The Wall Street Journal did a roundup of daddy blogs in today's edition. They covered Daddy Types, Rebel Dad, and my buddy MetroDad. And they were insane nice enough to include me as well. I'm assuming all the other daddy blogs were down for maintenance the day they were researching the article.
Anyway, if you're like me and do not read The Wall Street Journal (my idea of investing is buying my children's clothing at yard sales, letting the kids wear them for a few months, and hoping to sell the clothing later for a profit at consignment sales), here's the bit about my site:
Cynical Dad
CynicalDad.blogspot.com
Those seeking ironic relief from the lovey-dovey mush that dominates many parent sites can check out Cynical Dad, which takes a "humorous and cynical look at parenting." Updated regularly, titles of recent posts include: "Because It's Not A Birthday Party Until You're Performing the Heimlich Maneuver" and "My Daughter Wants her Daddy Dead." Cynical Dad links to other sites that take a humorous look at child care, including It's Not All Mary Poppins (DayCareDaze.blogspot.com) and Grumppopotamus (Grumppopotamus.blogspot.com).
Cool, huh? They killed trees to write about this stupid site! Yeah, I know it's narcissistic as hell to show you guys this. But hey, it's not every day I get this kind of publicity.
And just to show you I haven't developed into a raging megalomaniac (at least not yet), I'm going to let you read the first print review I ever received (which could very well be the worst review ever received by anyone).
Back in 1996, I wrote a monthly zine that was satirical and cynical in nature. I would write eight or so articles, all under different noms de plume. After my very first issue, a now-defunct magazine, the net, printed a review of my site. Keep in mind this was in the early days of the Internet. How early? They had me in the Media section, along with sites like USA Today and PBS. Anyway, here's the review:
[Name of my old site] tries. It tries really hard. I'm not sure what exactly it is trying to do, but whatever it is, it fails. It wants to be a Web zine with a GenX audience. While some of the story concepts are almost amusing, the site uses Frames for no apparent reason, with no visible means of navigating to other pages. The backgrounds are atrocious enough in and of themselves but with black text (bolded in a futile attempt to make the text readable), the result is truly horrendous. [Name of my old site] did succeed in making me resolve never to go back.
If I had taken this review to heart, I probably never would have written another word or designed another web site.
Of course, maybe that wouldn't have been such a bad thing.
