So close, yet so far. Scott Thompson, a California Rebel Dad, is apparently America's Sexiest Dad according to Parents Magazine, evidently beating out me. Heck, I didn't even make the top 12. I imagine this means I'll have to hit the gym.

Columnist Maggie Gallagher weighed in with this column, which struck me as a bit confused. She gets us rare species of dads in the second paragraph, them forgets about us. Alas. The rest of the column seems to celebrate the at-home mom trend without any hard evidence of what's fueling it. And she suggests that women really do, increasingly, have a choice when it comes to staying home. Do we?