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Close Call
By Daddy Brad Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
During our 45+-mile carpool run this morning the kids and I were listening to the local ESPN sports talk radio show with Erin Hogan and Longhorn Legend Dan Neil. I enjoy their insight and am a regular listener to the show. Both Erin and Dan have children and frequently talk about being dads, which is why I was flabbergasted this morning when Erin almost outed Santa Claus, The Easter Bunny and The Tooth Fairy.
Dan and Erin were having a discussion about the bad precedent P. Diddy set when he gave his son a $300,000 car for his 16th birthday. Erin then went on to describe the method by which he sets the value of the Tooth Fairy’s gift and his comments made it clear that it was Dad who is the tooth fairy. Read the rest of this entry »
Pull The Tooth Fairy!
By Daddy Clay Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
I was reminded again last night that, of all my magical incarnations — Santa, Easter Bunny, Fukko the Drunken Walrus — my least favorite is the Tooth Fairy. I hate being the stupid tooth fairy. Too much pressure.
The other ones you can prep for. You have warning. It’s marked on the calendar. But a gig as the Fairy can crop up at a moment’s notice. No small bills on hand? You fail. Clicky ankles that wake the kid in the middle of the night. You fail. Get sleepy and forget. You fail.
Being the Tooth fairy is a load of crap.
And how did I win this one?
So there I am again last night, fishing around under Ri-ri’s pillow. I can’t find the note she wrote (cleaning people tossed the baggie containing tiny tooth, argh), and she’s waking up. I panic, shove a couple of ones under the pillow and bolt.
Of course, she wakes up, the note is still under the pillow, but the ones have fallen under the bed. Total meltdown.
Whose idea was it to pay kids or shedding teeth? I’d really like five minutes with that guy.
Could we not all get together and rise up against the tooth fairy? I promise that I will stop if all of you will. If we act in concert, we can free ourselves of this scourge.
I love it when we act in concert.
Hell with the Beijing Olympics, boycott the Tooth Fairy!
