I’ve had a beer with Gabe Soria. I’ve looked the man in the eye. I must say, I had no idea he was half-Mexican. I would’ve remembered that because, as readers of DadWagon might know, my wife is also half-Mexican. And she has the same issue Gabe wrote about yesterday: her kids are just way whiter …
Author Archives: Nathan
Bulk Discount
I just caught up with this WSJ report on the cost of a raising a child from last week. Yes, I know, there seem to be new cost-calculations for the price of parenting every week. Given the fact that we’ve got major meltdowns on Wall Street and an energy sector in complete crisis, it does …
One Father, a Few Mothers
I agree with Christopher on his Diddy half-defense–which centered on the hypocrisy of people who tsk-tsk him for buying the wrong kind of ridiculous gift for his children–but I’ll raise him a tick higher. The Nightline interview that Martin Bashir did with Diddy wasn’t quite the preening sermon that Bashir ran with Michael Jackson (think …
You May Now Carry the Bride up a Hill in Latvia
For those out there who may wonder why a majority of DadWagon writers married partly or fully Asian women, let me now reveal the true reason. Asian women are, on average, smaller than Caucasian women, and we were just dreaming of glory in the Latvian wife-carrying Olympics.