Dads on Fire is now Life. Medium Rare.

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Life Medium Rare.

Julie Jacobs wears many hats. Among them are mom, marketing/sales goddess and wife. But, we’re most interested in another of her hats: Saint. As the wife of best-selling author, A.J. Jacobs, Julie has (from time to time) endured some rather unorthodox (pun intended) changes to her life. Seriously, how many wives would “support the dream” if that dream included having to fight with theirs husbands via email to their husband’s outsourced assistant in India? And, we’re guessing not many wives (especially pregnant wives) would put up with their husbands living life according to the Bible for a year. We love Julie (technical difficulties and all).

DOF21: Controlling kids in stores, earrings on little ones, and Todd’s serenade to the post office

Dads on Fire 20: The Superbowl and the Vomit Bowl

Dads on Fire 19: Back in the Saddle Again

Happy New Year, Holiday Inertia, Sex, Micromanaging Moms, Skadaddle Media

After a long, sometimes restful, sometimes not-so-restful month away from the microphones, Dads on Fire has returned the “airwaves.” We’re going to really step up the efforts to talk more about “Life. Medium Rare.” We can pretend like we all live in the pretty, little Norman Rockwell paintings of perfection, but there are times when life is just pretty damn raw. In between? Medium Rare.

We have big things coming down the pike. New format. New content. And, it’s all gonna be bitchin’! Welcome back and Happy New Year!

Dads on Fire 18: A Year in Review

The best of the year, the worst of the year, good kids, bad kids, resolutions, mom’s night out, paying for sex, non-sequitors, Roderer Champagne

It’s our last show of the year and we drank way too much champagne. So, in a room full of moms, we venture a bit off topic. We really meant to talk all about the year in review. Did we? Well, a little. Mostly, though, we ended up talking about whether or not sex is expected if a dude spends a crap load of money on a date. We’re talking crap load here, people. Don’t know how it happened, but it did.

Melissa hit the street. We spoke with our relationship expert, Elizabeth, who set us straight. She basically told Todd to shut the hell up. (Like that’s some kind of a change). Elizabeth also spoke with Wank’s friend and Dads on Fire correspondent, Gunner (the former adulterer). Elizabeth is smart.

So, here’s what we learned. Champagne affects the show dramatically.

Dads on Fire 17: Holiday Travel

Travel hell, where in the world is Todd, Tips for surviving vacation with the whole family (the mother in law, especially), Mel on the street, having sex in a hotel room you share with the kids.

We might have to redefine the word vacation (at least until the kids go off to college). Your two year old runs you ragged and you are more exhausted than when you left for “vacation”. And until they’re old enough to sleep in a separate room, you can forget about that crazy vacation sex you used to know and love. But just do it. Not the sex; bring the kids no matter how old they are. You’ll be glad you did (much better than leaving them at home by themselves with a cat feeder and a hamster water bottle).

Todd joins us from his little work vacation in Memphis (it’s good to sleep, but such a bummer to be away from the fam after a few days). Mel takes us out on the street to hear about people’s nightmare family vacations. And Wank; he just happens to have the coolest in-laws around. And he’s not just saying that because he’s about to embark on a 7 day Hawaii family vacation with them. Happy travels, everyone. We hope you make it all the way to Wally World.

Dads on Fire 16: The Religion Show

Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Festivus, Sessions Pinot Noir, Opening Doors for Spouses, A.J Jacobs

In the first annual Dads on Fire battle of the holidays - Christmas ruled supreme (much to the dismay of Wank). Hanukkah came in a close second, but the fact that hot MILFs go for a fat old guy in a suit pushed Jesus’ birthday over the edge. (Yeah, we know, it’s not really his birthday.) Read more

Dads on Fire 15: Cool Holiday Gifts

Best gifts, secret gifts, favorite gifts, Taz Pinot Noir

Let there be no mistake, we won’t be buying any gifts from The Sharper Image or Brookstone this year. The fine folks at BOTH of those establishments flaked on us. Let the record show that both confirmed that they would participate in Dads on Fire - only to flake. Did we mention that they flaked? No? Oh, the people at The Sharper Image and Brookstone flaked. Representatives from both confirmed that they’d be on the show to share the hot gifts - and they bailed. Flaked, even. Did we mention that?

So, since The Sharper Image and Brookstone both flaked - we had no choice but to carry the show on our own. And, we’re all better for it. We know what people always say they want, but what are they afraid to ask for? We found out. A vibrator that cuddles? Genius. Listen for other gems that could not only make millions of dollars in retail, but also millions of couples happy forever.

Dads on Fire 14: Giving Thanks

Thanksgiving, dads, relatives, family feuds, kissing cousins, Paraiso Wines

The holidays are upon us - and that can only mean one thing: Eating ’til you puke! Well, that and the stress of lots of family for long periods of times in close confines. That is, after all, why they schedule football games on Thanksgiving - it cuts down on the need to interact with with your crazy Uncle Irv. (You know Uncle Irv. He usually drinks gin & tonics in a pint glass.)

In order to help survive Thanksgiving, Elizabeth gave us five six tips to help make it through the longest dinner of the year (and your life). Melissa also helped us figure out that our families aren’t that bad. You should hear the stories of these poor bastards she interviewed. And, kissing cousins at Thanksgiving? Nice!

As always, we’ve got the five songs and TWiP Notes. Good luck, people. We’re with you and feel your pain.

Dads on Fire 13: Bitch & Moan

Southwest Airlines. Golfing. Money. Crying Kids. Angry Wives. Roles of Husbands and Wives.

In our first show dedicated to “Bitching & Moaning,” which we will do monthly - we didn’t learn all that much (other than the fact that women bitch about their husbands WAY more than men do). Turns out that women would like their husbands to separate the recycling and set up the VCR. Read more

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