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Wife reports a handful of signed copies still holding their own...

Wife reports a handful of signed copies still holding their own at the Union Square Barnes and Noble.  “Noteworthy Selections” - well, well.  Rather!  

Have you gotten Man Vs Child: One Dad’s Guide to the Weirdness of Parenting yet?

Don’t have kids?  Do you have to be an astronaut to read about space?  

Amazon said it’s one of the Best Humor and Entertainment Books of 2017 so far - ain’t that enough?

I Love My Daughter (but not in a creepy way) - perfect song from...

I Love My Daughter (but not in a creepy way) - perfect song from the excellent Crazy Ex Girlfriend.

Graduation from 5th Grade

It has been a while since I have been really writing stuff for the blog here, what with me trying to get you all to buy my book.  In the interim my daughter just graduated from Fifth Grade!  Wow.  So needless to say the last 3 weeks of school were occupied with practicing the graduation ceremony.  

Yeah, VERY important to get this right.  My daughter, channeling her soon-to-be-tween outrage at all injustices (not enough options for breakfast, who gets phones and when, war), found this constant practice maddening.  "Why do we have to practice OVER and OVER?“  

According to her, the teachers kept telling the kids that they had to do well because they "represented their parents.”  She found this unconvincing, and I don’t blame her.  Bringing shame to your family is harder to do these days (see also: The President).  Gone are the days when families hang their heads and cry at their rising 6th graders’ half-assed rendition of “Grand Old Flag.”  Or maybe I’m as bad as anyone at not taking personal responsibility.  It’s not MY fault if the school has bored her for 3 weeks, causing her to lose focus at the crucial moment.

In any case, the graduation ceremony was as good as they normally are, which is to say that it was a little boring but necessary.  It was sort of like how I think about church:  you have to get through some boring parts to get to the good parts:  the songs, any songs.  And what kinds of songs did they sing?  Oh, you know, graduation style songs like “It’s a Grand Old Flag” and “Star-Spangled Banner” and Cindy Lauper’s “True Colors.”  Yeah, that was a little weird.  No “She-Bop?”

Still, you have to have ceremonies like this to mark transitions.  You need a little pomp, you need some reason to dress up.  Heck, you need some boring speeches about opening “new chapters” of life and you need some cheesy affirmations.  Next year, she starts middle school - it really is a new chapter, as trite sounding as that is.  

I think that means I’ll officially have a tween on my hands - yikes.  And then the next graduation will be a real one:  high school graduation.  Unless they do a Middle School graduation.  Sigh, they might do a middle school graduation.

Best Humor and Entertainment Books of 2017 so farMy book was...

Best Humor and Entertainment Books of 2017 so far

My book was chosen by Amazon as one of the “best humor and entertainment books of 2017 so far.”  This is an INCREDIBLE honor.  I’m on this list with:

Kevin Hart
Jeffrey Tambor
Eddie IzzardW. Kamau Bell

I mean, holy shit.  Amazon picked mine to be one of 20 in this category.  I’m over the moon.  Folks, please - check out my book.  

5th grade first day and last day - what a year!

5th grade first day and last day - what a year!

Gift Guide & Giveaway for the Dad Who Has Everything (But Didn't Get What He Wanted for Father's Day) - Designer Daddy

Gift Guide & Giveaway for the Dad Who Has Everything (But Didn't Get What He Wanted for Father's Day) - Designer Daddy:

Designer Daddy is running a giveaway where you can win my book and some other cool stuff.  Enter, unless you are weird and don’t like free things.

19 Hidden Horrors Of Parenting No One Tells You About

19 Hidden Horrors Of Parenting No One Tells You About:

Buzzfeed did a GIFy version of one of my lists in my book!  I’m telling you: it’s a funny book!  Go buy the thing.  Or read this first, then go buy it.  

265 - with Man vs Child Author Doug Moe

265 - with Man vs Child Author Doug Moe:

Had a really fun time talking about my book on The Dad Podcast - Justin is a great interviewer and we got to walk through a lot of the book. Check it out!

manvchild:@redbookmagazinehealth helped produce some videos for...

manvchild:

@redbookmagazinehealth helped produce some videos for my book Man Vs Child!  This one is a grab bag of questions new dads might have about their kid. 

Another video from @redbookmagazinehealth to promote my book Man...

Another video from @redbookmagazinehealth to promote my book Man Vs Child.  This one is a grab bag of annoying things!