Shawn

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• Commented on I'll be missing you, UrbanMoms
  I've enjoyed everything I have ever read Sarah! Enjoy your new chapter!...
• Posted Adios, UrbanMoms. to Father Knows Best?
  I probably shouldn't even be talking about this, but I feel I owe my faithful readers an explanation before I disappear from public view.Here's the deal.  CSIS, Canada's top super spy organization, has chosen me as their latest international man...
• Posted LOST in the past... to Father Knows Best?
  For over 5 years, my favourite television show was LOST.  This was the only appointment viewing I made... even though we had a PVR, I would still make sure that I was sitting in front of the television when the...
• Commented on How a Comedian Weathers the Recession
  I see Second CIty shows all the time, and have seen Naomi in countless things. She is a bucket of awesomesauce....
• Commented on This story reminds me of Eddie Murphy...
  This is a family site Erin... the Eddie video is rude enough... I think a poo shot would have made the site PG-13 at least!...
• Posted This story reminds me of Eddie Murphy... to Father Knows Best?
  I knew that my time as a father would be filled with gross moments that would test my gag reflex.  Well, tonight I was pushed to the limit.  And I survived. Barely.We enter this scene with my little Pea gleefully...
• Posted Go to the Office to Father Knows Best?
  I was giving Pea a bath this past Sunday, and as per the normal process, she was playing with a bunch of her friends along the edge of the tub.  In this particular instance, Tigger, Dr. Duck and Woody from...
• Commented on So I'm Having A...
  As a boy, I can definitely say that you are having the better of the two sexes! Congrats! ;)...
• Posted The Pain of Loss to Father Knows Best?
  In Toronto today, a funeral was held for Sgt. Ryan Russell, a police officer who was killed last Wednesday in the line of duty.  Since the news of his murder broke, there has been a constant stream of stories, all...
• Commented on What the F is up with Pea?
  Thanks everyone! My first inclination was night terrors, but the way she is behaving is different. I know night terrors VERY WELL! She used to get them periodically when she was younger. This is different. I thought maybe growing pains...
• Posted What the F is up with Pea? to Father Knows Best?
  I was speaking with a colleague of mine recently, who was concerned because her 2.5 year old started uncharacteristically waking during the night and throwing tantrums.  Her daughter would wake frequently, sometimes for up to 2 hours, and would be...
• Commented on 11 Step Program for Those Thinking of Having Kids (or for anyone who has had kids and wants to laugh!)
  I saw this too... my wife and I were in tears!...
• Commented on A boy, his toys, and a thoughtful wife...
  I'll get you chrismukah, if it's the last thing I do!...
• Commented on A boy, his toys, and a thoughtful wife...
  Yup, 50mm. It's kick-ass. I shall bask in the glow of your jealousy!...
• Posted A boy, his toys, and a thoughtful wife... to Father Knows Best?
  This Christmas, my wife bought me a new lens for my digital SLR camera.  From what she told me, the lens is used to take portrait shots... it does a better job at focusing on certain areas of the frame,...
• Posted Pea's First Day of School / Potty Training Update to Father Knows Best?
  I've been AWOL for a while... and for anyone who actually reads my stuff with any regularity, I apologize.  At some point in the next week or two, when I muster the courage and the right words, I will explain...
• Commented on How to throw a great party-Christmas
  WHERE IS THIS? I'M ON MY WAY!...
• Commented on FotoFriday - CindyLou Who
  This is absolutely adorable! She really does look like CindyLou Who!...
• Commented on Keeping Up Appearances
  My daughter is actually the third one from the left in the photo above. Nah, just playing. She wears track pants most of the time because I think they are more comfortable for her to play in. She's always on...
• Commented on Hot in the Kitchen
  Not sure what the sideboob thing is all about, but obviously missed something good. Or innapropriate. Gav; how long are you on the couch? Ok, as a former teenage boy, this EXACT scenario has played itself out in my head...
• Commented on Hot in the Kitchen
  Not sure what the sideboob thing is all about, but obviously missed something good. Or innapropriate. Gav; how long are you on the couch? Ok, as a former teenage boy, this EXACT scenario has played itself out in my head...
• Posted A Potty Training Deadline Looms to Father Knows Best?
  We have 25 days to potty train Pea.That's because Pea starts montessori school in the New Year and they require her to be potty trained by the time she arrives.  So yeah, game on.Now, we're not starting from scratch here....
• Posted Pics my kid took! to Father Knows Best?
  We all love taking photos of our kids, right?  Well, Pea also loves taking photos.  And truth be told, she takes some pretty good ones.While I might not be off to buy her a digital SLR this Christmas, I will...
• Commented on Help a helpless Dad out this Christmas
  I need y'all to clarify something. There are lots of suggestions that I get her a nice night out on the town with me. Couldn't that be construed as a POOR Christmas gift because that should be something I get...
• Posted Shane's Horrible Dilemma to Father Knows Best?
  This story is entirely fictional.  While the main character may bare some resemblance to, say, me, it certainly isn't me in any way, shape or form.Here we go...Once upon a time, there was a man named Shane.  Shane lived with...
• Commented on Help a helpless Dad out this Christmas
  ENOUGH ALREADY MARTELLS, DAMN!...
• Commented on Stuff for Dads - UnMarketing Has Some Cool Finds for Dads
  The diaper bags are an awesome idea! We struggled FOREVER, a battle which I eventually lost, to find a suitable diaper bag that would appeal to us both. I just wanted something that wasn't emasculating. My wife would actually find...
• Commented on My Love Affair with all things Bubble-Gummy & Pop
  Why!? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!?...
• Commented on Help a helpless Dad out this Christmas
  Thanks for the advice y'all, keep 'em coming! Gav, your suggestion reminds me of a Margaret Cho routine... where she says she made her Mom coupons for Christmas one year. Then, when she went to redeem them, Margaret told her...
• Posted Help a helpless Dad out this Christmas to Father Knows Best?
  I need your help. Pretty badly, it would appear. Being a Dad means, by definition, that I am a man. And being a man, by definition, means I have no idea what to get a woman for Christmas. Here...