About Tommy Riles

Tom Riles is a husband, father, and original founder of Life of Dad, the largest community of dads in the world. Riles is also the long-time audience warm-up comedian for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in addition to hundreds of other TV shows in Los Angeles. Riles started the Life of Dad community from a hospital room as his daughter was awaiting open-heart surgery at only three days old. His daughter is now a healthy nine-year old, while Riles and his wife, Lucy (who also started Life of Mom), have helped to raise over $1 Million for congenital heart defect awareness and research.

What did Babs say?

Fill in the blank. How do you think Babs answered the following question this morning...  Answer to be revealed at noon, PST.  Winner to receive a llama. And the answer has been revealed...

By |2012-03-09T05:26:28-08:00March 9th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

Negative Campaign Ad

It's a day after Super Tuesday... have you seen the latest political attack ad which has hit the airwaves? (It's a joke, and it stars a three year old, and a three month old).  

By |2012-03-07T08:54:34-08:00March 7th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

Web Concert For CHD Awareness

On February 10th, Life of Dad featured the first ever LIVE online concert for CHD Awareness, in honor of congenital heart defect awareness week. In case you missed it, the concert, featuring Donnie Wilson, can now be seen on our CHD Concert page. Many thanks to Donnie Wilson for the [...]

By |2012-03-06T06:01:02-08:00March 6th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

Letter to Apple

If you have kids, you know that they always want to watch play on your computer, use your iPhone, or eat off of your iPad.  Basically, everything Apple makes, your kids want. Today I mailed the below letter to Apple, Inc, asking them to create an app that will scare [...]

By |2012-03-05T07:30:31-08:00March 5th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

Two Years Ago…

Two years ago, Barbara was baptized in the morning, as we prayed at her bedside hoping that she would make it through open-heart surgery that day. Two years ago, my wife and I watched as our 3-day-old daughter was carted down the hallway towards the operating room, about to [...]

By |2021-12-17T01:55:03-08:00March 1st, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

Throw an Awards Show Themed Kids Birthday Party

For the second year in a row, our daughter’s birthday took place on the same day as the Academy Awards. How do you upstage the Oscars? By having the Baby Oscars, of course. Named after our daughter, the other awards show in Los Angeles yesterday was “The Barbaras.” Follow [...]

By |2024-04-09T08:04:16-07:00February 28th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

Baby Tommy’s Oscar Nominated Roles

This Sunday is the Academy Awards. My son, who is almost three months old, already has three "Best Supporting Actor" nominations. Watch his acting below, and leave a comment voting on which one of his appearances was the best. Which role will win Baby Tommy the big award on Sunday [...]

By |2012-02-24T05:01:32-08:00February 24th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments
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