By Daddy Clay January 16th, 2012

“I’d like to thank the Academy.”

Everyone should get to stand on a lighted stage, heft a statuette and say these words. Corny or not, it’s a thrill. And for a drama kid, something often dreamed about.

The Academy in question is the International Academy of Web Television, the as of yet unnamed statuette, an impressive architectural looking series of Tubes, awarded for Best Educational Series. Not a Best Picture Oscar, maybe, but the award had the DadLabs crew flying high as any Golden Glober. (My nominee for statuette name: a “View” — as in we have 40 million views but none more important than this one.)
Read More

Tags: Academy, awards, DadLabs, Educational, IAWTV, Kontonis, las vegas, Series, show, streamys, The Guild, video, web, youtube
Posted in DadLabs, Tech

By Daddy Clay January 12th, 2012

Attending my first car show (as I did this week — the North American International Auto Show in Detroit as the guest of Ford) stimulated three facets of my personality: the inner  child, the dad and the businessman.

Inner Child
When I travel, I grab a handful of car magazines. When I get the Sunday New York Times, the first thing I read is the car review at the back of the sports section. I’m never happier or more keyed up than when I’m in the throes of researching, testing and buying a new car. My love of cars is childish — having fallen head over heels when I was a kid and my dad pulled up to the house in a new, silver 928. I loved that car, and cars in general ever since.
Read More

Tags: Auto, car, cars, dad, dads, Detroit, Focus, Ford, media, minivan, NAIAS, Porsche, shopping, show, social, socialmedia, SUV
Posted in Fatherhood, Money, Travel

By Daddy Clay January 6th, 2012

I’m thinking about the challenges faced by previous generations of parents. I’m thinking about parents that had to cope with the arrival of Rock ‘n’ Roll or the Sexual Revolution; parents that had to send their kids off to the factory or the draft.

I’m thinking about these parents as I try to figure out how to attach the Kinect Sensor to the XBOX.

If you had to distill the greatest challenges faced by this generation parents down to a single word, would it start with a lowercase i?
Read More

Tags: children, controls, dad, dads, eProofing, Facebook, ipad, kids, Kinect, parental, parental controls, parenting, parents, sexting, videogames, XBOX, XBOX360
Posted in Tech, Toys, eProofing

By Daddy Danny December 15th, 2011

Here is my list of the Top Ten Miranda Pregnancy Quotes of the 1st Trimester.

10. “I don’t want to fall asleep on the couch again. I’ll just wake up and be depressed.”

9. “One thing about being pregnant is you get to know every bathroom.”

8. “Oh…I’m probably going to go throw up in a minute, so use the bathroom now if you need to.”

7. “One thing’s for sure…I don’t ever want to be bulimic.”

6. “Somebody needs to design a food kit for the first trimester, and all the food keeps you from vomiting.”

5. “It’s like a ritual now, to kneel by the toilet.”

4. “I’m sorry I knocked over the table. I guess I don’t realize how big my stomach is.”

3. “What if my stomach has become addicted to throwing up? What if “it” likes it?”

2.  “I’m really disappointed I threw up at Crackle Barrel.”

And the Number One Miranda Pregnancy Quote is:

1. “Being pregnant is hard! It’s everyday!”

Coming Soon, Miranda Pregnancy Quotes from the 2nd Trimester.  If you have a favorite from my twitter feed @PregnancyQuotes leave a comment and let me know what your favorite is.

Tags: dad, daddy, dads, Health, kids, pregnant, quotes, top ten, trimester, wife
Posted in Breastfeeding, DadLabs, Fatherhood, Health, Marriage, Pregnancy, activities