“Ooh, a scary snuggle.”

Every few weeks I take the kids to the local comic shop. When I was a kid, I bought my comics from the local book store. Other kids bought them at either the 7-11 or the grocery store. Finally, when I was in high school, our small town got a comic shop of its own, [...]

“Did Darth Vader kill your daddy?”

My twin boys are almost four years old, and about a year ago I let them watch Star Wars Episode I. Considering the importance of Star Wars to me as a kid, I was eager to share the adventures with them; at age three, it was a questionable parenting move. [Editor's note: I started them [...]

I’m kind of like Bobby De Niro

Much like the great Method actors—Brando, Beatty, Day-Lewis—I have thrown myself into my role as Dad. For example, I took a cue from De Niro in “Raging Bull,” who gained 60 pounds in order to embody the character of boxer Jake LaMotta. Yes, I am committed to the role. These days, I am thinking that [...]