Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Nov 4, 2009, 8:37 pm
     I'm glad my relationship isn't built on a lie because it'd be too hard to maintain; the lie, not the relationship. Could you imagine what it'd be like if ...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Nov 2, 2009, 9:07 pm
     Read "The Gift of the Magi" with my students today. Some of the punch was lost because of the old English used in the story. When I compared the girls hair to their PS3&...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Nov 1, 2009, 11:53 am
     Had a lot of fun during Halloween last night. It was good times, good times. There were several little girls at the party we went to and they had the best costumes! Catie...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Oct 31, 2009, 12:10 pm
     Just stumbled upon this great site called TwoOfUs.org. It's all about tips and tricks for parenting with an emphasis on relationships. I like it and their philosophy ...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Oct 30, 2009, 3:58 pm
     That's right! We're having a girl. And here I thought girls were cleaner than boys... Of course, if you're going to be made of sugar and spice, there is som...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Oct 29, 2009, 9:52 pm
     I would say that when I'm sick I turn into a little girl, but that would be an insult to little girls. I'm a total wuss. Now, my pregnant wife is packing stuff, t...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Oct 28, 2009, 4:15 pm
     Down the street from where I live there's a nice family.  They have a very productive lime tree in their front yard and they freely offer the fruits to anyone wa...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Oct 26, 2009, 10:01 am
     So, we finally found a house...we think. It's less than half the size of the place we're living in now and the beginning stages of claustrophobia are setting in j...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Oct 24, 2009, 7:36 pm
     So, I was getting sick and tired of flipping through the pages in the back of the DSM-IV TR and I decided to make this little gizmo. It's pretty easy to use and it fu...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Oct 23, 2009, 1:32 pm
     Readers Digest has a nice little article about haggling over the price of a car. It actually got me thinking, when did everything become an option? When my mother use to ...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Oct 20, 2009, 11:47 am
     For some reason, when I was little I lived to take years off my father's life, one scare at a time. I would hide in a closet, behind the over stuffed chair, or under ...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Oct 19, 2009, 12:14 pm
     Went and saw "Couples Retreat" this weekend, HILARIOUS. Seriously, go and see it. As the credits are rolling they are on jet ski's, in pairs, screaming across these c...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Oct 16, 2009, 7:55 pm
     So, just ran across this and I think it's a brilliant idea. If your local movie theater doesn't have a "Crybaby Matinee" thing, it totally should. It's a grea...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Oct 15, 2009, 2:00 am
     Sprint PCS is driving me crazy. Yes, it's a short drive, but still being driven there! I'm on my third phone with them and it's junk. I'm more inclined to...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Oct 14, 2009, 2:00 am
     Alright, I think I'm gonna try to go toward quality a little more than quantity. Putting something out every single day is getting taxing, especially now that school ...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Oct 9, 2009, 2:00 am
     Isn't this one of those things that should go without saying? The fact humanity has to let other people know they're not supposed to leave their children on the c...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Oct 7, 2009, 10:04 am
     When I was a boy my father told me a story I'll never forget. He said it was a Native American tale, but I haven't found anything to back that up. Regardless, the...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Oct 6, 2009, 9:54 am
     I'm not saying I'm supremely lazy, but it's close. This morning, as I was walking to my car, I reached my left hand to the handle and with my right hand I cli...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Oct 5, 2009, 2:00 am
     You know what's unfortunate? According to the Mayans, the world is supposed to end in 2012. My daughter is going to be about three years old. That just doesn't se...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Oct 4, 2009, 10:31 am
     The other morning Catie woke up with a start. She was really upset about something, but I couldn't tell what. Turns out that for the first time the anticipation of th...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Oct 3, 2009, 2:00 am
     Have you guys watched Fox News lately? As near as I can figure, they're only producing fodder for the Daily Show. Seriously. What is with these people? Every once in ...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Oct 2, 2009, 2:00 am
     Capitulation is one of my favorite words. I learned it off those refrigerator magnet words at one of my friend's house. Capitulation is a surrender without terms. It ...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Oct 1, 2009, 2:00 am
     Have you ever known someone who absolutely had to have "THE BEST" of everything? THE best television, the best dvd player, the best hand soap. I'm not kidding, I pers...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 30, 2009, 2:00 am
     I can honestly say I've never seen that movie about girls trading pants and they some how make a deep and touching, even divine, connection with each other. Personall...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 29, 2009, 2:00 am
Catie was flipping through the channels and A Baby Story was on. Some lady was giving birth to an 11 pound baby. I have never seen her change channels that fast. It was amazing.
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 28, 2009, 2:00 am
     Just to mix it up a bit, here is my wife Catie to tell what's going on in her mind right now...      I have to ask myself why I am writing this.&...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 27, 2009, 2:00 am
     While helping a friend (Mark) pick up some new furniture at an über trendy Swedish furniture company where they refuse to sell anything that's already put together, ...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 26, 2009, 2:00 am
     Fellas, the relationship we have with the mother of our children is important. It is not as important as sports. However, sports can provide a respite, a shelter, where f...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 25, 2009, 2:00 am
     There have been a couple of posts about people touching my wife's belly without asking (The Questions. and The Stranger.), but it really hit home this evening. I'...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 24, 2009, 10:16 am
     Grad school is back in full swing again. Normally this wouldn't be news, and I have tried to make these posts generalized, but this is just too huge. I have my practi...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 23, 2009, 2:00 am
     I figure, since the baby is going to suck down our income like a roided up AIG going after your grandmother's retirement funds, now's the time to spend, right? So, go ...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 22, 2009, 2:00 am
     Seriously, freaking. Out. Right. Now. I was just sitting in class, going over the syllabus, and I realized that we're supposed to have a baby before this course is do...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 21, 2009, 2:00 am
     Much like the Rh factor, Braxton Hicks is a good name for a band, but it's also fake contractions that start around the third trimester. I did a little research (this...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 20, 2009, 9:43 am
     I was walking walking around Target, shopping, and I see this guy with a little girl in the seat of the grocery cart. But there was something different about this set of ...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 19, 2009, 2:00 am
    One of our friends was lamenting about the fact that she couldn't find a Halloween costume that didn't follow the formula of a real thing, that is then either followed ...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 18, 2009, 2:00 am
     "I am a human. There is more to me than a due date, what sex the baby is, and what we're going to name it. It's the first three questions I get from anyone. And e...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 17, 2009, 2:00 am
     Did anyone else know that kids, while they're going through the potty training phase of life, will often hide poop in places like they were little encopretic Easter B...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 16, 2009, 2:00 am
    A couple of days ago when I was awash in a sea of baby junk, there was a sound piece of advice given in the comments. There was a lot of good advice about particular things to ...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 15, 2009, 2:00 am
     I've already written about my car in The Transformer, but it keeps coming up. We have yet to change our car situation. We're still upside down on Catie's car ...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 14, 2009, 2:07 am
     Went shopping today for baby stuff, just kinda looking around. Okay, really? Do we really need that much stuff? Really? Also, I don't get the difference in all the st...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 13, 2009, 2:00 am
     Some words are pretty easy to understand. Once you hear them, even if you've never heard them before, they just make sense. Like titillate. That word makes total sens...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 12, 2009, 2:00 am
     What are children if nothing more than glorified parasites that eventually learn to sustain themselves after 18 years? Viewing unborn children as a parasite has sort of s...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 11, 2009, 2:00 am
    I've been hearing mixed advice on epidurals. Some people said it was terrible, they couldn't feel anything so it was difficult to know when to push, they were so whacke...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 10, 2009, 2:00 am
     Anyone ever see the Dark Crystal when they were a kid? I still remember watching it when I was young and I loved it. It was so magical and cool and puppets were never so ...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 9, 2009, 2:00 am
     Finding time to fulfill all my husbandly duties is difficult. I work (sometimes) and go to school, and Catie works, coaches cross-country, and goes to school, and she'...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 8, 2009, 2:00 am
     I define a lie as a willful and intentional misleading of the truth through omissions or fabrications of what is true in order to persuade another person or persons to en...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 7, 2009, 2:00 am
     No, seriously. Today is labor day. It's a holiday, go spend it with your kids. Sheesh, you think I'm going to post something today? Why are you still reading? Go!...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 6, 2009, 2:00 am
     Not sure if you've ever ridden in a cheap wagon with a kid who was battling childhood obesity sitting right behind you, but it's not as exciting as you'd think. Fi...
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Nathan C. posted an article on The Fatherade - Sep 5, 2009, 2:00 am
     They have everything at Wal-Mart! I mean, electronics, groceries, furniture, random people to give your crying kid something to cry about, clothes, cards, baby stuff, and...
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