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

Most commented posts

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  3. Disney Princesses: Not So Happily Ever After? — 90 comments
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  5. 7 Ways to be a Better Dad — 88 comments

Author's posts

5 Minutes for Mom’s Annual Ultimate Blog Party 2011

5 Minutes for Mom's Ultimate Blog Party 2011 - A Daddy Blog

UBP2011 – Click to register for tons of cool prizes. It’s also a great place to link up and share your blog with the world and to discover some great new blogs!

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Geeky New Business Cards with QR Codes

Geeky New Business Card with QR Code

Does your business card have a QR code on it? Don’t know what a QR Code is? Don’t care? You should! Phone numbers, email addresses and URLs are soooo last week.

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A Parenting Lesson from Doctor Who

Parenting Advice from Doctor Who?

I’ve learned a lot from Doctor Who about being a father, not the least of which is how to say, “No.” Watch this video clip in that context… it’s hilarious!

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101 Special Characters for Twitter & Facebook

Huge listing of Special UTF-8 Characters for use with Facebook, Twitter, etc.

When someone posts a comment or tweet using special characters like ♥ or ☺ do you think, “how obnoxious!” or do you think “that’s cute, how can I do that?”

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Dallas Snow Day… Again!

Dallas Snow Day... Again

Dallas schools close for the 5th day in two weeks. This Wordless Wednesday post is a photo my wife snapped of our rosy cheeked 2 year old playing in the snow!

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Have You Become Your Parents?

If mom's not happy, no one is!

I wondered if I’d do or say some of the same things as my parents. For those of you who have kids, have you become your parents? And what $#*! did your dad say?

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Is “Sexy” Too Much Ask?

Scooters are not sexy

When you ladies hear us guys say we want a car that’s “safe, reliable and green”… in guy-speak we are really saying we want something sporty, fun and sexy…

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Remembering Dorwan Stoddard

Dorwan Stoddard - Tucson, Arizona

I’d rather we remember the names of heroes versus mass murderers. One hero of the Tucson shooting caught my attention. His name was Dorwan Stoddard…

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The Social Media Diet

Man on Bathroom Scales

Recognizing the ubiquitous presence of Facebook, Twitter, blogs, etc in our lives, how we can put them to use in an actual diet… a Social Media Diet for the purpose of losing weight and improving fitness?

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