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Will Smith, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt – Bringing the Heat

Posted on April 28th, 2008 | 10 comments

Will Smith, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt – they have looks, fame, fortune, and everything else People Magazine wants us to dream for a major film star. And each of them is a dad. But which of them is the Hottest Daddy Blogger?

Oops – last I checked, none of them has a blog! And [...]

Who Is David Mott, Writer, Blogger, Divorced Single Dad?

Posted on April 15th, 2008 | 5 comments

While I announce my new about The Author page as an offical information source for David Mott, writer, blogger, divorced single dad, I thought I’d take a moment to reveal another side of me.
Yes, that’s me, enjoying a day of auto racing at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey.
Okay, so I don’t hit the racetrack all [...]

On Any Given Sunday I’d Be Cycling – So Why Am I Sick?

Posted on April 13th, 2008 | 4 comments

The Bay Area is getting a taste of summer this weekend, and yesterday’s sunny hot day was ready-made for a buddy and I to go wine tasting in the Santa Cruz Mountains. (He’s one of the good guys, not a sleazy married wingman type.) I was feeling great from a 25-mile bike ride that morning, [...]

Feminine Language in Politics

Posted on February 25th, 2008 | no comments

I don’t want to charge this blog up with politics, but a commentary piece I read over the weekend resonated with the single dad part of me. Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman wrote about the language used by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, noting that “Obama co-opts female communication style”.
While Hillary talks tough and showcases [...]

Training with soccer moms for the Napa Valley Marathon

Posted on February 18th, 2008 | 2 comments

A few years ago, a group of neighborhood soccer moms asked me to train with them for the Napa Valley Marathon. I’d just turned forty and was an avid cyclist who’d left hill workouts, interval training, and twenty-mile runs well behind me.
“I can give you some tips,” I said. “But my serious running days are [...]

Oh great, Another Bestseller with a Deadbeat Dad

Posted on February 14th, 2008 | one comment

Tom Perrotta’s new book, The Abstinence Teacher, is for the most part an enjoyable read. But what’s with the main characters – a divorced man incapable/not allowed to raise his child, and a woman whose only male friends are gay? Isn’t it time to stop furthering these socially toxic stereotypes?
As a heterosexual man who is [...]