THE FATHER LIFE

Planet 51 (Rated: PG)
Directed by: Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad, Marcos Martínez
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott, Gary Oldman, John Cleese
Planet 51 takes the aliens-have-landed genre and throws it in reverse.  This time, it’s an American astronaut landing on an unsuspecting alien world – a world which just happens to be at [...]

Do you remember summer vacation?  I’m not talking about the trip you took with the family last year.  I’m talking about that break from school you could look forward to every year from Kindergarten though high school.  Long days, the occasional family trip, and nearly absolute freedom.  It was incredible, right?  Give anything to have [...]

Talking to children about tragedy is a job most parents would love to avoid. If only our children did not need to hear about things like this week’s devastating earthquake in Haiti. But they do hear. And they are full of questions: Could this happen to me? What’s going to happen to the children? Can [...]

2010 is here and well under way.  School is ramping back up, resolutions are already being broken, and every media outlet is trying to provide answers to your questions about the new year.
The Father Life is no different, in many respects.  Today we published a look at careers in 2010; we have other “new year” [...]

As we wrap up 2009, we’re looking forward to kicking off our third year.  But before we do, here’s a look back at the stories that had the most traffic this year:
1. [INTERVIEW] REAL HOUSEWIFE SIMON VAN KEMPEN
Far and away, this was our most popular story.  Is Simon Van Kempen really that big a celebrity?  [...]

UPDATE!  Congratulations to Dad of Divas on winning the Hickory Handyman Tool Bag! Thank you to everyone who participated.
It’s a very merry Christmas here around THE FATHER LIFE! We’ve got the Hickory Handyman Tool Bag from Hickory Farms to give away.  Yes, that’s a real nylon toolbag, filled with Hickory Farms goodness.  Yummy things include:

12 [...]

No, I’m no car buying wizard.  But they folks at TrueCar may be just that.  If you’re in the market for a new car, these details could help you save thousands:

The most negotiable new cars include the 2009 Chrysler Aspen and the 2010 Mini Cooper.
The 2009 Mazda6 has the best incentive offer [...]

I completed two projects tonight.  Both were things I’d wanted to do for a long time; neither task was particularly difficult.  I completed a quick upgrade for one of the household computers.  That one’s been waiting for close to a year.  I also figured out where to place the antenna in our bedroom so we [...]

We’ve got another great giveaway here at The Father Life!  Up for grabs: five copies of Draw Star Wars: The Clone Wars. This book is filled with tips, techniques, practice space, and translucent overlays to make you a master of drawing. Start with stick figures, move onto basic shapes, and finish up with the details. [...]

The fine folks at Klutz sent me a copy of Draw Star Wars: The Clone Wars for review.  While I thought it looked like lots of fun myself, I thought it would be even more interesting to get the opinion of my home’s artist-in-residence, my daughter Emma.
Now Emma has been drawing for… well, about as [...]