An Ode to Fathers: DAD RULES!

When is Father's Day??? JUNE 21 2009!!

Don’t forget, mark it down!

We love them because....

They’ll most likely pay for the wedding.

We love them because....

they’re the first person to rush to our side when we get in a fender bender and they let us cry- even if they’re mad.

Great Books for Fathers:

1. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap- Jim Collins
2. Rich Dad Poor Dad (a classic)- Robert Kiyosaki 
3. Williams-Sonoma Grilling- Rick Rodgers 
4. Outliers- Malcolm Gladwell 
5. Anything by Richard Branson (Dad’s are secretly or not secretly jealous of him) 
6. The Husband-Dean Koontz 
7. Always Looking Up-Michael J. Fox 
8. Home Game- Michael Lewis 
9. The Last Lecture- Randy Pausch 
10. Driving Like Crazy- P.J. O’Rourke 

Is your Pops a movie buff? Get him one of these to add to the collection:

1. The Departed
2. Shooter 
3. Quantum of Solace 
4. Braveheart 
5. John Wayne Westerns 
6. All the President’s Men 
7. 300 
8. Gangs of New York 
9. Office Space 
10. Walk the Line 
11. The New York Yankees Essential Games Documentary 
12. Frost/Nixon 
13. Mad Men Season 1 box set 

Buy him a magazine subscription:

1. Esquire
2. Men’s Health 
3. Best Life 
4. GQ 
5. Smart Money 
6. Wired 
7. Sports Illustrated 
8. ESPN 
9. Rolling Stone 
10. Vanity Fair 

TELL HIM.....

You appreciate all of the sacrifices he’s had to make when he chose to be your Father. Sometimes they just want to know that you acknowledge how hard they work. 

COOL ROCKSTAR PAPAS!!!!

1. Chris Martin
2. Gene Simmons 
3. Steven Tyler 
4. Lenny Kravitz 
5. Gavin Rossdale 
6. Travis Barker 
7. Jon Bon Jovi 

JUST A FEW REASONS WHY FATHERS RULE:

• They know how to fire up the grill
• You can always count on them to kill the spider 
• When something breaks, they won’t expect you to fix it- they’ll do it themselves. 
• They gave the best piggy back/shoulder rides as a kid 
• They could carry you out of a burning building (or at least MY Dad could!) 
• If need be, they’ll kick your BF’s ass if he’s a punk….or at the very least threaten him with a shotgun. 
• He’s way easier to coerce into letting you eat icecream than Mom is. 
• He was the only one willing to teach you how to drive and risk his life. 
• He says things like, “I’d run in front of a moving bus for you if you wanted me to, I love you that much.” And if you told him to, he would actually do it.
• He’ll remind you to get your oil changed.  
• You can count on him to share a beer with you. 
• He’s willing to spend hours teaching you how to throw the football correctly. 
• He’ll pay for lunch. 
• You’d feel protected if there were a burglar in the house, he’d take care of it. 

We love them because....

they teach us how to manage our money!…..Or they at least try, even when we don’t listen.

FAMOUS DADDY TUNES:

1. Father and Son- Cat Stevens
2. Papa Can You Hear Me- Barbara Streisand ( for the gay dad)
3. Just the Two of Us- Will Smith 
4. Father and Daughter- Paul Simon 
5. Time in a Bottle- Jim Croce 
6. My Father’s Eye- Amy Grant (for the sentimental dad) 
7. Arms Wide Open- Creed (for the record, Dad’s love this jam) 
8. Dance with my Father- Luther Vandross (another that’ll make Daddy sob) 
9. Daughters- John Mayer 
10. Daddy Sang Bass- Johnny Cash 
11. My Father’s Eyes- Eric Clapton 
12. We’re Sons of our Fathers- Phil Collins 
13. He Didn’t Have to be- Brad Paisley 
14. Song for Dad- Keith Urban 
15. My Father’s House- Bruce Springsteen 

“Any man can be a father, but it takes a special person to be a dad”