What am I doing wrong? A loyal reader sent along a link to this CIO Magazine story on a guy, David Koenig, who has taken a hiatus from the long hours of the IT world to be an at-home dad for a few months. It's a wonderful bit about leisurely breakfasts with the kids, trips to the gym and driving range during school, then perhaps a soccer practice or two. "There is real value in being a bum for a change. You're never in a rush, and you can let the day take you wherever it wants," Koenig writes.

It's a great marketing piece for us at-home dads, and I'm thrilled with it. Of course, it's complete bunk. Who among us can let the day take us wherever it wants? I mean, for all the slings and arrows I directed at Austin Murphy's book, the often-frenetic lifestyle he wrote about felt dead-on accurate. But being a "'new older brother'" whose primary responsibility is taking the kiddies to Sox games? Would that I were as lucky as Koenig.