Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. That’s what the cereal commercials told me. I can’t do my best if I don’t eat a good breakfast, right? Ah ha! That explains it! I have discovered the cause of all of my failures in life. All of the unmet potential can be traced back […]
Category Archives: Tenor Dad
Progress: A 2014 Year-End Review
What a year! So many things have happened, some bad, many good, but I finally feel, perhaps for the first time in a long time, that this has been a year of progress on almost every front. Things are getting better! At least for me. If things are not going better for you, I have […]
The Inaugural Load
I don’t know if there are any true themes running throughout these pages and pages of Tenor Dad posts, but if there are any, one of them has got to be laundry. From Ruby’s new house wishlist of sidewalks and laundry, to sneaking around my mother-in-law’s apartment trying to wash some clothes; from weird ruminations […]
Something Counter-Intuitive That Resonates Deeply
In case you all missed the 4,000 times I posted the link yesterday, I can now add “Writer for The Good Men Project” to my resume. Well, more like “Guy who had one of his pieces reprinted by The Good Men Project one time,” but it was still very exciting to me. And you know, […]
The 5 Laws of Blogging
In this chapter we will discuss the science of blogging itself, and the five absolute rules that accompany such an endeavor, known popularly as “Tenor Dad’s 5 Laws of Blogging,” or simply “the five laws.” These laws were proposed by famous blogger Tenor Dad on December 3rd, 2014, and were quickly adopted by the rest […]
Thanks
If you are reading this, then thanks. You are awesome, and I am grateful. Every link you click, every post you share, and every comment you make, makes me far happier than it should. Every time my notifications light up with more “likes,” I get a little shot of serotonin right in my happy place, […]
The Debt I Owe to a Man I Will Probably Never Meet
There have been some changes these past few weeks over here at TenorDad.com, as I’m sure you have noticed. I’ve moved everything over to a self-hosted site, I’ve reorganized, the font is different, and hopefully the experience has improved for you. But I’ve also been doing some behind-the-scenes work to try and kick this endeavor […]
Why I Started a Blog
You know, I had been thinking about starting a blog for years, back when it was cool. Bloggers were taking off, getting book deals, becoming popular and widely read, and it seemed like maybe something I could do. I loved writing, and I had won various writing awards in my school days, so why not […]
Übermuppet
You Got ÜBERMUPPETThank you for taking our “Which Muppet are You?” quiz, TenorDad. You got Übermuppet. Your penchant for terrible jokes, puns, one-liners, and general nonsense that no one else finds amusing, bring to mind your connection to Fozzie Bear. You are trying too hard, to be sure, but your overall goofiness and willingness to keep trying, […]