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At 9:31 this morning Jack Casey Mulholland was born. He is 6 lbs 9 oz, 20 inches long. Mother and baby are both doing excellent. Dad’s not doing too shabby himself. I cannot attempt to put into words what today felt like or meant to me so I’ll leave it to the words of an 8 year old: “Your really lucky today Uncle Scott, you have a son.”

This thing is awesome. Sometimes I really wish I was more creative. Or more handy. Check out the other photos linked in the article!

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Punk Rock Dad by Jim Lindberg
If you know who Jim Lindberg is you probably know him as the lead singer of Pennywise. Jim is also a family man and the father of three young girls. His book focuses on his role as a father vs. his role as the leader of a punk band and the transition from his free living punk rock life to the whirlwind life of changing diapers and running to soccer games. As someone facing impending fatherhood it was humorous, frightening and at times even touching. While I really did enjoy this book and it was nice to see a take on parenting from someone who seems to look at things in a similar manner as i would, I probably would have enjoyed it more if not for my obsessive nature which made this the third such book i’ve read in the last 6 months, the other 2 being Alternadad by Neal Pollack and Crawling by Elisha Cooper. I guess each go round of dirty diapers stories gets a little less “fresh”.

Schlotto.com is on it’s way back! I’ve grown a bit lazy so i’ve converted to a blog so I can easily drop some nuggets of knowledge on my piece of the internet when the mood strikes me. Plus now I can get one of those witty T-shirts that says something like “I’m blogging this”.