DADWAGON

I just got back from a somewhat too-short five-day trip to Nanjing, China. I did not, alas, find any turtle prick dumplings (sorry, Theodore). Nor did I see the Great Wall, or any gymnasts, or tiger penis aphrodisiacs. I did see lots of army folks, some powerful exhibitions about the Nanjing massacre, and lots of [...]

In a couple more days, dads across America will be let down by the unutterable boringness of the holiday dedicated to their existence. But, I’ve often wondered, is this a universal truth, or just our national fucked-up-ed-ness? So, I asked my friend Joe McPherson, a father and proprietor of the estimable ZenKimchi.com, what Father’s Day [...]

Australia, as we all know, is just like America, only upside-down. Australians speak English, though unintelligibly. They spend dollars, though theirs are worth far, far less than ours. And not only do they celebrate Father’s Day (tomorrow, apparently), but they have cranky dads who think the whole thing is koala-shit: Regardless of what illness, deadlines [...]

With all respect to Matt, I could do without Father’s Day, at least on my behalf (as opposed to my dad’s, that is; he deserves any recognition he can get and then some). It kinda snuck up on me, which is surprising–one year in, and I’m already jaded? But I guess I don’t particularly care [...]