The problem is, however, that you have all the questions and I haven’t heard them yet.

This post is a rip off of QT Mama, who ripped it off of Mid Life Mommy, who admitted she ripped it off from someone else. So as far as I’m concerned the idea is now firmly in the public domain. So what am I talking about?

Well, I’m talking about the first ever “Readers can ask Depot Dad anything they want” post. Ask your questions in the comments below. I will answer all of them. Ask me personal questions, I’ll answer. Ask me for advice, I’ll tell you what to do. Ask me for some spare change, I’ll tell you where to go.

I think it is important to know who your heroes are. Here is a collection of portraits of people who have influenced me, inspired me, humbled me and helped me become the person I am today. They are just all around awesome. The curious thing, of course, is that I have not met any of them personally. I only know them through the power of their creative output. It is so important to do creative work in your life. I’ll periodically add more as I think of them. See how many you recognize on sight before you click them to link to Wikipedia articles. Read More...

Okay, just a little fluff today (now updated with links). Maybe you’ve seen these, or maybe I can introduce you to something new. All I can say is that I know for a fact that I’ve seen each of these films at least ten times and I could watch any of them again tonight. They are awesome! I’m not saying all of these are GREAT films. I’m just saying I have an affection for them. Forgive the quality of these screenshots, they were all hastily grabbed from YouTube. In no particular order.... Read More...

I’ve been blogging for two years now, and in that time, I’ve gotten to know many other single parent bloggers. I don’t doubt that they make up a large portion of my readership too. I don’t think adding a blog roll here is necessarily going to do much in the way of introducing readers to blogs they don’t already know about, but I thought it was high time that these people knew what I really thought of them and why I read them. So without further ado, here are the blogs Depot Dad checks regularly. Read More...

Two days ago, a photographer from the Marin IJ newspaper stopped by to shoot some pics of me with Oliver and Amélie. I’m still not exactly sure why, but it may have to do with an article that will be appearing in the IJ’s Sunday magazing section called “here.” And, I think it is going to appear around Father’s day. I’d like to offer this post to any new readers who happened upon this site via that article, or for returning visitors who might like a review of the happenings around here.

I’d also like to let readers know that I’ve finally made a category list at the bottom of the right hand column for readers who would like to browse blog entries by category.

If you are new here, welcome.

I am a single father of two children living in Novato, CA. I started this blog in June of 2008 as a way of documenting my changing life into the world of part time single parenting. Shortly thereafter i was diagnosed with advanced melanoma and the blog quickly evolved into a record of my experiences of living with cancer. Through the miracle of modern medicine, I am still around pondering the meaning of the universe, drawing comics for my children and trying to get a date.

If you would like to see some comics I made for my children, you can go here.
If you would like to hear and see me tell my favorite stories, you can click here.
If you would like to review my list (so far) of one hundred things that make me happy (I call Depot Bells) click here.
If you would like to friend me on Facebook, you can go here.

A chronological archive of my previous posts is located at the very bottom of the right hand column.

I’ll be returning to more regular blog posts very soon. The best is yet to come.