Also, this week, I took the courageous step of writing something snarky about baseball. Read my LA City Beat cover story on the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Then the next day, April 27, I'll be introducing the Sippy Cups at TWO SHOWS at Bimbo's, 1 PM and 4 PM. All the details can be found here.

Meanwhile, check out my legendary Slate piece on the evils of sports lists and power rankings.

Also, there are usually about three new posts a week on Parents.com.

And if you're not living at Offsprung yet, what's taking you so long?

I give him a steam cure.

And so much more!

And my accountant redefines the meaning of tax time.

All this and more. Do the thrills ever end on Parents.com?

I do battle with a tennis pro.

And I do battle with my son.

Nobody wins.

Check it out on Parents.com.

Saturday, February 23 / Baltimore
10:00AM – 1200PM
Rock-n-Romp Baltimore event
With Thrushes.
2640
2640 St. Paul Street

Saturday, February 23/Washington, D.C.
1:00PM
Rock-n-Romp event
With Julie Ocean.
McGinty’s Public House
911 Ellsworth Drive
Silver Spring, MD

Sunday, February 24 / Boston, MA
3:30PM
Rock-n-Romp event
With Bon Savants and Wonderful Spells.
Great Scott
1222 Commonwealth Avenue
Allston, MA

Tuesday, February 26 /New York, NY
7:00PM
KGB Tuesday Night NonFiction
Reading and Signing
KGB Bar
85 East 4th Street (between 2nd and 3rd)

Fresh Pollack blogaliciousness today on Epicurious and Offsprung.

In all seriousness, I'm very flattered to be nominated, though bemused at being placed in the same cultural nexus as Suze Orman and Dr. Wayne Dyer. Not to diminish their works, of course, but I never set out to inspire anyone. I do, from time to time, get emails from people who say that Alternadad helped get them through the first months of parenthood, or prepare for the reality of what's about to hit, and that always feels nice to hear. I tried to write as honest a story as possible.

Personally, I think I'll be hard-pressed to knock off Peggy Orenstein's Waiting For Daisy, but then again, I've been wrong when handicapping the Books For A Better Life award before.

Let me point you toward other stuff. There's Offsprung, a community and humor magazine for "parents who don't suck." And then there's my usual nonsense at Parents.com and Epicurious.

The fun never ends, until it does.

If anyone from Miami reads this before Sunday, I have a panel at the Miami International Book Festival on Sunday at noon, with Erica Schickel and Evelyn McDonel. We'll be talking about parenting books, believe it or not.

We practice writing our name.

I get my ass kicked at a birthday party.

Meanwhile, check out Regina's fabulous cakes.

Also, French toast, and donuts.