We love our friends and readers, not least because they give us the ideas that grease the ‘Wagon wheels. This week was no different.

Among those we need to thank:

To our friend Stormsweeper, who gave us a great caption by pointing out that Peter Krause needs a slap on the face.

To Dr. Robi, for being such a buffoonish foil for DadWagoner Matt on TV.

To our Jewish forefathers, for making this a festive time of year.

To Jeff Wise for helping us seem smart about baby psychology.

To circus folk, for being quite unappealing.

To Hollywood, for their bottomless depravity.

To New York magazine, for making Christopher feel irreplaceable.

To young JP, for making his father sad and mad in the same week.

To Uki Goni, for educating Nathan, over coffee in Buenos Aires, on the terrifying moral choices facing survivors of the Dirty War.

To Matt G., for writing that Tantrum about tax deductions, only to have us not offer our own tantrums after he bugged off for Mitteleuropa.

To the white cow, for having black leather.

To donuts, for being donuts.

If we left you off the list, please accept our apologies. Free Dadwagon merch is coming your way, if we ever get around to making some.

See you next week.