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My favorite dads from anti-suffrage cartoons and postcards, i.e. I AM YOUR TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY NIGHTMARE

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:27 GMT

As a man who has been the primary caregiver to my children for over six years (I don't like to say stay-at-home dad, but, well: yeah), I have spent years collecting propaganda images of fathers burdened by their children created during the women's suffrage movement. Here we see one of the "worst possible outcomes" of giving women equality, and I love the idea of my lifestyle horrifying an entire

A samurai in Cincinnati

Thu, 02 May 2013 18:16 GMT

When writing up the post about my son's samurai costume the other day, I forgot that we'd taken some pictures while visiting our friends Zan and J down in Cincinnati a month or so ago, and when we were playing down in the creek bed behind their house and saw the amazing "samurai castle" house up the creek, we had to snap some pictures (it's actually the house that architect Ben Dombar

Terrifying Nixon-Era Children's Books: The House Biter by William D. Sheldon (ill. Dan Dickas) (1966)

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:55 GMT

The Ambush (Children Playing in New York City, New York, Arthur Rothstein, 1941)

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:51 GMT

Hell yes.

Previous Week's Urchins

Nearly all of these urchins were discovered in the photography archives of the Library of Congress (and available without copyright restrictions online). Otherwise, urchin photos will be credited to the appropriate photographer with a link to its source (unless they come from my own collection of photographs from unknown photographers). If there is ever a copyright concern, do not hesitate to contact me.

Samurai Armor Inspiration

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:43 GMT

I received an e-mail last week from someone interested in what specific inspiration I used to make the samurai armor for my son, and I thought it would be cool to share some of the images we looked at while working on the project. First we looked at examples of samurai armor on the websites of museums that have actual armor in their collections, trying to see as much detail as possible.

The Honorable Samurai, Age Five

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:50 GMT

It turns out it's not so easy to explain the concept of honor to a five-year-old. This is one of the wonders of parenthood: knowledge that you have spent decades taking for granted suddenly requires detailed explanation. How do you explain honor to anyone, let alone a five-year old? Lord knows I don't want to start talking about Latin word roots. Only assholes do that. It went like this: "Yes,

Go ahead, smash as much as you want. . .

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:34 GMT

He said his name was Asterix Snowsmasher. I said, "Cool, let's go smash some snow." None of the neighborhood's stubborn snow boulders were safe that morning. [I made him that helmet last summer. He still wears it everywhere.] Previous Fun This image is Copyrighted. No unauthorized reuse.

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00 GMT