Category Archives: Parenthood

August 11, 2010
Numb
March 29, 2010
It’s a good thing I’m so naturally crafty and handy and oh wait no I’m not
March 16, 2010
And in tonight’s ‘News That Will Surprise No One’ segment comes this story…
February 5, 2010
40
January 7, 2010
And if this doesn’t work, I’ve got a lead on a witch doctor
November 11, 2009
If not for The Force, Darth Vader would have totally gotten his ass kicked, because that suit? Not very practical.
October 16, 2009
Howzabout we just pretend I never said anything, and you can all crawl back into the sewer?
October 14, 2009
Because, much like FOX News, Daddy Scratches is Fair and Balanced (you know, except for the part where “Fair and Balanced” means “Loves to spread Right Wing propaganda and call it news”).
October 12, 2009
So now I’m the unwitting poster child for why people shouldn’t have children?
October 8, 2009
We now return to your regularly scheduled blog, already in progress
September 29, 2009
The Cruel Shoes
September 17, 2009
Pay no attention to that safer vaccine behind the curtain
September 11, 2009
9/11
September 9, 2009
Comin’ down the mountain
September 4, 2009
Look at all the gorgeous wonders of nature, kids! Kids? Hello?
September 1, 2009
Quest for Fun
August 18, 2009
My Summer Vacation, Part III
August 12, 2009
My Summer Vacation, Part II
August 10, 2009
My Summer Vacation, Part I
August 5, 2009
Triple threat
August 3, 2009
Jayna: 4 years
July 7, 2009
The 4th of July … which falls between the 3rd and the 5th of July
July 1, 2009
The one where I send you all into a deep depression
June 25, 2009
Our father, who art in chaos, procrastination be thy name
June 22, 2009
Playdate
June 19, 2009
And now a few words from my children’s coats
June 17, 2009
Oh, by the way
June 12, 2009
Zan: 6 years
June 10, 2009
New birthday rule
June 4, 2009
Bad parenting 101
May 27, 2009
Totally Tweaked-Out Tuesday, Part 1
May 23, 2009
Date night
May 19, 2009
Having a ball (which, I’m sure you’ll agree, seems much more wholesome than my first two choices: ‘Balls’ and ‘My kid’s got balls’)
May 14, 2009
The ol’ falling-out-of-bed switcheroo
May 11, 2009
Smooth Like Your Mother
May 5, 2009
The real reason I’m known as ‘Daddy Scratches’
April 29, 2009
Daddy Coaches
April 27, 2009
It’s all downhill from here
April 23, 2009
A week between entries? Way to keep people interested, dummy
April 14, 2009
That big circle I just leapt out of? Yeah, that was my comfort zone
April 6, 2009
Play ball (maybe)!
April 3, 2009
Is it just me, or is this blog starting to seem like little more than a diary of illnesses?
March 31, 2009
TiVo’s ‘Video On Demand’ feature is AWESOME … and by ‘AWESOME,’ I mean it blows
March 26, 2009
Jayna: 3 years, 8 months
March 23, 2009
There’s no place like home (Yes, I went with the cliché. Sue me.)
March 16, 2009
The darnedest things
March 12, 2009
Berated by Bono
March 10, 2009
The Worst Daddy in the World
March 7, 2009
An even bigger prick
March 4, 2009
A real prick
March 2, 2009
Does anyone have Heat Miser’s phone number?
February 25, 2009
Tinkerbed
February 17, 2009
Ski report
February 13, 2009
It’s all downhill from here
February 4, 2009
Short and sweet
February 3, 2009
Another mouth to feed
January 30, 2009
Here we snow again
January 27, 2009
The Dad Who Cried Wolf
January 23, 2009
Weekend at Bernie’s Daddy’s
January 21, 2009
Black and white
January 19, 2009
I wanted to like my birthday surprise … really, I did
January 14, 2009
Sick E. Cheese
January 13, 2009
And the Academy Award for Best Parent in an Improv Performance While Operating an Automobile goes to …
January 5, 2009
Peace out, 2008. Yo yo yo, 2009.
December 22, 2008
Happy Holidays, Internet!
December 11, 2008
Hey, since we’re already lying to the kids anyway
December 1, 2008
Did I mention that it was 19 degrees Fahrenheit in Boston the morning we left?
November 9, 2008
Because just getting stuff done isn’t difficult enough
October 23, 2008
Understanding the Economic Crisis, For Kids
October 14, 2008
Her career in stand-up comedy is a lock
October 9, 2008
I do
September 8, 2008
Episode VII: Battle for the Bed
August 28, 2008
Next stop: Harvard
August 26, 2008
Is this really happening?
July 12, 2008
Jayna: 3 years
June 11, 2008
Zan: 5 years
July 12, 2007
Jayna: 2 years
June 11, 2007
Zan: 4 years
January 29, 2007
‘Tell me about your day, son … ’
November 11, 2006
A little post-election reflection
October 20, 2006
Jayna: 1 year 3 months
October 16, 2006
Constipation, Day 4
October 11, 2006
Zan: 3 years 4 months
July 20, 2006
Jayna: 1 year
June 24, 2006
Jayna: 11 months
June 20, 2006
Zan: 3 years
May 15, 2006
Zan: 2 years 11 months,
Jayna: 10 months
May 7, 2006
Canyons and cupcakes
May 3, 2006
How I love thee, frozen peas
April 28, 2006
Safety 1st my ass
March 12, 2006
Jayna: 8 months
February 22, 2006
Nine Inch Wiggles
February 17, 2006
Jon’s List of Things Not to Do, Item Nos. 231-233
February 11, 2006
Zan: 2 years 8 months
February 7, 2006
The Poop Chronicles
February 1, 2006
Remember me?
January 10, 2006
Quit yer bitchin’