Category: Dads

Dads, whether you bring home the bacon or stay at home with the rugrats this is your area.

4 disgusting things I do because I’m a Dad

Stay at home dads are just like stay at home moms for the most part.   Granted our child running  into my groin* would hurt much worse than him doing the same thing to his mom, but parenting wise, we’re all on the same field.  A nice post last week highlighted 5 disgusting things that moms do.  Any parent can identify with them, but I wanted to add perspective from this side of the chromosome.  Continue reading 4 disgusting things I do because I’m a Dad

Naptime DIY: What is that stain on my ceiling?

A stain on the ceiling means water leaked down or a soda bottle exploded up.  While neither one is pleasant, the water stain leaking down is much more problematic.  Sometimes though, all is not as it appears in home improvement.  Recently we had a water stain that would’ve taken 10 minutes to fix, had I listened to my inner voice or read this post. Continue reading Naptime DIY: What is that stain on my ceiling?

Naptime DIY: How to install a thermostat

A couple of years ago I paid $160 for an HVAC person to come in and replace an aging thermostat.  Fast forward to current times and our upstairs unit was turning on and off without rhyme or reason.  Because the repair person told me then that they both should be replaced I knew what to do.     Having seen it done then I knew that it was a project that you can easily do in 15 minutes. Continue reading Naptime DIY: How to install a thermostat

Naptime DIY: How to get rid of fruit flies

It is early fall and there’s a swarm of small, peppery specks flying around our kitchen.  They’re fruit flies are they are making their new abode at chez Mojo more comfortable. My first thought of fruit flies went to the outbreak in 1989 (and others); but after a little research I realized that the ones in my kitchen were a bit different from those pesky creatures. Continue reading Naptime DIY: How to get rid of fruit flies

Don’t judge a beef jerky eating, Harley rider by his cover

I’ve always wanted a pipe wrench.   The name sounds tough, combining two rugged words that make one super jagged word that actually serves a purpose and is made of steel?  That is bordering on testosterone overload.   I have a pair of Channel Lock pliers.  They do roughly the same thing as a pipe wrench.  But if a pipe wrench is Chuck Norris, a pair of Channel Lock pliers is John Stamos. Continue reading Don’t judge a beef jerky eating, Harley rider by his cover

Sears Gifts for Guys: Twitter Party, Fri. 10/26, 1:00- $800 in prizes

Guys can be a hard group to purchase gifts for, I should know, I’m a guy.  Until recently my default answers for “What should I get you for…” was socks and underwear-true story.  One holiday my wife said, I’m not getting you socks or underwear, just tell me something that you want or need.  It was then that I got much better about the communication of gifting.  A side benefit of said conversation is that I now get much better gifts, but I have to buy my own socks and underwear. Continue reading Sears Gifts for Guys: Twitter Party, Fri. 10/26, 1:00- $800 in prizes

Swifter: Man Up is clever, funny, great advertising aimed at men

America loves a good comeback story. Back when the Olympics were on television there was a series of commercials with the tag line ‘Thank you, Mom.  P&G, Proud Sponsor of Moms’.  Prior to that there was the whole Pampers, so easy a dad can do it campaign.  Personally, neither campaign spoke to me in a negative or positive light.  The second one was a bad ad campaign and the first had a bad tag line, but I could understand who they were aiming for. Continue reading Swifter: Man Up is clever, funny, great advertising aimed at men

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