Happy Melancholy-days! Five Reasons NOT To Be A Scrooge This Year!
We are in that awkward time between Thanksgiving, and New Year’s, when the various “Holy Days” (a.k.a. Holidays) kick in.  Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, or some other seasonal ritual, one thing is certain, you will be inundated with the commercialism of the season.  Black

Caterpillars and Butterflies
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and the whole family settled down to watch The Hannah Montana movie. While I’ll admit that I think her show is actually funny and entertaining, I have to say that I was not thrilled with this movie selection. So I tried to make the best of it by making my crowd-pleasing

Thanks and Misgivings: A Remarried Dad Looks Back and Ahead
I’m looking at a photo of myself topless. I’m five years old, playing the role of an Indian in my kindergarten Thanksgiving Day play, red war paint on my chest and cheeks, and a paper feather painfully stuck in my head. I remember being much more concerned about exposing my naked chest than about some historical sit-down between Pilgrims and Indians. Thirty-five years and many thousands of tuition dollars later, I s

A Question of Affection
As a dad of four beautiful girls (and a lovely wife) affection, and the subsequent display, has never been a question inour household. There’s lots of “loves” (as we call them) to go around for everybody. Snuggles, hugs, and kisses abound.  But now I suddenly find myself with a different circumstance: we just had a BOY. You must be thinking, well, so what? I mean dude, you have four kids, so what’s the big deal – right?  Well my reading friend, the big deal

New Addition to the Dad-O-Matic Family: Gary Vaynerchuk!
Just like a proud papa, we are over-joyed to announce a new member to the Dad-O-Matic family! Please welcome the one and only, Gary Vaynerchuk from WineLibrary TV! He’s not only a successful business owner in the wine industry and wildly popular in the social media arena, but he’s also a successful author of a series of books such as his latest effort called “