For my first post on Life of Dad, I figured I would take it back much further than the recent birth of my first daughter. That means taking it all the way back to Social Studies class in 8th grade, where I met a girl who I would marry some [...]
My awesome 5 day old son is named after me. In my family, Thomas goes back at least five generations. We all have different middle names though, so my namesake is not a junior or a 3rd, etc. The plan is for our friends and family to call him Tommy, [...]
On December 1st, at 10:14AM, in Los Angeles CA, a boy was born. In HIS words, here are the first five minutes of his life… Slimey! Ewwww…where am I, on “Double Dare? Why is everybody wearing blue? Oh no…don’t you dare point those scissors at my umbilical cord. [...]
I loved Fox’s thrilling show, 24. Jack Bauer was the man. It always blew me away what he could accomplish in one day. However, his story is fiction. The following timeline of the Riles family over 24 hours is completely accurate. The below events took place between 6:30PM Nov. 30th [...]
As today's children are more savvy and sophisticated than their predecessors, (namely us), it has become increasingly more difficult to keep the Santa Claus illusion a viable part of the wonderful Christmas experience. Much as we may want to prop up the belief in ol' Saint Nick, so that our [...]
I’m writing this at 6:20AM, as my beautiful bride, and less than 1 day old baby boy are sleeping in our hospital room. Yesterday was an amazing day for us, as my wife gave birth to a healthy chap named Tommy Riles. Yes, this is our second child, but everything [...]
Yesterday I received a very nice email from a company that builds rockets (name withheld) informing me that I would not be interviewing with them for a writers job. I felt that was unacceptable and responded back in order to share my feelings. The following was sent to the HR [...]
In short, my job search has not been going so incredibly well. Don’t get me wrong, the searching is going great. It’s the responses to the searching that leaves something to be desired. I’ve sent out a few hundred applications to oodles of companies in various industries and have [...]
Babs said it. I translated it, then I wrote it in chalk. What was she trying to say? Hint...holiday season.
Introducing Life of Dad's book club! A father's review of my daughter's favorite books. "Puppy Love" by Priddy Books Described as a “baby touch and feel” book, “Puppy Love” delivers on that promise. Each page features a short poem about a dog, as well as a “touch portion” where you [...]
