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.

Letter to Ragu

Dear Ragu, I feel like people probably take you for granted quite often. You’re the sauce option that is always there on the shelf, and usually on sale. I’m writing you this letter, to let you know that a few months ago we had an incident with your product. I [...]

By |2011-09-14T05:48:52-07:00September 14th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

Ten Years Later

I was working in New York City on September 11th, 2001.  It was three months after I graduated college, and I was a production assistant on “The Ananda Lewis Show.” I lived in Jersey City, with two college friends, and my cousin.  I would often walk down to the waterfront [...]

By |2011-09-12T12:46:00-07:00September 12th, 2011|Blog|2 Comments

Happy Birthday To Me.

Yep, today’s my birthday. That's me on my 14th birthday. I’ve never loved my birthday.  When I was a kid, I never wanted to grow up.  Now that I’m adult, I don’t want my kid to grow up. In the past, I would get kind of sad [...]

By |2024-02-18T19:17:12-08:00August 30th, 2011|Blog|1 Comment

30 Seconds of Pure Insanity

First off, my sincere apologies to those of you who aren’t parents.   You may not want to read this one. Every now and then in parenting, you are put into a situation unlike anything you have ever experienced.  This happened to me on Friday evening. Lucy was out of the [...]

By |2011-08-29T06:22:45-07:00August 29th, 2011|Blog|1 Comment

Thank You Letter To Ralphs.

From: Tom Riles To: The Kroger Co. Chairman and CEO Attn: David B. Dillon 1014 Vine Street Cincinnati, OH 45202-1100 Hello David: First off, I know you are a graduate of the University of Kansas, so I wanted to share my apologies that the men’s basketball team didn’t win it [...]

By |2011-08-18T06:22:26-07:00August 18th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

Tommy Boy: 3.5 Months Until Birth

Yep, we’re having a son, and yep, his name will be Tommy. BabyCenter.com has been keeping me up do date on his development, and currently he is the size of a large mango, weighing in at just over a pound, with a height of 11 inches. Personally, I [...]

By |2011-08-17T05:22:33-07:00August 17th, 2011|Blog|1 Comment

Poop in a Tub.

Poop in a Tub. Saturday night a few years back would have meant going out to a bar with some friends and having a jolly old time. This past Saturday, Babs and I hung out at home, as baby mama went to visit her family. Everything started out well.  [...]

By |2023-08-17T23:49:59-07:00August 15th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments
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