Tag Archives: SAHDs

and now, for some shameless begging: vote for me!!! (please)

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Jason Sperber

I am proud to announce that I am one of eight semi-finalists in ReadySetEat and Dad 2.0‘s Great Dad Cook-Off dadblogger recipe contest. From 12 p.m. EST on Thursday, December 13, 2012 until 12 p.m. EST on Monday, January 14, … Continue reading →

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this is me at thirty-eight

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Jason Sperber

Whenever I’m in photographs, I’m rarely alone. Just as during the undocumented moments that make up the majority of life lived, I’m always with others: holding a child up high, or putting an arm around my love, or squeezing into … Continue reading →

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freaky friday (and thursday, and saturday, and sunday)

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Jason Sperber

I don’t get out much. And that’s fine. No, really.  I mean, yes, I’d love more regular outings sans kids with my wife, and I’d surely appreciate more solo time to read and write. (Read: to nap.) And yes, just … Continue reading →

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my better-late-than-never entry into the “what _____ think I do” meme–for SAHDs

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Jason Sperber
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joy of cooking

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Jason Sperber

Today I spent the better part of a drizzly, gray Sunday afternoon cooking for my friends and family. After all the prep and the chopping and the cooking and the checking and the tasting, all the juggling of cooking times … Continue reading →

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putting engaged fatherhood on the books

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Jason Sperber

This morning I took The Button to our local public library‘s weekly preschool storytime, to which we hadn’t been in a long time because of her nap schedule. As part of One Book, One Bakersfield, One Kern‘s citywide reading of … Continue reading →

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manning up

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Jason Sperber

[UPDATE 9/1/11: Welcome and thank you to new readers coming in from Mom-101 and The Good Men Project. I wanted to invite you to check out and participate in the comment discussion going on at GMP’s reposting of this essay … Continue reading →

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trophy husband, one year later

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Jason Sperber

Exactly one year ago today, The Today Show told the entire morning-news-watching nation that I, as a stay-at-home-dad married to a doctor, was an example of a new status symbol for “alpha women.” I was a trophy husband. If you … Continue reading →

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