Daddy Dan

BustedTees.com is a great site to pick up some t-shirts with some goofy sayings/puns/etc.

Check it out here.

Here are four of my favorites:

Please check out my new site….I’ll still be posting non-Daddy/parenting type stuff here, so I hope you keep coming back.

DaddyDan.com is more of a secondary site, for now. (But it IS prettier than this one!)

In case you haven’t heard, all-new episodes of The Office will begin airing on April 10th.I can.not.wait!!!To whet your Office appetite between now and then, here’s an excerpt from Creed’s latest blog post,  here:

I posted my profile up on one of the sites a week ago – don’t ask me which one because I don’t post and tell. Within a day, all these people sent me messages saying they wanted to buy me dinner and take me to Italy and all kinds of crazy stuff. That’s when I realized I had signed up as a 30 to 45 year-old woman looking for a man in his sixties with lots of issues. Apparently I mixed up the “who I am” section with the “who I’m looking for.” What can I say? It was confusing and I filled it out fast. So I deleted all those messages (after a few really nice dinners with some surprisingly friendly but embarrassed guys) and started over with the right information. 

A father’s beautiful story at Dad Gone Mad

Yes, I may be moving again, or I may keep both sites going.

I’ve set up a new blog at Daddydan.com.  This is the domain name I wanted all along but it wasn’t available when I started this site.  

The site’s in beta mode right now, so I still plan on posting here too for the time being.

I’m going to focus more on fatherhood and parenting on the new site.  

Please check it out and let me know what you think. 

Thanks 

A funny story from Betme at DisIsMyPlace:

I pull up behind another driver at a stop sign. He is just sitting there. I glance down the street in both direction and cannot see why he is waiting. I am left in a quagmire of sorts:

1.) Do I sit here for another 5-10 minutes and wait for him to pull his head out of his orifice of choice?

2.) Do I pull around him, hoping he will not decide to suddenly pull out, running into me?

or… 3.) Do I tap lightly on the horn and gently encourage him to Move the HELL out of the way?

In a normal situation #3 would be the obvious choice. But, picking number three has left me searching for the police while a deranged individual tried to run me off the road.

Oh what the Hell? I am brave today… feeling kind of cocky, I go ahead with option number three. We only live once, right?

I tapped the horn a couple light ‘toots’. The guy looks in his rear-view mirror and flips me off. (OK, I was expecting that)

He then rolls down his window and yells something at me. Being the curious type, I rolled down my window to hear him better.

I was not prepared for what he was saying… “Bitch, (I think he means me)  it’s red!”

Alrighty… Here is the good part. We were not at a traffic LIGHT. We were at a STOP SIGN.

He must have realized his error just as he said it, because he sped off.

I just sat there and laughed. The dude was waiting for the sign to turn green!

I feel so much better about my spacey moments.

Via ririan project.com:

1.  Keeping stress to yourself

“Children shouldn’t have to be burdened with adult problems. They have enough to deal with just being kids; growing, learning, exploring, and evolving. Instead of sharing your difficulties with them, keep your time with them about them. Try to keep your stress to yourself and don’t let it affect your attitude when you’re around your kids.”

2.  Leading by example

3.  Being consistent

“Ensure that what you say is actually what you do. Every child needs to believe he has a dependable father, so if you promise you’ll make it to that basketball game or take him to the zoo or make his favorite dinner, it’s important to follow through no matter what comes up in the meantime. If your child believes your word, trust will soon follow.”

4.  Staying involved

“Hear what your kids have to say, know their interests and their friends. Being involved seems like a no-brainer when it comes to parenthood, but it’s so easy to forget.  If your kids feel important enough to garner your interest, this will raise their confidence, their trust in you and their willingness to share the details of their own lives with you.”

5.  Scheduling family recreation

6.  Teaching

“There’s something especially touching about learning. Learning something new boosts self-assurance and is a lot of fun. For the teacher, there is a unique feeling of pride in seeing how you helped create ability.”

7.  Creating family rituals

“Because kids are so impressionable, structure can be very important to how they learn and grow. It can also instill a sense of significance in what goes on in the home.  Establish a firm supper time (when the whole family gathers around the table), a time for a story before bed, game night or even an evening where the entire family watches a TV show together. Doing this will ensure that the event will be known as “family time” and that it will stick out as something sacred for your children.”

Read the whole thing.  The post ends with:

“The value of a great father is often overlooked. But there are few things as priceless as a father who will do everything he can, and provide all the tools he has so that his children can become better than him.”