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I saw this on TV the other day. It’s a commercial from Procter and Gamble honoring Olympic mothers, but I thought it was particularly apropos considering the recent Hilary Rosen vs. Ann Romney “mommy wars”. That and, well, mothers can never really be thanked enough: Honestly, though, as much as stay at home mothers have [...]
Posted at: April 18th, 2012 - 10:19 am - Number of Comments » 1
I think this is a great gift for sons as well to teach them the proper way to treat women.
Posted at: October 20th, 2011 - 7:40 pm - Number of Comments » 0
Last month the New York Times reported on a man in California whose donated sperm was responsible for the lives of 150 young men and women. Shortly after, there was a lot of buzz over an episode of Style Network’s documentary show Style Exposed in which Ben Seisler confessed to his fiance (see video) that [...]
Posted at: October 14th, 2011 - 7:17 pm - Number of Comments » 4
I love me some RHCP. During an appearance On the Record with Fuse, frontman Anthony Kiedis told host Touré what it’s like being a member of the fatherhood “club”: “I love the club. Good God, it’s a beautiful club. Who knew? You can’t know until you go. It’s wild.” He also challenged the notion that [...]
Posted at: September 2nd, 2011 - 8:14 pm - Number of Comments » 0
Anonymous Father’s Day is a feature-length documentary, telling the real stories of what it’s like to be a “donor-conceived” person. IFV: putting the desires of adults over the best interest of children. See also: Who’s Your Daddy? IVF, Frozen ‘Orphans’ and the Wisdom of the Church
Posted at: June 19th, 2011 - 6:48 pm - Number of Comments » 0
No music this Monday. But I did find this cute 1951 Disney short staring Goofy as George Geef (h/t Art of Manliness):
Posted at: November 8th, 2010 - 10:38 am - Number of Comments » 1
In honor of Father’s Day this Sunday, see Fr. Thomas Loya’s latest article for Catholic Exchanges TOB Channel. The intro: It is appropriate that in our culture we observe “Father’s Day” during the warm weather time of year. This is a time of year when we see fathers doing a lot of outdoor grilling. We [...]
Posted at: June 22nd, 2010 - 10:47 pm - Number of Comments » 0
Father’s Day is coming up in a little less than two weeks and tomorrow marks the beginning of the end of the Year for Priests. In anticipation of these two events, I like Fr. James Farfaglia’s column over at Catholic Exchange on spiritual and natural fatherhood: [S]ome men are called to be fathers of a [...]
Posted at: June 8th, 2010 - 10:05 pm - Number of Comments » 3
For God, we are children. We have a name. He loves us and wants to be near us. On my retreat two weekends ago, the priest told us: Whoever does not know that she/she is a child of God does not know THE MOST IMPORTANT THING about him/herself! Sadly, for so many of our young [...]
Posted at: March 10th, 2010 - 6:29 am - Number of Comments » 0
The Art of Manliness has quite a few motivational posters for Black History Month. One of my favorites: This, of course, reminds me of Cosby in possibly one of the greatest stand-up acts of all time. We all know that children are a blessing, but, let’s face it, often it doesn’t feel that way during [...]
Posted at: February 5th, 2010 - 11:25 pm - Number of Comments » 0