For the record ... in the three weeks since I used this space to wonder aloud about the utility of meetup.com as a dad connection tool, the number of registered at-home dads is up 17 percent (229 to 268). (That's not to suggest that this site had anything to do with the leap. I just think meetup is coming of age.)

With a few exceptions, it looks like there's not yet a critical mass in any one area, but I'd love to hear from guys who have made the site pay off. And I don't think the gains are cause for celebration yet: at-home moms, who I imagine are pretty good at finding peers offline, currently have nearly 5,000 signed up, or roughly 20 times our number.