Father Knows Nothing

I just posted my latest Father Knows Nothing column at NWI Parent. This one relates the highlights from our recently completed family vacation.

You can read it here.

Also, if you missed last week's (which I didn't post on this blog), it was about our roadtrip on the way down there.

You can read that here.

Father Knows Nothing

I just posted my latest Father Knows Nothing column at NWI Parent. This week's is called "Toilet Trouble"

You can read it here.

Father Knows Nothing

I just posted my latest Father Knows Nothing column at NWI Parent. This one is about the tornado that hit our town this week.

You can read it here.

Father Knows Nothing

I just posted my latest Father Knows Nothing column at NWI Parent. You can read it here.

Happy Father's Day to all the other fathers out there that also know nothing!

Father Knows Nothing

This week's Father Knows Nothing column has been posted at NWI Parent. It's a musical tribute to summer vacation from the perspective of the kids, and the parents that will be home with them.

You can read (and listen to) it here.

Father of the Year

I pride myself in my ability to embarrass my teenage son. It's a skill I picked up from my own father, who was a master.

But neither Dad nor I are in the same league as the Jedi Master of all fathers.

You must read about the exploits of Utah's Dale Price.

I feel like I'm not even worthy to write his name. I tip my cap to you, sir.

Father Knows Nothing

I just posted my latest Father Knows Nothing column at NWI Parent. This week's column is called "The Hidden Advantages of Having a Dog".

You can read it here.

Father Knows Nothing

I just posted my latest Father Knows Nothing column at NWI Parent. This week's is called "Birthday Party Failure".

You can read it here.

Father Knows Nothing

I just posted my latest Father Knows Nothing column. This one is about my old neighborhood when I was a boy.

You can read it here.

Chicago Headline Club

A few months ago my editor at Shore Magazine and NWI Parent, Pat Colander, sent me an e-mail saying that she had nominated me for the awards that the Chicago Headline Club hands out to Chicago journalists every year. She said I would be in the category called "affiliated blogs," which basically means blogs that are affiliated with Chicago-area newspapers. (My Father Knows Nothing blog is affiliated with the NWI Times.)

To be honest, I didn't think anything of it. I just thought it was nice that she thought highly enough of me to submit my work. I didn't think I would be taken seriously by an organization of journalists. I didn't even know that she was referring to the Peter Lisagor Awards, which are pretty prestigious in the journalism community.

So, since I do follow the media pretty closely, I read all about the Lisagor awards this week. I even noticed that Roger Ebert won one in the affiliated blogs category. But I had no idea that I was in that same category, because I didn't know that these were the awards I was nominated for.

It turns out that not only was I nominated, I was named a finalist to Roger Ebert. (I found that out reading Pat's Shore Magazine blog about the event.)

I even e-mailed Pat to make sure I wasn't seeing things, or misinterpreting them, but holy crap, no--it's actually true. She said she would have invited me to the event, but didn't realize I was a finalist until she got there.

Now I'll grant you finishing second place to Roger Ebert is kind of like finishing second to UCLA back in the 1960s--you never really had a chance anyway, so don't get all high and mighty Mr. second rate pipsqueak--but still, I have to admit...this is pretty cool.

Thank you Chicago Headline Club, and thanks to my boys for being entertaining enough to write a column about every week.

Father Knows Nothing

I just posted my latest "Father Knows Nothing" column at NWI Parent. This one is a tribute to this year's Mother's Day.

You can read it here.

Father Knows Nothing

I just posted my latest Father Knows Nothing column at NWI Parent. This week's is called "Birds of a Feather" and it's about the strange coincidence I've discovered about people that share my last name.

You can read it here.

Father Knows Nothing

I just posted my latest Father Knows Nothing column. This week's is called "Lent is Over! (I mean "Happy Easter!")

You can read it here.

Earth Day

My youngest son Sean pointed out to me that this year Earth Day and Good Friday are on the same day. He thinks that this is bad planning by God, who Sean points out, is in charge of both the Earth and Good Friday.

"He should spread these things out a little bit," Sean opined.

I'm sure God appreciates Sean's solid marketing advice.

Father Knows Nothing

My latest Father Knows Nothing column has been posted at NWI Parent. This week's column is about the single-minded obsession of my youngest son. It's called "Letters from Sean."