This has nothing to do with babies, dads, or parenting, but is hilarious. You have to watch this video that pokes fun at the questionable value of outlawing phones in the car, while still allowing us to use our cars for every other activity. If you’re reading this on your iphone, pull over and watch, with the car in park.

This is amusing, but also makes me think of other funny videos we’ve laughed at with our kids. I’ll post more. This video is meant to be viral – watch until the end for the serious message about the disappearance of bees. Scientists now think they have figured out the mystery, but do not know how to solve it. The link at the end takes you to a Haagen Daz site, so important message on bees with a commercial sting if you act. A tip of the hat to MEGO.com for finding this one.

Anyone who has ever been to Disneyland and climbed the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse (now recast as Tarzan’s home), imagines how cool it would be to have a real treehouse sanctuary. For kids, you can probably increase that by a factor of 2 to 3. I don’t know why treehouses have that special allure. Is it just because it’s having a place of your own, being taller than your surroundings, getting away from home and chores. Whatever it is, I was envious of this guy’s kids, and in awe of how much work he put into creating this treehouse for them, at one point even planning on running water to add to the full code-friendly electric. He says he “doesn’t have any...

A stay-at-home dad from St. Michael, Minn., studying to be a police officer, has won $1 million as the FLW Fantasy Fishing champion. [From MyFox Twin Cities | St. Michael Dad Wins $1 Million Fantasy Fishing Prize] Now, this is a concept and I wish I had thought of it before wasting all this time working on GreatDad.com and another full-time business venture. I could have been making millions of dollars in the fantasy sports arena where you “reel in” millions just by drawing cards with fish on them.

Rarely do I agree with David Frum, of the National Review, but his Saturday column had me nodding in agreement. Frum, in this column, examines what goes on in countless homes when the family, minus dad, goes on a vacation, if only for a few days. While some dads, take this opportunity to veer off into uncharted territory, the vast majority of us wallow deeper into the rut we likely already enjoy. In his case, it’s more time at the gym and night after night of rotisserie chicken. When my family goes away, it’s pizza and beer for dinner and a movie, or two, every day. The pizza is always the same, as is the popcorn, though, luckily, I do change up the movie for a little variety. As...

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File this under: “What will they think of next, and why can’t I think of goofy ideas like this to make a few bucks? ManBabies.com does a mashup of your baby’s head and yours to create an arresting combination. It’s too bad you can’t upload your own photos and instantly make a “man-baby,” but you have to “submit your photos” via email and wait/hope to be chosen. Stlll, the site is worth a quick gander just to see some funny looking dasd and their kids. In some cases, the dad head (or expression) goes better with the baby or child body. In some cases, the result is simply grotesque. More photos at ManBabies.com