About Patrick Quinn

Patrick Quinn is one of the co-founders here at Life of Dad. He is one of the funniest writers here at Life of Dad. He has a weekly article called Playlist Elevated where he introduces you to bands that you might not know, but totally should.

Parenting Perils III – The Cartoon Mouse Store

Welcome to part III of my ongoing series of Parenting Perils. These perils are situations, physical objects, or places that initially seem innocuous but now that you're a dad, have the potential to ruin your day. Today, I present to you "The Disn..... let's just call it "The Cartoon Mouse [...]

By |2012-02-02T08:58:56-08:00February 2nd, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

PIPA and SOPA Explained

Today a lot of people are hearing about PIPA and SOPA for the first time. Some people are not aware of what it entails. As a Dad, I barely have time to read about it myself. People have been asking, and trying to figure out how this will affect them [...]

By |2012-01-18T10:17:34-08:00January 18th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

The Joys Of Flight

Imagine this nightmare: You get to an airport for a multi hour flight to somewhere. You were up packing late the night before and had to get up super early to make it on time. You spend time getting through security which took forever thanks to a screaming toddler [...]

By |2021-12-28T05:31:53-08:00January 4th, 2012|Blog, Featured|0 Comments

Parenting Perils, Part II

In part II of my continuing series of Parenting Perils, I bring you a location that was once a bastion of solitude.  A place where you can go to have time to gather yourself and to not worry about the chaos and insanity that life can sometimes offer. You would [...]

By |2011-11-22T06:34:10-08:00November 22nd, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

My Children’s First F Bomb

Now, before you get the wrong idea about my kids, let me clarify that the F bomb was not in fact dropped by either of my kids.  Kayleigh’s harshest words are “Awww nuts” and Joseph has only just mastered the word please (barely).  So we are not raising the next [...]

By |2011-06-09T15:44:11-07:00June 9th, 2011|Blog|8 Comments

WHO SAID IT? Charlie Sheen or a 3 Year Old?

My daughter is capable of saying some very strange things that on occasion make me step back and say…. “Wait…. What??!!”  Charlie Sheen is also capable of saying some very strange things that make us all step back and say “Wait…. What??!!”  Today we are going to play WHO SAID [...]

By |2011-03-04T05:24:01-08:00March 4th, 2011|Blog|10 Comments

Parenting Perils Part I: Mall Fountains

Alright. Now that you are a parent, you have become aware of certain things that you never needed to think of before. Little things that never occurred to you suddenly need your full attention and need to be instantly corrected. Back in the day if you spilled a few pennies [...]

By |2010-11-05T12:36:41-07:00November 5th, 2010|Blog|4 Comments

Fatherly Investing: Keys to Success

Recently I met with a financial advisor to learn how to start trading crypto at immediateconnect to make my family more secure in the future. To me investing has always been a bit of an abstract idea and most of my investments have been in the “collectors editions” of [...]

By |2024-11-10T21:24:05-08:00October 25th, 2010|Blog|4 Comments
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