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Swiss Tech 6-in-1 Key Multi-Tool If you have a daughter, it’s hard not to get a little emotional reading this collection of anecdotes compiled by Gregory Lang (author of more pithy books like “Why a daughter Needs a Dad: 100 reasons”)…. For the dad of a young girl, it also gives a not-always-comfortable (read morbid) look into the future when kids are grown up and dad is looking at what he’s leaving behind as a legacy rather than what he is building in the here and now…. I can’t say the Club Soda version is the hottest design, and maybe even it’s bubbles aren’t as “delicate” as others (could that even be true?), but it worked well enough for our kids and makes a pretty good Pelligrino/Perrier stand-in.
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Another gadget that amazes but won’t make it into our house
May 2, 2008 – 2:33 pm
It attaches to any twist open bottle turning a throwaway bottle into a pitcher or watering can…. It’s not as if all the stuff you pour out of a bottle needs a holder with each new bottle.
Jazz for Dads
April 7, 2008 – 10:34 am
“Jazz for Dads” (Concord Records) I don’t know anything about this, but saw it and had to take a look…. AS “Mr. Jim” says in his Amazon review: Jazz lovers will enjoy this album anytime of the year, but with “Dad” this CD touches the heartstrings.
Monuments, landmarks, and building in a manageable size
March 31, 2008 – 3:26 pm
My wife could never understand this mania, or “neurosis,” as she puts it, until a few years ago when the San Francisco International Airport featured a full concourse exhibit of souvenir monuments from around the world…. I’m getting one set for my little boy to place between tracks of his train set (yes, the scale is a bit off), and one to go up on the shelf until I get a call from the museum asking to take my collection on tour.
Baby Bonding Book for Dads
March 15, 2008 – 12:18 pm
I told her how my grandfather, each morning before he went to elementary school, had gone upstairs to his own grandfather’s room with a straight razor, soap, and brush, to shave him after he had gone blind in his old age.
…It’s hard to engage after work when you’re tired and stressed, and part of the choice facing fathers is whether to play it safe, stay in that work mode and be very hands-off at home, or to engage with our children, something for which we’ve had no practice, and makes us feel unsure of ourselves.
A gadget only a dad could love – Cuisipro ice cream “scooper”
March 6, 2008 – 8:25 pm
Yeah, like you really need this, but after tonight’s meal where i was scooping ice cream out of a ice cube-cold vat, I’m thinking maybe, yes, I do…. This product is no longer featured on the Cuisipro site, so it may be on it’s way out, to be replaced by the Cuisipro Ice-Cream Sandwich Maker .
Whether you say Club Soda or Sodastream, this is a great gift idea for dads (or to buy themselves)
March 1, 2008 – 8:29 pm
I can’t say the Club Soda version is the hottest design, and maybe even it’s bubbles aren’t as “delicate” as others (could that even be true?), but it worked well enough for our kids and made a pretty good Pelligrino/Perrier stand-in. It’s only $79.99 at SodaStream.com , which should pay for itself in a fairly short amount of time, and also cut down massively on throw-away bottles since it comes with two reusable bottles.
Bein’ a Dad – still the best anthem for fatherhood out there
February 27, 2008 – 11:45 am
We’ve said before and we’ll keep saying it because if you haven’t heard this song by Loudon Wainwright (he’s Rufus’ dad, if you’re under 40), you’re missing out.
…When baby #2 came along, we worried about bonding less in the early days, making fewer feeble attempts at breaking through, knowing that our day would come closer to two years old.
Another toy to buy “for the kids” – battling infrared helicopters
February 22, 2008 – 12:02 pm
The real live video game quality of flying infrared controlled helicopters can’t be beat, and this added dimension made this toy a Time Magazine toy of the year for 2007. In my experience, these helicopters take a lot of work to get flying properly; work that probably involves losing a tail rotor or top rotor (or several), so buy extra or you’ll six minutes of fun, interrupted by ten days of waiting for spare parts.
I can’t guarantee it still won’t bore you silly
February 21, 2008 – 3:18 pm
At first, I thought this was going to be a complicated “make your own Monopoly” set-up where you’d have to upload a bunch of photos and choose how they would be laid out on a board, before it created a custom-printed board for you.
…You supply the photos out of the shoebox, cut them to fit the boxes, and glue them on. It sounds like a big project, but promises to “unleash your creative genius” (if you have one lurking inside).