Last month American Girl announced their latest BeForever character. Her name is Melody Ellison. In her stories, Melody, a 9-year old growing up in Detroit, Michigan, during the civil rights movement of the 1960s, lifts her voice for equality and helps bring this significant time in America's history to life [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. I know, The Clash isn’t some underground band to discover so you can share your musical prowess with your friends. Everyone knows them at least by name and can probably sing along to “Should I Stay Or Should I [...]
Becoming a father is a dizzying experience. There’s the weird black poop, the crying, the lack of sleep and the lack of post-baby sex but there’s so much more than that that a new dad needs to know. Lucky, we know almost a million of 'em and so we asked [...]
At the beginning of this school year an East Kentwood, Michigan student was trying to figure out what she wanted to do for her school I.D. picture and came up with absolute perfection. Knowing the school allowed funny pictures for the seniors, she decided to re-create her train wreck [...]
Delta Force. Obviously the best movie ever created. A movie that had EVERYTHING that ANYONE could ever ask for. Action, adventure, shadowy bad guys with nefarious plans that are charging hard against the freedom of the good people in the world. Enter Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin (I told [...]
I have two friends who have never met one another. Jake lives in New York City, and Brad lives in Los Angeles. Both are stand-up comedians. Within a week of one another, each said the exact same thing. Responding to my question—“How are things going?”—the reaction was bitter from one, [...]
Is there anything better than taking your kid to get their haircut? Um, yeah, about a million things are better than that although some barbers are finally getting hip to what kids like: video games and candy. That's helping to make these monthly (or in my case, annual) kid [...]
This was a timely question we posed to our Life of Dad Facebook community because right now, my two kids have managed to lose the remote to the big flatscreen TV which renders it a 2-ton brick stuck to the wall in the family room. Kids are losing stuff all [...]
The cost of not valuing someone can be devastating. Insecurity. Poor performance. Lack of trust. The list goes on. I personally saw this story unfold today. A person was clearly afraid and dismayed by the fact their supervisor (aka leader) failed to consider their concerns on an issue. As the [...]
All the gold, silver, and bronze medals have been handed out and the flame has been extinguished in Rio but the Dad Olympics is a never ending competition with diaper tossing, LEGO long jumping and a dash to get to school on time every morning. We recently asked our Life [...]