Author: bobigelow

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    Three Ways to Use the Internet to Be a Better Parent

    I’m finally getting around to watching “Mad Men.” I know, I’m a bit behind. It’s kind of a thing with me; I’ve written elsewhere about how I didn’t watch “The[...]

    About Bo Bigelow

    I live in Maine with my wife and two kids, ages 3 and 6. I'm a stay-at-home dad. When I'm not writing, I try to teach my kids valuable survival skills, like how to smoke your own bacon. I used to be a lawyer in NYC. When we moved here in 2010, I passed the Maine bar and intended to get a job. But my daughter turns out to have some pretty significant special needs, and I'm finding that I already have a job, and it's more than full-time. As a result, I fit writing in wherever I can, often on the backs of receipts. In 2012 I published two novels, and this year I published a graphic novel called THE LOOP (whatistheloop.com). Follow me on Twitter (@bobigelow) for updates, or just to see what I'm making with the kids.

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    The Secret of Stay-At-Home Dads

    It’s April vacation. We stay local. I bring my six-year-old to the gym with me. Afterward, I’m about to start the car. The boy leans forward from his carseat and[...]

    About Bo Bigelow

    I live in Maine with my wife and two kids, ages 3 and 6. I'm a stay-at-home dad. When I'm not writing, I try to teach my kids valuable survival skills, like how to smoke your own bacon. I used to be a lawyer in NYC. When we moved here in 2010, I passed the Maine bar and intended to get a job. But my daughter turns out to have some pretty significant special needs, and I'm finding that I already have a job, and it's more than full-time. As a result, I fit writing in wherever I can, often on the backs of receipts. In 2012 I published two novels, and this year I published a graphic novel called THE LOOP (whatistheloop.com). Follow me on Twitter (@bobigelow) for updates, or just to see what I'm making with the kids.

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    My Kid’s Music Makes Me Want to Die, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Auto-Tune

    So there’s a lot of content out there these days. Homemade videos of four-year-olds dunking basketballs. Audio projects that mash up your two favorite songs. And nifty logos that perfectly[...]

    About Bo Bigelow

    I live in Maine with my wife and two kids, ages 3 and 6. I'm a stay-at-home dad. When I'm not writing, I try to teach my kids valuable survival skills, like how to smoke your own bacon. I used to be a lawyer in NYC. When we moved here in 2010, I passed the Maine bar and intended to get a job. But my daughter turns out to have some pretty significant special needs, and I'm finding that I already have a job, and it's more than full-time. As a result, I fit writing in wherever I can, often on the backs of receipts. In 2012 I published two novels, and this year I published a graphic novel called THE LOOP (whatistheloop.com). Follow me on Twitter (@bobigelow) for updates, or just to see what I'm making with the kids.

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    The line is drawn

    The No-TV Experiment

    The kids love the TV. They always have. I sure did when I was a kid. I don’t know what it is about that box that makes kids love it[...]

    About Bo Bigelow

    I live in Maine with my wife and two kids, ages 3 and 6. I'm a stay-at-home dad. When I'm not writing, I try to teach my kids valuable survival skills, like how to smoke your own bacon. I used to be a lawyer in NYC. When we moved here in 2010, I passed the Maine bar and intended to get a job. But my daughter turns out to have some pretty significant special needs, and I'm finding that I already have a job, and it's more than full-time. As a result, I fit writing in wherever I can, often on the backs of receipts. In 2012 I published two novels, and this year I published a graphic novel called THE LOOP (whatistheloop.com). Follow me on Twitter (@bobigelow) for updates, or just to see what I'm making with the kids.

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  • The essentials

    The Top 7 Essential Items for the Modern Dad

    If you’re a father of young kids, you know: it’s war out there. But it’s not even a fair fight–at least soldiers get to use both hands. But luckily, there’s[...]

    About Bo Bigelow

    I live in Maine with my wife and two kids, ages 3 and 6. I'm a stay-at-home dad. When I'm not writing, I try to teach my kids valuable survival skills, like how to smoke your own bacon. I used to be a lawyer in NYC. When we moved here in 2010, I passed the Maine bar and intended to get a job. But my daughter turns out to have some pretty significant special needs, and I'm finding that I already have a job, and it's more than full-time. As a result, I fit writing in wherever I can, often on the backs of receipts. In 2012 I published two novels, and this year I published a graphic novel called THE LOOP (whatistheloop.com). Follow me on Twitter (@bobigelow) for updates, or just to see what I'm making with the kids.

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    Travel, Turkey, and the Trilogy

    SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t seen the Star Wars movie “The Empire Strikes Back,” then don’t read this. It is summer, 1980. I am six years old. The phone rings[...]

    About Bo Bigelow

    I live in Maine with my wife and two kids, ages 3 and 6. I'm a stay-at-home dad. When I'm not writing, I try to teach my kids valuable survival skills, like how to smoke your own bacon. I used to be a lawyer in NYC. When we moved here in 2010, I passed the Maine bar and intended to get a job. But my daughter turns out to have some pretty significant special needs, and I'm finding that I already have a job, and it's more than full-time. As a result, I fit writing in wherever I can, often on the backs of receipts. In 2012 I published two novels, and this year I published a graphic novel called THE LOOP (whatistheloop.com). Follow me on Twitter (@bobigelow) for updates, or just to see what I'm making with the kids.

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    The Three-Step Workout for Dads

    You’re sore. Or if you aren’t sore now, you definitely will be. Maybe you get home from work, and your kids ask you to pick them up and carry them[...]

    About Bo Bigelow

    I live in Maine with my wife and two kids, ages 3 and 6. I'm a stay-at-home dad. When I'm not writing, I try to teach my kids valuable survival skills, like how to smoke your own bacon. I used to be a lawyer in NYC. When we moved here in 2010, I passed the Maine bar and intended to get a job. But my daughter turns out to have some pretty significant special needs, and I'm finding that I already have a job, and it's more than full-time. As a result, I fit writing in wherever I can, often on the backs of receipts. In 2012 I published two novels, and this year I published a graphic novel called THE LOOP (whatistheloop.com). Follow me on Twitter (@bobigelow) for updates, or just to see what I'm making with the kids.

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    The Halloween Blues

    This October, it’s Halloween everywhere but in my heart. Dane, my six-year-old, is going to wear a costume that my wife bought. In a store. It’s a ninja outfit, and[...]

    About Bo Bigelow

    I live in Maine with my wife and two kids, ages 3 and 6. I'm a stay-at-home dad. When I'm not writing, I try to teach my kids valuable survival skills, like how to smoke your own bacon. I used to be a lawyer in NYC. When we moved here in 2010, I passed the Maine bar and intended to get a job. But my daughter turns out to have some pretty significant special needs, and I'm finding that I already have a job, and it's more than full-time. As a result, I fit writing in wherever I can, often on the backs of receipts. In 2012 I published two novels, and this year I published a graphic novel called THE LOOP (whatistheloop.com). Follow me on Twitter (@bobigelow) for updates, or just to see what I'm making with the kids.

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