As part of my blog, Film School for Dads, on Life of Dad, I discuss great ways to get kids involved in the fun and adventure of filmmaking and photography. I believe that kids learn best when they are at the center of the activity, with a camera in [...]
I want to congratulate my mom and dad on their 40th wedding anniversary, which they will celebrate this weekend. They were married in 1973, so their incredible union has outlasted disco, polyester, floppy discs and Pontiacs. In the White House, they’ve seen Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush 1, Clinton, [...]
The allure of shaving starts around eighth grade, when some guys begin to sprout whiskers. The thickness of a guy’s beard is a hereditary roll of the dice, so it’s fascinating on the first day of high school when the pencil-thin bookworm shows up with a burly face of [...]
Ken Pepper first signed up for the AIDS Lifecycle charity bike ride because the drafting event was sponsored by Tanqueray gin. He always had a weakness for martinis, so after a couple, he put himself down for the 585-mile bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The only [...]
In fifth grade, I was a pathetic mess of a little leaguer. I signed up to play on a team, and on my very first practice, I went to cover second base on a steal attempt and got drilled in the face with a hard, fast throw from the catcher. [...]
I have 18, 624 messages saved in my email account. The very first saved email is from February 2, 2005—the first time I communicated with my wife, Ellie. We met on Match.com, and in that first email exchange, we introduced ourselves to each other and commented on the likes [...]
On the opening night of the Dad 2.0 summit in Houston, I witnessed the Great Dad Cook-Off, which pitted four finalist dads against each other in a timed culinary competition. To be selected as a final contestant, these dads had to submit a recipe to ReadySetEat.com, which had no more [...]
This year, I had the pleasure of attending the Dad 2.0 conference in Houston. The event is a gathering fathers and father-bloggers at the Four Seasons Hotel downtown, and when I told people where I was going, most of them could not believe that something like that existed. Historically, men [...]
Need to catch up on the previous editions of "The Formula" before reading Part 4? Click here. The Formula – Part 4 by David Guest I picked up my car and dropped off the can of formula with Ellie. I was hoping the offering would redeem myself in her [...]
Need to get caught up on "The Formula" before reading part 3? Read them here: The Formula - Part 1 The Formula - Part 2 And now, we continue with Part 3. The three thugs in polo shirts closed in on me. I slugged one of them in the face, [...]