this news from MSNBC.com today: Interior …