Almighty Dad | A stay at home dad blog

 

  

Yes, you should.  It has nothing to do with being metro sexual or a preening wuss.  It’s a simple matter of your skin needing care in the same way a woman’s skin needs care.  Looks?  That’s a side effect of taking good care of it, not the goal.  Men’s skin is no different than a woman’s skin and it needs the exact same care; that’s what my dermatologist told me and[…]

  

I did a lot of research into dumbbells a few years ago.  I don’t like gyms and I know enough about fitness to get a full workout from just a few simple pieces of equipment.  Dumbbells aren’t necessary if all you want to do is […]

 

I have been using Hooked on Phonics for several years as the primary method for teaching my kids to read.  It becomes obvious how effective the program is, in general, when watching some of my videos.  My boys read above their grade level with nothing more than the Hooked on Phonics program,[…]

 

I have two little rugs in my downstairs bathroom.  Yesterday, I went to hang them up on the towel rack to dry, and wound up reading the tags attached to them.  I took a picture of the tag, which I ripped off (didn’t say I wasn’t allowed to) so I could investigate this mysterious FF 2-70 Flammability test. The rugs failed the test yet found their[…]

  

I don’t do many product endorsements.  I believe it’s best to keep them to a minimum, else risk diluting the message.  Therefore, I save my endorsements for items or services that really spark my interest and give me reason to shout.  I have two boys so neither of them is particularly interested in Dolls.  However, that doesn’t mean I don’t have opinions about them. […]

Buying gifts for men is a walk in the park compared to trying to find the right present for a woman.  With men all one needs to do is figure out what is in that tiny little head of theirs.  It’s invariably something gadgety or adventurous.  Women, on the other hand, are a mixed bunch.  My sister so aptly describes them like they’re the Spice Girls.  Women fall into categories, Sporty[…]

Yesterday I wrote a list of 10 gifts for kids.  Today it’s dad’s turn.  Dads can be a frustrated lot; they don’t like to talk much and they feel ashamed sometimes for wanting things.  The result of bad communication is that they rarely get what they really want.  Every Christmas you’ll see dad in a corner muttering to himself about the pile of socks, ties, useless golf gadgets and other[…]

Christmas is not my favorite holiday.  A lot about the commercialism of Christmas rubs me the wrong way.  However, I’m not one who can’t have a little fun with it either.  I pride myself on picking out presents for people that, while they may not necessarily need, they absolutely think are cool and unique.  I’ve decided that over the next few weeks I’m going to put together several lists of toys that are[…]

  

I heard something this morning that has given me hope in the musical based video game model that has been so popular these past few years.  Video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band have been, for the last few years, fooling kids everywhere into thinking they are actually rock gods.  The reality is that kids who play these games are massively lazy dorks. […]

How many times have you been with a group of people who begin talking about a subject that you just don’t know enough about to form an opinion on?  It’s happened to me. I’m a smart guy, I double majored in History and Spanish in college and I’m reasonably informed on world events.  Yet for everything I know there are at least 10 other things I’m ignorant about.  Do I really want to buy a whole book[…]