Link between early television exposure and later problems with attention span?

I do think kids are exposed way too early these days to television (and generations of ADHD kids are propagated), but blaming dvds for lazy parenting is an all new low. I mean, I've seen minivans on the road with infants in carriers watching tv in the backseat. (BTW, I notice because the carriers should be facing the other way, but don't get me started on those parental units.)

How is it a scam to sell dvds that at least try to be educational, since you're plopping your kid in front of the boob tube anyway?

Little girl Phillies fan tosses Daddy's ball away.

Seriously, how nice is this guy? I'd probably be drunk and yell at my daughter if she did this. Know how rare it is to get even a foul ball in a stadium? And from a hitter on the team you root for? Yep, I'm a mean daddy.

On the other hand, no way would a take my daughter to a game where the seats are front row balcony!

McNair not a hero. Not much of a father either?

I thought an article/editorial on the death or murder of Steve McNair made a good point about the America's tendency to "hero-ize" less than moral celebrities once they've died:

What we do know is that McNair had four sons. And based on the observations and comments of Kazemi's neighbors and neighbors at the condominium McNair rented, McNair spent so much time with Kazemi over the past few months that people assumed they lived together.

You see, this is my problem with McNair, with American men as a whole.

We shirk our responsibilities as fathers. We don't have time for it. We think it's a part- or no-time job. We think our career is more important. We think charity work is more important. We think some young tail is more important.

We foolishly believe we're unnecessary in the rearing of children. This mindset must die.

It's also a good highlighting that state of being a father in this country has been downsized in importance over the past couple of decades. No longer respected or even feared in most households, a father is simply a sperm donor in this day and age. Sad.

Gotta love babies, right?

Babies puking. Enough said.

In the Parenthood

Being a father who's life has been turned upside down (in a great, but chaotic way), I had to post this preview for a new NBC show in development. I loved the movie Parenthood, which it seems like had more comedy than this tv show version, but this looks good too. Plus, my daughter loves "Pop Goes The Weasel," so how could I not post this video!

The weather channel girl, with her perfect hair and curl...

...is talking cold, cold, cold. You can't get out of bed, you can't remember what she said, you're feeling old, old, old.


I'm taking a quick vacation and so excited. I NEVER go on vacation. I've been working crazy hours to keep my job so I need this. Funny, because when I work long hours, I never post on here. I'll probably be posting out my butt on vaca, but hey it's my time on my dime!

Things Every Man Should Do

In honor of Esquire’s seventy-fifth anniversary, the magazine looked at seventy-five things, from flying a Cessna to building a reputation, that every man should do before he dies. Some of the suggestions are cheesy (put a letter in a library book), impractical (halucinate in the desert on drugs) or just plain retarded (build a reputation as a badass), but there were some that make you think about your life right now and how you can shake it up. Just a bit.

Here's a cheat list of some of the cooler ones (and more feasible):
* play rugby
* repair an appliance
* fly the red eye from Vegas
* fly a Cessna
* fast for 3 days (water only)
* drive coast to coast
* do a flip off a driving board and nail it
* drink mescal in Mexico
* start something that scares you
* have a threesome
* get good at a sport thats not a sport
* listen to war stories
* sing in public
* give a panhandler all the money in your wallet
* make beer, wine or moonshine
* have sex in a body of water
* eat haggis, tongue,testicles, kidneys or brain
* walk 20 miles
* save something from the dump
* climb something you're afraid of
* get a deep tissue massage
* sleep outside for a week
* put $100 on a long-shot to win
* peg the speedometer

Random web fun

Baby-Daddy?