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SanDisk SlotRadio Giveaway - What's Your Essential Road Trip Song?

We're in the middle of summer, and many of you are packing up the metaphorical Family Truckster for your metaphorical Trip To WallyWorld. Our sponsors, the good folks at SanDisk, have sent us another SlotRadio digital music player to give to One Worthy Winner.

So in the spirit of The Great Summer Road Trip, we want to know - what is THE most essential road trip song, the one that no long distance car drive should be without? Give us your answer in the Comments section - tell us the song, and why no road trip soundtrack should be without it. The deadline is this Friday at 9:00 a.m. PST; we'll announce the winner on Friday afternoon.

AND THE SLOTRADIO GOES TO...

Alyce. Simply because as weird as it sounds, the title/main theme of "The Mission" score is great driving music.

(Also, I can't believe that no one picked my favorite road trip song - Steppenwolf's "Born To Be Wild", the theme song to perhaps the two greatest road trip movies ever.)

Books are Free, Knowledge is Priceless

You guys are so lucky- especially those of you that live in the U.S. or Canada and have a mailbox.  Due to circumstances beyond my control the contest to end all contests has been extended!  It's like the contest that never ends.  It just goes on and on and stuff.

The circumstances beyond my control were margarita-related.

Enter the damn contest, people. Win and read!

Please enter at the original post so as not to confuse my pretty, little head.

Win a 3-Month Membership to JumpStart.com!

Congratulations to Janna for winning the free membership and CD-ROM and learning from "Full House" that when in doubt, hug it out.

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Gone are the guilt-free summer days of simply babysitting your children with endless sitcom and cartoon reruns.

We parents are beaten with the guilt stick about needing to continue our kids' education when school is not in session lest they fall behind and become total failures.

Fortunately, two such failures -- college washouts Billy Gates and little Stevie Jobs -- overcame this neglect and gave us home computers.

And these computers have games that can:

• teach the wee ones educational basics that help them meet the No Child Left Behind requirements necessary for your school system to get mucho federal dinero, and
• entertain the scamps long enough so you can enjoy a tall cold one on the patio in a bit of peace.

One such game is JumpStart.com and DadCentric can get you hooked up with a free 3-month membership to this online gaming/learning site that could help keep your kids happy this summer and you sane.

But first, a review …

Give It Away, Give It Away, Give It Away, Give It Away Now Including Canada!

Father's Day is nigh and if dads love anything besides their children, spouse/significant other, sports, beer, porn and quoting movies from the 80s, it's books.  Am I right?  Of course I am.  I'm a dad, I get the newsletter (which is awesome, but it's no book).

Here's how you can make dad feel special 2-3 weeks after his "holiday."  Win him some books!  Yes, the same books I was talking about in the previous paragraph!

This contest is open to residents of the USA and Canada, respectively, but only those that own a mailbox.  P.O. Boxes are not allowed!  Also, the rest of the world, learn to read.

SanDisk slotRadio Giveaway - You Give Us a Song, We Give You a Player

You've probably noticed the ads we're running for Sandisk's slotRadio digital music player. The good people at Sandisk have sent us one to give to ONE LUCKY READER!, and so we shall. It comes pre-loaded with 1,000 songs, so all you have to do is put in the earbuds and press play. But as we know, nothing in life is free. And so we ask for something from you in return. The answer to a question:

What song best describes you as a father, and why? (If you're not a father, but married to one, what song best describes him?)

Answer in the Comments section. We'll pick a winner and announce the results on Friday, June 12. So you don't have a lot of time. And anyone who picks Harry Chapin's "Cat's in The Cradle" will be immediately disqualified because that's too easy.

UPDATED BECAUSE WE HAVE A WINNER: First, thanks to everyone - all of those songs are great and they're all on my iPod. Well done! We think that Thom Hoffman's comment, though, really stood out, and so he'll be getting his slotRadio just in time for Father's Day.

For Winners Only (Losers Please Skip)

Seriously, this is for contest winners only.  There's nothing for you to see here.

It appears that no drawing was necessary.  This is obviously due to a lack of literate people in this world and is in no way a reflection on you, the actual winners.  We're all winners here, people. 

Apparently the losers don't like to read and therefore don't enter contests with books for prizes.  This is just cause for open mocking and blatant ridicule.  I can totally say that because a) if they don't read they won't be reading this, and b) I told them to skip this post which they would anyway (see A). 

With all apologies to Scott* here are the winners from our book contest.

How to Win Books and Influence People! A DadCentric Contest

Do you like the books and the reading and the stuff?  Do you have a penis or know someone that does?  How about winning?  Are you for it?

If you answered any of the above, or have ever answered a question before, then this contest is for you!  But that's not all!

We here at DadCentric are nothing if not men (would also accept: beefcake, studs and Devo). That's why we're giving away 5 copies of two new books written by men but strong enough for a woman.  That's 10 books, people.  I've seen libraries with less stock, and by libraries I mean coffeehouses and by coffeehouses I mean bars, but when I say bars I do not mean jail.  Stay with me.

DadCentric Valentine's Day Flower Giveaway Contest - WE ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS!

We're sure that you're all aware that Valentine's Day is coming up; February 19th 16th 13th 14th is the day that no self-respecting husband/male significant other forgets. So to help some of you guys who blew it last year by buying your wife that Xbox 360 that you'd she'd always wanted, the good people at ProFlowers.com have kindly donated 5 free flower bundle-thingies - oh, I'm told that they're called "bouquets" - to us, to give to 5 lucky winners. And what do you have to do to win?

Simple. In the comments, tell your best Valentine's Day Story. And by "best", of course we mean "worst/most embarrassing/the one that led to a three-night couch camping trip". Because we here at DadCentric strive to overcome the stereotype of the father as an inept, insensitive douchebag, and what better way to do that then to publish anecdotes about dads fucking up Valentine's Day. Thanks to modern technology, we can allow you, the general public, to vote; we'll close the comments and vote at 12:00 PST this Friday. You can atone for past mistakes, plus ProFlowers.com delivers, so you won't even have to drive to the florist, which is good because remember that time you went to pick up flowers for the missus and oh, there's a topless bar right next to the local FTD and ten kamikazes and a free cheeseburger lunch and two lap dances later you forgot to pick up the flowers? Yeah. So does she.

 

AND NOW WE ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS!

 

This was a tough choice; everyone had an interesting story, but we narrowed it down to these 5, whose tales of Valentine's Day woes reached the depths of Greek tragedy:

 

Melissa - the Hello Kitty steering wheel cover is the gift that keeps on giving.

 

FADKOG - a twofer of bad gift decisions.

 

Steve - drinking the gift booze for the missus and passing out in your driveway? Priceless.

 

Dan - did the mourners also enjoy that Whitman's Sampler that came with the flowers?

 

Cdziuba - I have to say that this was my personal favorite. A bag of frozen tortellini. Sorry, but that is awesome.

 

Thanks again to all of you who submitted comments. And let these tales serve as a reminder of the high cost of gift-giving failure. Four days to go until Valentine's Day, people.

 

 

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"Maybe I should do a Design A New Banner for DadCentric Contest."

"Yeah. You should."

"Ok."

"What will the winner get?"

"I don't know. Something."

WE NEED A NEW BANNER. SEND YOUR ENTRIES TO PETCOBRA AT GMAIL DOT COM. YOU WILL WIN, I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING. BONUS POINTS IF YOU USE THE DADCENTRIC GUY.