Dad

My wife Kathy likes to spend time with her mother and that's good for her health.

Today is my father's birthday!  If you're a Sedalian, and have been for a bit, you probably met him at some point.  So here are some facts about my Dad for you to enjoy on the best birthday of the year.

Talk about being a helicopter parent.

Along with whether Oswald acted alone and what exactly Scientology has on John Travolta, parents figuring out a way to get their babies to sleep is the biggest mystery on the planet.

You're not supposed to play with your food, but no one said you shouldn't play your food.

If you think it's tough to get your kids to listen to you, you may want to follow the very clever and tongue-in-cheek example set by this father.

Most people won't ever be lucky enough to catch a foul ball at a baseball game, but one sure-handed fan put the rest of us souvenir-seekers to shame.

You think your dad embarrasses you in public? Wait'll you see this guy.

World War II veteran John Potter is in the process of being evicted from the Zaleski, Ohio house he built 56 years ago. But the villain of this story isn't some heartless bank bureaucrat. Instead it's Potter own daughter, Janice Cottrill, who's using the power of attorney that Potter had given to her to throw her father out on the street.

For millions of fans, Jimi Hendrix's musical legacy is beyond reproach -- but he wasn't above a little criticism from his father Al, who reportedly thought he would have been better off finding a different singer for the Experience.