I love public transport. Not for the predictable lefty environmental reasons, though those are valid as well. The trip to and from work each day affords me an opportunity to warm up for and cool down from the day without the stress generated by fighting rush hour traffic in a car. Even better, however, is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘fatherhood’
Finger Painting
All of you stay at home parents have my respect. One day a week of it leaves me feeling like I’ve been lobotomized with a butter knife. Don’t get me wrong, I love it and am grateful that I have the time to spend with the boy. Call me a masochist.
Thanks for the finger painting [...]
In Defense of Dads
I got bogged down in the perfect storm of work obligations last week, resulting in a weekend spent almost exclusively writing lectures, exams and reports. The only thing that kept me from becoming A Bitter Man was that I managed to wrangle myself a day off on Tuesday. A free midweek day with Boy Z [...]
The makings of a very satisfactory first Father’s Day…
Some early morning Father/Son bonding…
During which we were thrilled to see this…
The requisite card…
Two teams, two wins…
And a trip to the beach for lunch…
But most importantly…
It just doesn’t get better.
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Frank Turner has had multiple appearances on A Free Man, including one of the Top 10 best records of 2008 and an interview. You should absolutely [...]
Father’s day at long last and equal time for nourishing mothers
Regular readers of A Free Man may know that one of my life long quests, much like Superman, is fighting for justice and pointing out inequity when it crosses my path. For example, the fact that Dr. O’C has celebrated two Mother’s Days in her first year as a Mother and I have had no [...]
Happy (un)Father’s Day
If you are a man, have reproduced and live in North America, most of Europe, Asia and Africa – then chances are you woke up this morning to be greeted with a breakfast of runny eggs and burnt waffles and, depending on career choice, a new tie/hammer/hand gun. But if you’re me, you were [...]
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream (or reason No. 17 why I need a job)
Today is one of the glorious days on which I have sole custody of my son. His Mum is off on an interview and his Nana is working herself. So, it’s a proper SAHD day on the ranch. At the dawn of these days I’m fired up – excited at the opportunity to spend a [...]
The time to rise has been engaged
I’m by no means a workaholic, in fact those who have worked with me or supervised me might describe me as having a casual work ethic. Or the more direct of them might describe me as lazy. The original relocation plan called for me to take a few months off after we got Down Under [...]
A Free Man In Sweden – The Bell
Our musical tour of Sweden continues with today’s guide, Matthias Strömberg of The Bell. The Stockholm and Malmo based trio released their debut LP “Make Some Quiet” in February to a fair bit of critical acclaim. They’ve earned comparisons to 80’s icons like Echo & The Bunnymen, New Order and The Church. These are fair, [...]
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