It’s a Mystery
“Hello sir, welcome to Verizon. What can I help you with today?” With supreme confidence and an air of annoyance, I showed the clerk my poor Blackberry. Nothing was cracked or broken on the outside, but the screen was totally unreadable and pixelated beyond belief. I could still receive and make calls, but I had no idea who was trying to reach me and there was no way to figure out who the hell I was calling. Needless to say retrieving my e-mail and looking at text messages was not an option. “There’s something wrong with my Blackberry, I either need this fixed or I need a new phone,” I told him matter of factly. “Oh wow,” the

The Little Things
Check out Dad-Blogs. Or I will hunt you down. I’m not an overly positive person. So even though it’s Thanksgiving time and every blogger on Earth is making lists of all the wonderful things in their lives, I just can’t bring myself to go along with the herd. So I’m compromising. The following are things I’m thankful for, foll

Liberty & Justice For All, Not Some
There is a FANTASTIC story making the rounds on media outlets everywhere right now, and it involves a 10-year-old Arkansas boy named Will Phillips, who got in trouble in his public school when he refused to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Now some of you might be thinking “Screw that little brat, who the hell does he think he is?” Normally, I’d agree with you. But this young man is much deeper than that. He refuses to recite the pledge of allegiance because the ending — which states “with liberty and justice for all” — just isn’t true, according to Will. He cites ongoing raci

The Bad Parent Club
Hi. My name is Aaron. And I’m a bad parent. Not bad in the sense that anyone needs to call Child & Family Services on me, it’s more bad in the form of not being a politically correct parent. And, in some cases, just being lazy. It means I sometimes take shortcuts when it comes to some of the more tedious parental duties, while all the sanctimonious self-proclaimed Parent of the Year candidates claim they take the high road at all times. Still don’t know what I’m talking about? Let’s run through some examples, shall we? Bath time in the Daddy Files house is the last thing we do at night before bed. And if you think bath time is as sim

Waiting is the Hardest Part
It’s Fatherhood Friday at Dad-Blogs so when you’re done here, head there. The warning signs came out of nowhere earlier this week. It caught me off guard. It caught everyone off guard. I quickly realized whatever was wrong was not going to fix itself, so I reluctantly enlisted the help of professionals. I filled out all the necessary paperwork