Happy Monday, fellas. Hope the weekend treated you right. You didn’t need to be a baseball guy to feel that Game 7. Brutal one for Jays fans.

Appreciate all the love on the new site. We’ve got some cool stuff cooking on the community side. Stay tuned.

📕 DAD WISDOM 

The Whiplash Weekend

It was one of those weekends.

Halloween elation one minute: my boys laughing, running wild, pure magic. By Saturday morning: meltdowns and non-stop bickering.

By last night, I was cooked. Every nerve shot. Every ounce of patience gone.

After the kids were settled in bed, I pulled up a running list of quotes on fatherhood I keep for moments like this.

One from Paul Auster jumped out at me:

“Becoming a father is not about what you give up, but what you gain — the astonishment of being needed so completely.”

That one stuck. Because parenting isn’t hard because something’s wrong. It’s hard because we care so damn much. The same love that gives us the highs makes the lows hit harder.

Maybe that’s the deal. You don’t get one without the other. You just learn to ride the wave, from the joy to the exhaustion, and remind yourself this is what all in feels like.

I think it’s OK to give ourselves a pass, because truth be told, being a good dad isn’t about holding it all together.

It’s about showing up again Monday morning, coffee in hand, maybe still tired, but ready to do it all over again. That’s the job. And honestly? That’s the gift.

RAD DAD 

Clayton Kershaw

Clayton Kershaw. Dodgers ace, future Hall of Famer, and proud dad of four (soon to be five) just capped off his career by announcing his retirement after winning a third World Series title. But even after two decades of dominance, he’ll tell you the best part of life isn’t on the mound.

“Being a dad is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me,” he says. “My children have changed my life for the better in so many ways.”

For Kershaw, fatherhood reshaped everything. “At some point I just realized that the time I spend with these little creatures that we made is just the best thing ever—that I don’t want to do anything that could tarnish that time.”

He and his high school sweetheart, Ellen, raise their kids in a home built on faith, humility, and service. When he’s not coaching youth teams or running family charity work, you’ll find him at home soaking in the chaos that makes parenting great.

Kershaw puts it simply:

“Baseball is what I do, not who I am. Being a dad: that’s who I am.”

DAD TOYS 

The Anywhere Screen

Nobody needs another screen. But the LG StanbyME kind of earns it.

It’s wireless, rolls anywhere, and the built-in battery lasts about 3 hours. Just enough for a game, a workout, or a movie while you “organize the garage.”

No cords. No wall mount. Just plug, play, and pretend you’re being productive.

Get it here. 

DAD BOD 

Coffee Hack

Per Arnold’s Pump Club, your caffeine habit might be fighting your biology.

That 2 p.m. crash? It’s not just your coffee wearing off, it’s your circadian rhythm dipping right as your morning caffeine fades. Double whammy.

The fix: don’t front-load it. Split it.

Try 8 oz at 8 a.m., another 8 oz around 11. You’ll get steadier energy, less tolerance, and better sleep as long as you stop 8–10 hours before bed.

Small tweak. Big upgrade. ☕️

THE MOVE 

Invite them into your world. The project, the errand, the workout. Whatever it is.

This week’s focus: Involve them in something you’d normally do solo. Let them see how you move.

JUNK DRAWER 

DAD HUMOR