Food Archives

No-Brainer Pancake/Waffle Batter

What do you put in front of kid(s) for breakfast?

Scratch-Made Batter Easy As Box Mix

Over-fathering in this house begins right after Minerva takes off for the city, at which point Girl Child chooses a made-to-order hot breakfast that I have, if I’m lucky, 10…  read on »

Brotherhood Of Isolation

Why Don’t SAH Fathers Hang Together Like Moms?

A Man Must Do His Chick Stuff Alone

When I was just out of grad school and pornography was still analog old media, I ran into a guy I knew in a porn shop. A good friend, actually,…  read on »

Pumping Pumpkin

Got personal tricks for high-impact baking?

Recipe Hacks, Presentation For Primo Pie

Okay, listen up. Tuesday we got the PTA Election Day Bake Sale at Big Brick Elementary School. Pie from this kitchen going up against bundt cake, Nana’s rugula, Italian mamas’…  read on »

Pater’s Plays

That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine by Gene Autry

Millions of fighting men missed their daddies listening to this World War II standard. Got to love the singing cowboy’s ache to wipe away years, make amends. Thousands who loved this song didn’t live to try. Scratchy, thin audio for authenticity.

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Pater’s Picks

The Hurt Locker directed by Kathryn Bigelow

The Hurt Locker cover

Fatherhood adds immeasurably to the hurt of U.S. Army soldiers portrayed in this Iraq War masterpiece -- N-O-T definitely not for kids -- that deserved more than…

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