Dad's House

I’m a Mother!

Break out the cigars, I’m a mother! No, I didn’t have a new kid, and I’m not some transgender pregnant guy. I’m not even a woman or pretending to be one. I’ve simply become a contributor for the Silicon Valley Mom’s Blog.

SV Moms is a collection of over 40 moms writing about Valley life, where houses are expensive, kids love sushi and have web businesses, and moms are too busy chauffeuring kids to raise a sword in the mommywars. (That from the About SVMoms page.)

A dad blogging with moms?

Yep. And I’m not the only one – there’s also Enoch, a Family Medicine physician practicing urgent care. And Jim (nicknamed Gunfighter! I kid you not), over on sister site DC Metro. (Hey, where’s my cool nickname? Looking for suggestions. And NOT Mr. Mom. If you call me that, then I’ve failed in my mission to show the world that men are perfectly capable of running a household and raising kids. I don’t call any women Ms. Dad, do I?)

Don’t worry, Dad’s House will still be my primary focus. I’ll still try to make you snort coffee out your nose when I say Good Morning America, then I’ll try to get you all weepy eyed before you yell at me for texting a booty call partner for chicken soup. SV Moms is something I’ll do once every few weeks, to reach a wider audience. For them, they’ll get a male perspective.

How did this come about? I found SV Moms on the Alltop moms list. They found me on Alltop dads. And we snuck off for a secret liaison on Alltop getaway flings…

My first post is already up - San Francisco Fireworks of Another Kind. I mixed a Bay Area tradition (KFOG Kaboom) with something quintessentially me (a texting ex-girlfriend – no, not the one who wouldn’t bring me chicken soup. A different texting ex-girlfriend. Yikes.) Come on over and say hi. Let ‘em know you’re out there!

For the record, I was a Mother before. Back in the 90’s I played in a garage band called the Mothers of Inventor. (We worked on a product called Inventor, and our marketing manager was a Zappa fan.)

I’d leave you with a video clip of our band playing the Shoreline Amphitheatre, but I have no friggin’ clue how to rip a clip off a DVD and into Youtube. Call me a dinosaur! If anyone knows how to do this, and can explain in layman’s terms, do tell. Or if you’re in the Bay Area and can do the task for me, I’m happy to bring the DVD and some beer.

And so I leave you with those other Mothers, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention…

[Ed. Note: I'm now a hot dad, too!]

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May 15th, 2008 Posted in single parents | Tags: Dad's House, KFOG Kaboom, Silicon Valley Moms Blog, single parent bloggers rock | 11 comments