Yesterday I came home from the university around three o’clock in the afternoon. April said she would be home after class around one thirty. I unlocked the door to our apartment with one hand, rolled my bike into the apartment with the other, and after a flutter of helmet, [...]
We sent our son away last week… All he’s been doing is laying around, drinking, and sleeping. He’s been up late every night, and then when he finally passes out, he’s still up every few hours dinking again. If he doesn’t get what he wants, he just starts crying. It [...]
My daughter is currently a sponge. Anything I can say, she can say worse. She tries, but it just doesn’t always come out right, because she’s only two. However, every now and then, she annunciates a new word perfectly, and today was one of those days. Our family of five [...]
Dear Tommy Boy, Happy 5-month birthday! You’re my first son, my namesake, and you’re already more handsome than I’ll ever be. I’m really glad you don’t have my ears, which I didn’t grow into until college. Listen, man. Bro-ski. Dude. Brother. Son. Pal. T-Bone. T-Pain. T-Dawg. Fella. Yep, those are [...]
What did I expect when we were expecting? I'd be better off writing about what I didn't expect when we were expecting. That would be pretty much everything actually. I AM a guy after all, which means I can only focus on one concept at a time. And by the [...]
...it began. As we prepare for the birth of our second kid (Baby Brother DiMarco, due May 19th) I've been looking back on what was going through my head while we were waiting for the birth of Gummi (kid one's pre-birth code name.) Step into the Time Tunnel with me [...]
After nearly 10 years in this house, I finally got sick of staring at a tick-infested backyard. It's time. I'm not much of a green-fingered DIY-er, but I have something more important than knowledge: I have a slight, temporary, momentary, fleeting feeling of this thing called motivation. I have [...]
I didn't want to write this letter, but I had to. This will be mailed to the president of Disney Junior this morning. Here's the letter in regular text... Dear Members of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, You probably don’t know who I am, but I know exactly who all [...]
My daughter is turning 2 years old this week and recently went from her crib to a "Big Girl Bed". My wife and I tried to make the transition as easy as possible. We made sure she had a step stool to get into the bed, a night light [...]
If you are a parent and you live in the Los Angeles area, then Sunday, April 29th is a night that you do not want to miss... It's Life of Dad's first ever comedy night, featuring some of the best comics around, who all happen to be fathers. The lineup [...]
