Clark Kent's Lunchbox

Last month I was included in a Working Mother magazine article about the impacts of role reversals between men and women after the husbands are laid off and the wife becomes the breadwinner. The piece, written by Sara Eckel, was none too flattering in its depiction of me and the...

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Apparently, Mr Always Home & Uncool didn't think the Sugar Milk was too cool. I think this actually has more to do with my screw up during the JM event in Austin a few weeks back. Well, not really (he's totally joking with me). This, as he put it, is...

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Last night I was talking on the phone with my youngest son Sawyer, and he had an interesting theory to share with me.Sawyer: Dad, I know why you send me all the things in the mail that I like.Me: Really, why?Sawyer: Because I talk to God and tell Him what...

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Today The Good Men Project website published my essay "Endurance," and I can't say enough how thrilled I am about this. The Good Men Project was originally conceived by Tom Matlack and James Houghton as a book of essays written by men willing to open up about their lives as...

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You may have noticed that little bar above mentioning that I blog for Houston Family Magazine. It's something I've been wanting to announce for some time, but held off until the first issue came out. After a little prompting by Melisa at Suburban Scrawl, who told me not to be...

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*This is the third in a three-part series about this outsider's brief experience at the Mom 2.0 Summit held in Houston, February 18 - 20th. You can read Part 1 and Part 2.Part 3: DooceDespite the suddenness of the grenade explosion set off by Finslippy (read Part 2), I managed...

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*This is the second in a three-part series about this outsider's brief experience at the Mom 2.0 Summit held in Houston, February 18 - 20th. You can read Part 1 here. Part 2: Finslippy, Mightygirl, and moreBecause Mr. Lady and I each had prearranged plans, we parted ways at the...

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*This is the first in a three-part series about this outsider's brief experience at the Mom 2.0 Summit held in Houston, February 18 - 20th Part 1: Mr. Lady, The Redneck Mommy, The Bloggess and other starsSo there I was on a Friday, just minding my own business when a...

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I did have a post planned for today--actually, I had several. However, between the girls' medical appointments, paid writing gigs, promoting the book (please take a free chapter), cleaning dishes (dirty plates breed like nymphomaniac hamsters), and solving healthcare reform, I just couldn't get to it. So, instead of a...

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I'm not a big fan of heights. Sometime I will lay in bed at night and imagine myself on the ledge of a skyscraper so high, I can barely make out the people and cars below. The thought of this sends a surge of adrenaline through me that forces my...

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These are my video Valentine's to my children and my wife who are more wonderful than anything I can ever imagine. I love them very much. ...

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From time to time I'll post a regular deal called Clark Kent's Icebox, which is basically the web version of showing off the stuff our kids have done. They're a creative bunch, and I'd love to know what goes through their brains when they're doing these kinds of things.Today's offerings...

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Before meeting my wife Ashley, I used to own a fully-loaded, gleaming red Dodge Charger. I've never been much of a motor head, but when I drove off the lot and heard the growl from the dual exhaust, I knew this was a car that fit my personality. Today Chargers...

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Today is my son's birthday. As many of you already know, we (to include my other two sons) are separated by hundreds of miles for the time being, so the best I can do to be with him on his special day is a package in the mail, an early...

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There's a boy at the bus stop. Cute kid, deep dark eyes, bright charismatic grin-probably in kindergarten. He's also a holy terror. He will rip things he wants out of other kids' hands. He tears around the entry drive, darting in front of moving cars without regard. When the drivers...

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Today is part 2 of the interview with John Cave Osborne, author of the very funny Tales From The Trips: How Three Babies Turned Our World Upside-Down. (If you'd like to read part 1 click here.) So, we'll pick up right where we left off, with John about to explain...

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Allie and Avery have been grounded from TV, the computer and video games this past week for wrecking our portable DVD player (a post unto itself) during our trip to Denver. In the meantime, they've been forced to come up with creative ways with which to fill the hours. Armed...

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Coldplay - New Music - More Music VideosI'm a glutton for punishment it would seem, because yes, I have decided to run a new edition of Just Another Manscape Monday - the post where you get to make fun of me for tweezing and trimming those hirsute nether regions, ...

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So I'm waiting to get a haircut and flipping through a parenting magazine when, there it was: another ode to the mommy bloggers article. Well, isn’t that just special. This is the same thought I had last month perusing a published list of the Top 50 Mommy Bloggers, and it’s...

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One of the goals I established at the beginning of the year for the Lunchbox, was to promote community. There are a number of other bloggers out there who do a great job of this, one of whom is Matt at DC Urban Dad, and, with his permission, I'm stealing...

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This might turn out to be the worst idea I've ever had or I might make it a regular thing where I try to cheer everyone up at the beginning of the week by allowing them to poke fun of me for tweezing, and trimming, and using hair products while...

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Remember that regular game on Sesame Street where they would have you guess which item was different from the other items in the group? No? Okay, well here's a little refresher.Not too hard right? Okay, let's try another one. See if you can figure out which person in out family...

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Some of you may have already read this already on Sugar Milk's official site, but I'm posting it again here for those who may have not. I feel a little weird about drawing attention to myself like this. Self-promotion is not my thing. Last night, however, as we drove home...

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As a tribute to Martin Luther King, I'm reposting this January '09 essay about the importance of our own dreams and imparting them to our children.“I have a dream.” Like most Americans, hearing those words conjures images of the Reverend Martin Luther King passionately sharing his vision from the...

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Programming note: Aside from this post, I'm being quizzed today by Matt at DC Urban Dad in his Five Questions spot. Find out why I'd be a good fit for the reality show, Jersey Shore.***The other evening Avery walked out the bathroom to the desk where Ashley and I were...

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