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Christmas music guys can listen to without feeling feminine

I love Christmas. I also like some Christmas music. However, much of the Christmas music you hear is quite girly and doesn’t really appeal to manly sensibilities. Testosterone filled guys will shudder at Santa Baby or a very Wilson Phillips Christmas.

Thankfully, there are a couple exceptions to this seemingly unwritten rule. The Unwritten Rule: Any pop star, regardless of how popular or talented shall produce at least one Christmas song. Continue reading Christmas music guys can listen to without feeling feminine

Jobs my son will hopefully never have: Strip club DJ

In theory a job as a DJ is fun and glamorous. Continuing that theory, a job as a DJ in a strip club must then be even more exotic. All you’re doing is playing music for ladies to undress to, what could be hard about that? However, a job like that job is nothing to go into half cocked, it requires attention to detail and concentration.

Let’s imagine a more innocent time in 1993; the biggest news in nudity was that a show on ABC called NYPD Blue was casting extras who didn’t mind getting naked. Thankfully, for insecure middle aged men everywhere, Lt. Sipowitz was available and more than willing to go as full monty as 10:00 PM allows. Continue reading Jobs my son will hopefully never have: Strip club DJ

What Indiana Jones and television dogs taught this Dad about Parenting

I love the opening sequence in Raiders of the Lost Ark. When Indy finally gets to the large room where the golden idol is he pulls out a bag of sand, shifts some of it out and then switches it out for the treasure. It’s a clever trick and an accurate premise. The treasure is on a pressure sensitive platform that triggers a huge boulder if something heavier or lighter is on it.

Prior to being a stay at home dad I used to do PR for an animal shelter. As part of my job I would take cats or dogs to local television stations and tell the audience why they needed to adopt this pet. Dirty little secret: when I took cats, I always took kittens and when I took dogs I always had bacon in my pocket.

What could that sequence from Raiders and the experience with pets on live television possibly have taught me about parenting? Continue reading What Indiana Jones and television dogs taught this Dad about Parenting

Plastic pegs, decorating wives and drunk reindeer

The light timer is a magical invention. Even outside of the Christmas season we have a couple timers that turn some of the lights on and off. You can tell when my wife is home because every, literally, every light is on in the house. She is single handedly trying to boost Georgia Powers annual profits.

So decorating for her during Christmas is a high point, both in enjoyment and watts used. Continue reading Plastic pegs, decorating wives and drunk reindeer

Tools that every dad needs

I love tools. It is my belief that every guy, especially every dad loves tools. We purchase tools that we really don’t need, I’m guilty of that. If you can use it once, in a justifiable manner, then it’s OK to buy. Really, it’s in the man bible, check out the audio version that Mike Rowe did, he gave us permission. Continue reading Tools that every dad needs

DIY a Stay at Home Dad can do: A new disposal

Certain sounds make the heart of men go down to their stomach. As a father, the ‘grind’ that your disposal makes when a foreign object is in there can present a fork in the road.

We heard that sound recently in the Mojo house. It was a tiny baby spoon that fell and was shredded into a thousand metallic pieces, we thought. After the first metal on metal sound, I stopped the disposal, realized that it was too far gone and made the disposal work for it’s money. Either grind it or die disposal, cause it’s all or nothing in this house. Continue reading DIY a Stay at Home Dad can do: A new disposal

Songs in the hourglass: The Girl from Ipanema

As a father I wonder what kind of music Baby Mojo will like. I hate to sound like an old man who says ‘back in my day…’; but if my son likes any music that requires the use of an autotuner, has to bleep out words or the artist has more tattoos than hands then he’ll find that MP3 player meeting the business end of a hammer. Continue reading Songs in the hourglass: The Girl from Ipanema

DIY a Stay at Home Dad can do: A new Thermostat

Dads, moms and babies need to stay cool, keep warm or keep those HVAC bills under control. A nice programmable digital controller for your HVAC system can regulate temperatures day to day, as well as, specific times. Successfully programming your system can save you cash, which dads can then use for other important things like beer, pizza, video games or comic books.

When our HVAC system was inspected recently the technician told me that the thermostat was not working correctly. As this was the second time I had been told this, I knew that he was telling the truth. By nature, I don’t trust people selling me stuff, especially when its guy stuff that I feel like I should know. Continue reading DIY a Stay at Home Dad can do: A new Thermostat