Tag: Fatherhood

  • A Beautiful Set

    If you’re reading this, at some point you’ve had or will have the vasectomy discussion. And much like every mom has her labor stories, every guy has his vasectomy story. Most are rather uneventful: schedule them on a big sports weekend, take some Ativan before the procedure, come home, sit on a bag of peas…

  • Pass The Ball, Son

    1st grade basketball games on Fridays a the YMCA are bittersweet. My son Sam, who is enthusiastic about most things, loves the game and is one of the better players (I promise that’s not just a proud dad talking). He’s also a ball hog. If he has the ball, he’s looking to shoot; if he…

  • The Snoo Button

    “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” -Blaise Pascal A friend of mine recently had a baby, so after congratulating her, I asked, rhetorically: “How’s everyone sleeping?” “Great,” she said, “thanks to the Snoo.” “The what?” “The Snoo. It’s an apparatus that swaddles your baby in a…