Michael Schmid

Michael is the Founder & Chief Editor of A Daddy Blog™ — ADaddyBlog.com is about life, parenthood and the pursuit of sleep. Oh, and Michael’s day job is University Director. ADaddyBlog.com targets parenthood from the father’s perspective, and include a focus the modern dad, family travel, entertainment, technology, health, coffee, cars & cuddles. Michael shares a home in Texas with his brilliant bride and their amazing young daughter. He claims to be moderately literate, adequately well traveled, and is clearly well fed. Though Michael has an MBA from SMU in Marketing and Finance, he has a sneaking suspicion that his baby girl is far smarter than he is… and he knows that his wife is. Please feel free to write us any time. We love hearing from you. You can also find us on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram… (links at top of page) Email Michael here: adaddyblog.com@gmail.com

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Author's posts

A Star is Born – Wordless Wednesday

A Star is Born

The point of this post is that it’s wordless… so stop reading this. You’re still reading? I said stop. Go look at the photo. 😉

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A Pod Snatched Daddy

Baby Bjorn Potty Chair

Prior to having a child I’d heard rumors of parents who’d alienated their friends with excessive descriptions of their child’s toilet habits. Now, it seems, I am one of those parents. It sneaks up on you slowly, and it is our self-respect not our emotions the pods steal.

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Give the Gift of Memories – Shutterfly Can Help!

Sample Christmas Card from Shutterfly.com

I rarely do product reviews as I’m usually to darned honest and ornery for most reviewee’s liking. But one company I’m happy to review is Shutterfly.com. Originally I used them to print Christmas photo cards and with truly excellent results. I must say, though, the coolest thing we’ve done via Shutterfly is putting together custom photo books (not photo albums, mind you, but actually hard bound books) of photos…

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Strangest or Funniest Spam Messages

Med's Sold via Spam

What is the strangest or funniest spam you’ve received? Most on my blog tend to insult my manhood… offering to improve the size and/or functioning thereof.

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Naughty or Nice? A Christmas Giveaway

What are your favorite memories of Christmas? Do you remember the wonder and excitement you felt as a child at the thought of Santa Claus’s impending arrival each year? I do. I clearly remember lying awake in bed listening for and certain I could hear the hoofs of his reindeer on our roof on Christmas night.

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Best Daddy Blogger Award

Wouldn’t it be great if the top Mommy Blogger this year was a Daddy? “A Daddy Blog” was a finalist and though I didn’t win it was such an honor to be nominated.

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Sing-A-Ma-Jigs Cute or Creepy?

The Sing-A-Ma-Jigs™

Am I really the only one who thinks that this year’s hottest selling Christmas toys the Sing-A-Ma-Jigs™ are creepy? Check out this video for the full effect. What do you think? Is it just me?

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Baby’s First Cowboy’s Game – Wordless Wednesday

Baby's First Cowboy's Game

Wordless Wednesday – This photo of our little girl was taken in Fall 2008 as we stocked up with snacks in preparation for her first Cowboy’s football game.

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Which day to trick or treat?

Trick or Treaters 3

When are you celebrating Halloween 2010, Saturday or Sunday? In the past thirty years Halloween has only fallen on a Sunday four times – in 2004, 1999, 1993, and 1982. Also I’m curious, as an adult do you dress up or go to parties, too, or is Halloween just for the kids?

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