My daughter Coco and I have always gotten along well, like the picture here, taken ten years ago back in Hawaii. But there’s been some stress in on our family since we moved to Georgia, and this has been a particularly challenging year. My wife, Margaret is finishing her first year [...]
On May 24 we’ll build upon last week’s discussion, this time exploring blended families with adult children. As you may know I raised my only daughter Persephone as a single dad since she was seven. Five years ago good fortune brought me to Juliana and her three adult daughters whom [...]
Are you a dad who's currently unemployed, or underemployed? We all know that the rate of unemployment in Ohio is at an all-time high. I've been there, too. Even if we were unhappy with our job (which many people seem to be), if it was paying the bills it [...]
On each of the 30 days leading up to Father's Day, Life of Dad will feature a different incredible father from around the world. Today's featured dad is Bruce Sallan, the mastermind behind "A Dad's Point of View." Bruce is a devoted husband, incredible father, and one of the [...]
Welcome to part 3 of The Beer Guy’s celebration of “The Week After American Craft Beer Week” (“TWAACBW” for short), where we are highlighting four different craft breweries. On Tuesday, we met Jeff Erickson, a homebrewer for South OC Brewing. Yesterday, we met Chris Tourre and the good folks [...]
Here we go, the Western Conference Finals between the 2 best teams in the conference battling for the right to advance to play for the championship in the NBA Finals. Let’s start off with the Spurs, who after getting knocked out of the playoffs early last year there were [...]
On each of the 30 days leading up to Father's Day, Life of Dad will feature a different incredible father from around the world. Today's dad is Chris Read, aka Canadian Dad. Chris is a great husband, father to Lucas (4) and Julia (2), and works overnights so he can [...]
Welcome to part 2 of The Beer Guy’s celebration of “The Week After American Craft Beer Week” (“TWAACBW” for short), where we are highlighting four different craft breweries. Yesterday, we met Jeff Erickson, a homebrewer for South OC Brewing. Today, I introduce you to Chicago’s Arcade Brewery. Arcade [...]
Tommy Riles and Art Eddy discuss the film and book, “What to Expect When You’re Expecting.” The show welcomes two members of Life of Dad’s own “Dude Group,” Patrick Quinn and Dan Lazarz.
In the FY13 DC Public School budget, changes were proposed that will eliminate school librarians from many schools across our city. Join us to discuss what this means for all of our DC students particularly our students with disabilities. We will be joined by Peter MacPherson, District School Advocate and [...]