Turns out your uncle Mort—you remember him; he’s the one who spends most of Thanksgiving in his recliner, looking and sounding like an elephant seal—is a trendsetter! In the U.S. and especially Britain, the incidence of gynecomastia, or enlarged male breasts, is on the rise. In the U.K., male breast reduction is the second-fastest-growing category …
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“Yes, It’s Nice That You Won. Can You Empty the Diaper Pail, Please?”
Congratulations to Roger Federer, winner of the Australian Open, in straight sets over Andy Murray. And why do I bring this up here? Because it’s widely been noted, including at ESPN, that he’s the first dad to win a Grand Slam tennis tournament since 2003. It’s a silly distinction, of course. Tennis is a young …
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The Tantrum: Should Dads Go to Birthing Class? Part 4
Well, sure—but know, going in, that you, Dad, are mostly window-dressing. We did go to birthing classes, my wife and I. They weren’t bad. The only thing I actively disliked was that we all sat on the floor, on thin mats, and after the fourth hour of our five-hour sessions, my glutes were howling at …
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Mel Gibson: Big Wuss
You know, I guess it’s too much to expect that a guy who left his wife and seven kids might participate in raising the eighth that he’s just fathered with his young Russian-model girlfriend. Even if he’s a movie star. Even if he’s an exceedingly paleo-Catholic (yet divorced), evidently megalomaniacal, plausibly anti-Semitic, apparently out-of-his-mind movie …