Lazy Parents: I Resemble That Remark

A funny little thing from the Daily Mail, (via the Times’ Motherlode blog): it seems that there has been a bit of a kerfuffle lately in merry ye olde England town over what parents choose to wear when dropping the laddies off at school. Too much pajamas! How can you have any pudding if you’re …

Death: Another Thing I’m Certain I Should Talk About

Let me start by saying that while intend to write this post almost entirely in a serious tone, largely because the subject matter that inspired it is just that — serious. Last week I learned that one of JP’s preschool teachers — a young, smart, caring person who JP was wild about — died. The …

Bad Dads We Love, Scientology Edition

If Dadwagon were to have a blog motto (and despite all of Nathan’s efforts to create one, we still don’t), if might be this: famous dads are bad dads. In that light, I give you this photo of Katie Holmes and the android daughter she spawned via the miracle of steroids (for Tom Cruise), alien …

Just Trying to Stay Afloat

Apologies in advance to all those uninterested in the spectacle of a daddyblogger (wonderful term, that–anyone got a better one?) blogging about daddyblogging. One of my principal conflicts when it comes to participating in this blog is determining how much of my private life to reveal. Plain truth is that I’m going through a divorce, …