About

Welcome!

I’m Blogger Dad, a first time dad of a 16 month old son, also known as the Cutest Toddler in the World (according to the unbiased opinion of my wife). And since there aren’t nearly enough blogs by parents littering the internet, I decided to do my part in consuming bandwidth with musings on parenthood, writing, blogging, and other Very Important Stuff.

About me

I’m a writer, journalist and cartoonist. Well, I was a journalist, until June when I was part of a major layoff at a newspaper where I covered city politics and drew editorial cartoons for the past three years. Little did I know that I’d chosen a career which is becoming nearly as obsolete as shoe cobbler in this economic environment.

While writing about and getting to know local politicians was fun (not to mention eye opening), I loved writing features and columns most of all. There is no better feeling than when readers tell me how much a particular column, comic or feature made them laugh, or in some cases, cry.

So after I wallowed in post-layoff depression for several weeks, I asked myself, what do I want to do?

The answer was pretty simple. I want to do what I’ve been doing for the past three years. I want to write.

The silver lining (if one can be found) to my layoff is that I’ve gone from almost never seeing my son to spending several hours with him each day. It is a humbling experience and I’ve learned a lot about him and myself in the process.

About the site

BloggerDad aims to update each weekday, sometimes funny, other times thoughtful, sometimes snarky. I would love to hear from you and invite you to share your thoughts and stories. Some of the topics you can look forward to:

• musings on parenthood, blogging and life
• embarrassing anecdotes which will cause my wife to ask, are you really going to write that?
• thoughts on writing
  
• parenting wisdom (if I actually learn anything, that is)
• product reviews of things my little guy likes, and the things which you shouldn’t waste money on
• interviews with other blogger dads (and moms!)
• pictures of the Cutest Toddler in the World
• links to cool stuff on the web

Hopefully, some of you will enjoy what I have to say enough to comment, email me, bookmark or tell others about the site and subscribe to the RSS feed (click that pretty orange button in the right corner).

Thank you for reading,

Blogger Dad