Where, you may be asking yourselves, did DadWagon come from? It is a question that has vexed humankind since the dawn of history (which is when we launched, five months ago), but today I am here to answer it. Answer: Thank Bravo. Back in 2008, when the cable channel first started airing “The Real Housewives …
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Lost Fathers, Found on ‘Lost,’ Part 2
A few weeks ago, I wrote a little thing about how daddy issues are pretty much at the center of ‘Lost.’ Jack, Locke, Ben, Sawyer—just about everyone on the show has been fucked up by his father. Except, we know as of Tuesday night, Smokey Locke, the crazy creature who seems to be evil incarnate …
Separation Anxiety: Homecoming Edition
When I came home from the airport yesterday afternoon, things did not go quite as I’d hoped. That is, Sasha did not bound through the door into my open arms, screaming “Daddy!” Instead, she was still in the fog of sickness, drips dripping from her nose, eyes a little crusty. She was clingy and weepy …
What Almost-Almost Made Me Cry Today
Once again, I find myself at 35,000 feet, tear ducts wide open and ready to drain me of any last drops of moisture in my body. Today’s in-flight movie: The Blind Side, in which Oscar™ winner Sandra Bullock adopts a quasi-homeless black friend of her young son. Will I almost-cry today? Probably not—I don’t even …