Around the horn today, starting in California, where the San Jose Mercury News ran this column about the former number 2 at Cisco who stepped out of his high-powered Silicon Valley life and back into family life. It's a great piece on how it's never too late to come home again. (Read it next to this Washington Post story about staying at home during the teen years.)

Moving to the blogosphere, a chipper ABC employee has asked me if I -- or any of you -- would like to be on "Wife Swap." I don't feel special. Being Daddy, Daddy Types and Blue Sloth (among others) have all received similar pitches. Best response so far has been from Zero Boss.

On the subject of Being Daddy, Brian has a incredibly great post on the idiocy of "cool" parenting. It's a must read. Even Daddy Types says so.

Also: bucking the women's club that parenting magazines often seem to be is a writer named Gary Drevitch. He has a blog, too.

Finally, an alert reader sent along this link about guitarist Ottmar Liebert, who speaks in this NPR bit about the challenges of working from home with a small child.