A recent conversation with my 4-year old.

Kid, “Daddy, I want to see the Pyramidsâ€
Me: “Do you know where they are?â€
Kid: “Far, far away. And it takes a looooong time to get there.â€
Me: “you’re right.â€
Kid: “But don’t worry, Daddy. We’ll take sleeping bags and water. And when… Read full post »

Yes, indeedy – a company plans to sell an in-home sperm sample kit available at your local Wallgreens just about any day now.

I have several thoughts about this:

1. They claim it’s convenient and private. I’m sorry, but your wife handing you a box and saying “go produce… Read full post »

Been a while since I checked in here, but I thought I should share perhaps the most ridiculous and ironic turn of events in my life recently.

If you’ve read the book, first of all a big thank you. If you managed to make it to the end of the book,… Read full post »

Just a heads up that if you’d like to hear me blather about the book and talk in general about how men handle this whole infertility thing, you can listen to my interview with Dawn Davenport at Creating A Family here. It was great fun, actually. Dawn asked me a few… Read full post »

In I wish I was making this up news, the New York Times ran an article about a sperm donor that is the biological father for potentially more than 150 people.

I have about 150 snarky remarks to make about that, but I’d like to think I could be mature enough… Read full post »

Trim from Petey Boy on Vimeo.

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Blah, blah, sperm, blah blah CLOAKING DEVICE, blah, blah babies, blah blah, infertility, blah blah, CLOAKING DEVICE!!!

They even worked Harry Potter into this post. Amazing what you’ll do for SEO.

But seriously, good on you “researchers” — this actually sounds like a pr… Read full post »

You have to watch to the end for the full effect. It makes you appreciate the uncomfortable silence.

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Ok, among tattoo enthusiasts, that title will be rather incendiary, but if you haven’t seen this already, you simply must watch it. In fact, if you have seen it already — watch it again. If you’re a little squeamish about tattoos, don’t worry – there’s no blood/nak… Read full post »

Sometimes, titles are just hoaxes.

And then sometimes the story is real.

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I’m donating a signed copy of the book to the “Go Team Witt” effort to fund, or partially fund, an IVF cycle with an online auction. From their website “about us”:

Go Team (IF) started in 2011 when Cameron & Kristin Call found out they would need to raise money qui

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Saw this posting on Craigslist, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t giving it serious consideration:

Long running private party on San Juan Island seeks butler to the stars, approximately 50 of them, for duration of event, 7/29-7/31. Transport to and from island via private boat, shared b

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So the book got nominated, but it needs to squeak into the top five in order to make what will be the “real” final list for consideration. Once that list is out there, then the supporters of Resolve.org vote to decide the actual winner.

I’m not holding out any hope whatsoever… Read full post »

Been away for a while busy with this thing called a “job”, trying to get the book out in front of people (Ellen, why won’t you return my calls?), wiping more tiny little butts than I care to admit, and doing an ungodly amount of writing about baseball (see twitter feed).… Read full post »

Kimberly Nelson was gracious enough to have me tackle one of the male-related-myths of infertility, namely – “I’m a man, I don’t need to get checked.”  I do a quick confessional before presenting my first chapter of the book, which addresses the issue pretty completely,… Read full post »

You might not know who Mike Leake is, but he’s a promising young pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. He was arrested today on a shoplifting charge.

Now, I do know who Mike Leake is since I moonlight as a baseball writer/hack. Leake is a very good pitcher, and he really ought… Read full post »

According to this article, IVF kids aren’t “normal”.

I’ve got two and a half big problems with this piece.

One, that the “not normalness” of children who are brought into the world with the aid of in-vitro fertilization is entirely tied up in the fact that i… Read full post »

Thought you might enjoy this one:

Just When Couple Finally Stops Stressing About Having A Baby, They’re Still Not Pregnant

HENDERSON, NV—After finally deciding to relax and not worry so much about having a baby, local couple Aaron Leonard and Shelley Akers announced Tuesday that at long last

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I’m rather shocked how many people seem to have Kindles, and even a little more shocked at how many people have decided to use them to read the book (thank you, thank you though!) thus far. However, for anyone who is a modern day luddite and you like your books in… Read full post »

I’m not a rap fan at all – I can count the number of rap songs that I truly like on one hand. Maybe even one hand that has encountered a couple bad accidents.  But for anyone that isn’t from Seattle, you might not know that the voice of the Mariners… Read full post »

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One of the funniest trailers I’ve ever seen.  I’ve watched it a dozen times and I laugh out loud every time.

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Uh… this feels weird.

This was a part of my life so long ago, and yet remains such a part of my life today.  It’s all very surreal.  But regardless, if you have ever known anyone that has had issues trying to have a child, maybe this thing will provide… Read full post »

This is rich.  No, really – this is RICH.  Like Uber-rich.  We’re all being duped folks, if you’ve read this blog at all you know how I feel about this stuff, but man, did Mother Jones just nail it graphically recently.  Take this graph, demonstrating the income gap – exce… Read full post »