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Let The Good Folks at The Red House Furniture Store Teach Your Kids About Racism

Before you ask, yes, it's an actual commercial.

This Is A Video Of My Son Doing A Funny Dance

Go Lucas. Go Lucas. It's yo' birfday. It's yo' birfday.

It's Kind of Like The Wonder Pets. Honest.

I was having a conversation with a friend about this site; she asked me if it was all about parenting stuff. "No", I said. "Being a dad is much more than mere parenting; it's a lifestyle, it's a state of mind, it's about not letting the parenting magazines and the 'experts' define us as fathers, as MEN. DadCentric is a site with smart writers who see dads for who we are - not sitcom-y caricatures, but modern, working, intelligent men who happen to have children and who happen to excel at raising them." In that spirit, we offer you this. I have no idea what it is, other than it's Japanese, there are bunnies and camels, and, well...

Those who do not study history are doomed to...oh damn, where's the toilet?

I'd let this dude teach my kids history, as long as he's not also the bus driver.

This Looks So Much Cooler Than Playing The Recorder

See kids? Music can be fun!

The Dark Side of Dentistry - A Friday Funny

If you've been on the internets this week chances are you've run across David.  David is a little boy that was filmed by his father after a trip to the dentist.  Big deal, you say?  Well, considering that David is hopped up more than Kate Moss on elephant tranquilizers it makes for good television- or YouTubevision as the case may be. The first time I watched this I wasn't sure if I should laugh or be upset that a dad put this on the internet, but after much thought (about 2 seconds) I realized that the dad in question is being quite loving and that the video was not created out of any sort of malice to David, just as a funny memory. The fact that it became huge on the internets isn't the father's fault. It's ours. I'm okay with that.

As is the standard with popular videos, David's moment of fame has been copied and responded to by countless others, Mr. Chad Vader among them.  This is your brain on the dark side:

Remember, good padawans brush their teeth. [via GorillaSushi]

Our Star Wars Obsession, Explained

I was going back through the archives and it occurred to me that we really spend a lot of time talking about Star Wars on this site. (www.lukeiamyourfathercentric.com might be a better URL.) In fact, I defy you to find a male between the ages of 36 and 42 who doesn't make reference to, say, wrestling a Gundark or bullseye'ing womp-rats in our T-16's back home at least once a day. Ok, it's kind of weird, and frankly many of us are glad we're married because the single ladies, they are not impressed with tales of aerial womp-rat marksmanship. Most dads of our generation understand why this is so; however, we recognize that a fair number of female, older, and younger readers might not grasp why George Lucas' magnum opus holds such a grip on us, decades (yikes) after the first film was released. Wonder no more, because the following should make it all clear.

OMG, the Xmas Memories!!!

I kid you not, this could be the greatest thing I've ever seen on the internet.  Don't forget to change the channels and adjust the antenna.  I just watched five minutes of the He-Man Christmas special....

Friday Fun: 35 Minutes Of Awesome

Tired from doing all that crazy dad stuff this week? Kick back, relax, pop open a cold one, and enjoy.

The ULTIMATE COMPILATION!!!
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Despite Our Political Differences, We All Love The Waffle House

Ok, things got a bit heated yesterday. But sometimes, an epochal event happens that unites all Americans, Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal. I think we can all agree that this is the greatest thing we'll see all week. Sorry, Barack.