goodbyeprincess

About Me

I’m a 30-year-old father and husband living on a peninsula in Massachusetts. I have a beautiful son named Will, a gorgeous wife named MJ who is far too hot to have married me, a dog I love and two cats I put up with. I’m a smart-ass newspaper reporter with a penchant for turning a phrase and a sense of humor as dry as the Sahara.This blog is mainly about my life as a new dad, but I’m also prone to talk about marriage, sports, politics and pop culture. I’m a Boston sports fanatic and my hatred for all New York teams knows no bounds. I’m honest to a fault, prone to cross a few lines but simultaneously heartfelt and sincere. But whether I’m describing the time I manually pumped my wife’s breast while she was nursing or writing about how much my son enriches my life, the only promise I can make is I’ll update often and I can’t help but be passionate. Thanks for stopping by!

Teen Pregnancy is Only for the Rich

If you haven’t seen it yet, you have to check out this PSA regarding teen pregnancy, courtesy of — wait for it — Bristol Palin. Yup, that’s right.  The daughter of former GOP vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who got pregnant at 17, is speaking out for abstinence to prevent teen pregnancy. But it’s not who [...] [...]

“Slow Parenting” is for Lazy Parents

Sometimes I wish I  wasn’t so plugged into the news. Because if I wasn’t a journalist addicted to the Internet, I might never have seen this piece of shit article. If you don’t feel like clicking over, here’s the synopsis: Kids have busy lives. They have school, sports and extracurricular activities up the wazoo. They’re [...] [...]

Danger: Dad in Playgroup

I’m a dad at a play group. And I am trouble. Odds are if you’re a dad and you’ve attended one of these local get-togethers where parents bring their kids to a predetermined destination for play-time or story-time, the first thing you notice is the sound of a record scratching when you walk in. And [...] [...]

Bullying

CHECK OUT DAD-BLOGS AND FATHERHOOD FRIDAY! The big news out of South Hadley, Mass. recently is the tragic story of Phoebe Prince, the 15-year-old high school student who committed suicide because she was relentlessly bullied by a group of girls at her high school. Prince moved to Massachusetts six months ago from Ireland. For some [...] [...]

My Wife Rocks

My buddies at Dad-Blogs had a fantastic ideas last week, and that was for all of us fathers to write something complimentary about our wives. And it couldn’t have been more timely. I’m very proud of MJ, and I’m eternally thankful for her. But today, I’m extra proud. Because today, my wife is going back [...] [...]