Here at DadWagon, we often tend to ignore the debates and bitchy arguments that embroil the rest of the parenting blogosphere. Mostly, that’s because we are barely literate, and reading through the inanity on “Mommies on Mommies (Mommies)” and “Dude! I’m an Effing Dad!” give us headaches. But sometimes an issue is so perplexing that …
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Why Daddy Drinks
Over in the local paper, ‘wagoneer Theodore Ross—or, as he’s known around DadWagon HQ, The Odor—has a nice little piece up today about how the publishing industry revolves around drinking, even (or perhaps especially) when that industry is ridding itself of you with all the delicacy of a toddler emptying her bowels. Here’s a taste: …
On Not Cooking With Kids, and Other Minor Burdens of Fatherhood
This past weekend, the New York Times Magazine published the final installment of “Cooking with Dexter,” the father-and-son-in-the-kitchen column written by Pete Wells, who also edits the paper’s Dining section. For about two years, Wells had revealed the trials and tribulations of living with a precocious foodie—who once treasured baby vegetables “like very quiet pets”—and …
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What Almost Made Me Cry Today: Killer of Sheep
Usually, when I write these “What Almost Made Me Cry Today” episodes, they revolve around some movie I’ve just watched on an airplane. Well, today’s is no different—except that the movie was quite unusual. Most airplane movies are of the recent-blockbuster type. Or, if the plane has a complicated entertainment system, there’s some inoffensive classic …
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