DadCentric Alumni: We Check In with Cynical Dad

Alumni Week continues with a visit from Chag Holland, AKA Cynical Dad. The title's somewhat misleading; he's not that cynical, but he is funny and thoughtful, and remains at the top of the dadblogging heap. And even though I've yet to actually get one of my requests played, his Nameless Twitter Radio Show is one of the best things going on the Internets. I think Chag may have solved the Mommy Wars with the following:

It's been a long time since I defaced the pages of DadCentric. I was one of the original writers here at DadCentric back in the day. After I left, the site flourished. I've always seemed to have that effect on things: after I'm gone, they prosper. Oh well.

I've been asked to give an address on the current state of the dad blog-o-sphere. It's been over four years since I jumped headfirst into this narcissistic pool of blogging and not much has changed. Great writing and interesting personalities still win out at the end of the day. It's grown quite a bit. During this time, I've seen blogs I've loved shut down, but for every person who kills his blog, three more sprout up in its place like some mythological creature my eighth grade boyfriend would have known about.

I've made some great friends over the years through my blog. While I don't know much about this "blogging community" thing I see mentioned from time to time, I do know that I've met plenty of cool people through my blog or theirs that I wouldn't mind sharing a beer with in my garage. If you don't mind Miller High Life, that is.

I'm slowly making the transition away from daddyblogging. While I still write about my kids from time to time, I've been writing more about myself and issues and things I care about. 

But one of the great things about being a daddyblogger is that you're not a mommyblogger. While we're considered second-class citizens in the blog-o-sphere compared to our female counterparts, we also don't have much of the drama. Quick: how many times have you seen a dad bitch out or complain about another dad online? Now how many times have you seen a mother do that to another mother online? Uh-huh.

So to the mommybloggers in the audience, I offer this suggestion: punch each other in the face and share a beer afterward. You'll settle your differences much quicker and beer goes great with a black eye.

If you don't mind Miller High Life, that is.