As I’m writing this, I’m in our apartment listening to my mother-in-law debrief the children after last night, when she looked after the kids for a few hours. “I heard that two little birdies told their mother that I didn’t feed them any dinner last night.” “Two little birdies?” “You. You two. You told your [...]
I don’t begrudge my son for wanting to dress up like a knight and swordfight all day. He’s three, school is out, and frankly, hitting me with a sword is probably the only way he can get my attention as I try to work AND babysit all day. But combining his Ren Faire proclivities with [...]
Tony Reflex is yet another pseudonym for O.C. punk rock legend Tony Adolescent, who has graced these pages before. Just saw on Reflex’s personal blog a bitching list of the top-ten not-shitty holiday songs. Or perhaps, yes-shitty, because the songs are mostly about the holidays as they really are: melancholy, fractious, dark, disappointing. It’s a [...]
Dear Readers: To celebrate the avarice of children and the holiday season, we are calling for you to submit your own Dear Santa letters (you can send them to tips@dadwagon.com). Give us a first name and a hometown and we’ll be sure Santa knows all about how good/greedy your children are. I’m kicking it off [...]
