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.

Joe Had To Go.

I didn’t want to write this post, but from a parenting standpoint, I felt like I had to. I’m a family man, and a huge sports fan, so on many levels, the horrific story surrounding Penn State this week is devastating. Everybody has their opinions, and I have mine. If [...]

By |2011-11-10T08:16:10-08:00November 10th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

Thank you, McDonald’s!

My dad-chelor party was this past Saturday, and it was awesome.  One of the many reasons it was awesome?  McDonald's donated 200 free cheeseburgers for the event.  Here's my thank you letter to them...     Finally, if you're wondering, how the heck did he get 200 free cheeseburgers?  Well, [...]

By |2011-11-09T05:58:20-08:00November 9th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

Cantaloupe

Thank you, BabyCenter for sharing that our unborn son is now the size of a cantaloupe, in my weekly pregnancy update. Wow...this one really made me think.  I know we often thank our wives for all that they go through during pregnancy.  But seriously, my wife is carrying a cantaloupe [...]

By |2011-11-04T05:06:00-07:00November 4th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

Letter to Bud Light

Dear Bud Light, I want to graciously thank you and the entire Anheuser-Busch team for always being there for my family and I.  We are a very loyal Bud Light/Michelob crew. I’m writing because about a year ago, I threw the first ever dad-chelor party, for my friend Dan.  Just [...]

By |2011-11-02T09:01:36-07:00November 2nd, 2011|Blog|0 Comments
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