Sup fellas. Hope the week’s treating you right. Big one for us: after 4 months of early mornings and late nights, our new site goes live tomorrow. Still looking for some dads to share their thoughts. If you’ve got stories, lessons, or hot takes, drop ’em here.

📕 DAD WISDOM 

Sandlot Wisdom for Dads

This morning, I saw Ham AKA Patrick Renna from The Sandlot post a photo with his son on Instagram. It took me from being a 12-year-old watching that movie… to a dad standing in my kitchen, coffee in hand, seeing it with new eyes.

Two lessons that land harder now:

• Build the Sandlot:
  The magic wasn’t the perfect field; it was showing up. Unscheduled time, a beat-up ball, and a crew. A dad’s job isn’t to plan every moment. It’s to make space for play. Say yes to messy afternoons, invite the neighbor kid, be the quiet safety net while they figure it out.

• Be Benny:
  The whole story changes because Benny hands Smalls a glove. That’s leadership. Model courage, extend the invite to the outsider, and go first over the fence when it’s scary. One “you’re in” can reroute a childhood.

The Sandlot wasn’t about baseball. It was about those small, ordinary days that end up meaning everything.

RAD DAD 

Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld, comedy legend, car enthusiast, and king of observational humor, has a surprisingly grounded take on fatherhood. True to form, it’s part stand-up routine, part philosophy lesson, and all heart.

For Seinfeld, the magic of being a dad isn’t found in picture-perfect family moments or fancy “quality time.” It’s in what he calls the “garbage time.” The random car rides. The late-night snacks. The talking-about-nothing moments that somehow mean everything.

“I don’t want quality time,” he says. “I want the garbage time. The garbage — that’s what I love.”

He admits the job isn’t always pretty.

“Being a dad is the greatest pain in the ass in the world you could possibly be involved in,” he once said. “That is the ultimate dad-ness.”

But he also calls fatherhood a transformation, something that rewires your brain in ways you can’t explain until you’re in it. Seinfeld doesn’t try to make parenting profound.

He just sees it for what it is: funny, messy, chaotic, and deeply human.

Quotes from Huffpost & NBC

DAD TOYS 

20LB Weighted Vest

Rucking’s all the rage these days. Basically walking, but slap some weight on your back.

I’m all for dropping cash on quality gear, but this bad boy has survived miles of weighted runs, garage workouts, and sweaty backyard laps without falling apart.

Right now it’s 20% off - $33 bucks. Perfect way to see if rucking’s your jam before you go full Special Forces.

Get it here.

DAD BOD 

Beyond the Scale

The mirror lies. The scale lies. A DEXA scan doesn’t. It’s basically an X-ray for your body showing exactly how much of you is muscle, fat, and bone. No guessing. Just data.

Why it matters:

• See the truth. The scale says 200, DEXA shows what kind of 200.

• Track real progress. Know if you’re gaining muscle or just water weight.

• Catch hidden fat. Even “fit” dads can have visceral fat hanging around.

Takes 10 minutes, costs about $75 bones, and gives you more insight than six months of mirror selfies. Because you can’t fix what you don’t measure. Just Google ‘Dexa scan’ in your area.

STYLE 

Rugby Throwback

• Marine Layer Rugby Polo

• Flint and Tinder Corduroy Pant

• Taylor Stitch Cotton Hemp Tee

• Khaki Field Mechanical Bronze 38mm Watch

• New Balance T500s

JUNK DRAWER 

DAD HUMOR