Do you ever question the logic of your actions? Tantrum is a series of posts from Dadwagon.com.
A little about the Dadwagon team:
We are journalists in New York City who are trying to make sense of the sometimes baffling, often excruciating, occasionally amusing world of fatherhood.
Nathan Thornburgh is a contributing writer and former senior editor at TIME Magazine who has also written for the New York Times, newyorker.com and, of course, the Phnom Penh Post. He suspects that he is messing up his kids—Dalia, 5 and Nico, 2—but just isn’t sure exactly how.
Matt Gross writes the “Getting Lost” series for the New York Times, is a Contributing Writer at Afar magazine, and writes regularly for Saveur. When he’s not on the road, he’s with his wife, Jean, and daughter, Sasha, in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.
Theodore Ross’ writing has appeared in the New York Times, Harper’s, Saveur, Tablet, Tin House, Boulevard, and (of course), the Vietnam News. He grew up in New York City by way of Gulfport, MS, and as a teen played the evil Nazi, Toht, in Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation. He lives with his son, J.P., and newborn, Ellie (different moms!) in Brooklyn, is currently working on a book about strange Jews.
Guest Writers:
Christopher Bonanos is a DadWagon blogger emeritus, and a senior editor at New York magazine, where he works on arts and urban-affairs coverage (and a few other things). He and his wife live smack in the middle of midtown Manhattan, where their son was born in March 2009. Both parents are very happy, and very tired.
Warren Benedetto moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in being famous. Upon his arrival, he was informed that there were already enough famous people, and his services would not be needed. Never one to be deterred, he enrolled in USC and earned a Master’s degree in TV/Film Writing. “Now can I be famous?” he asked. “No, sorry,” Los Angeles said. “But you can be unemployed, if you’d like.” He lost all hope, but gained a wife and two kids. A fair trade, by all accounts.
Gabe Soria is a music journalist, television writer and author of graphic novels, among other things. You can see his work in Mojo, the Guardian and Arthur Magazine, among other places. He currently lives with his wife Amanda and son Caleb in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn and loves it, but he misses living in New Orleans. He knows he is a true-blue dad because he has a favorite Pokemon, and that honor goes to Mr. Mime.
Todd Pruzan is the editor of Currency, a personal-finance site, and has been an editor at Condé Nast Portfolio, Details, McSweeney’s, and a bunch of other publications. He’s the author of The Clumsiest People in Europe. He and his wife, Rachel, live in Maplewood, New Jersey, with their daughter, Nora. Follow him on Twitter at @toddpruzan
Alex Smith is a NYC-based writer and father of two who blogs at Flaming Pablum. Alex has, at one point or another, written for/contributed to: The New Yorker, TIME,Entertainment Weekly, Creem, Irish Connection, Huh!, New York Perspectives, In-Fashion andThe New York Review of Records (aka The New Review and/or NYROR). Alex was also recently profiled in AM New York for having over 2,600 CDs in his collection.
