I just wanted to give a quick shout-out to the dads in our audience. Hope your day is great; we'd love to hear your reports on it here. For my husband, the best present might be letting him sleep reeeeallly late. Unfortunately, when kids are chomping at the bit to give him cards and homemade presents, he may have to settle for a bit late.

Also, we're going to brunch, at his request.

For your reading pleasure today, by the way, we have two interesting stories about fathers -- an update on Orioles third baseman Melvin Mora's quints, and a piece on fathers who have used the "opportunity" of layoffs and downsizing to take on more caretaking -- and time with kids -- at home.