Religious Father

Fathers aren't always fathers. For example, religiously designated or founding fathers don't necessarily have wise words for children, specifically their own.

The convolution of thought is sparked by this week's Objet d'eBay, a two-record set featuring Jesuit Priest Filas explaining his views on sex to parents for them to pass along to children. For WD purposes and perhaps nobody else's, it would be kindakewl if Daddy Yankee (not one of whose three kids is a bit Yankee-ish) would sample the SEoC. It seems unlikely.

But just being a religious doesn't rule out knowing something about children. Among those to listen to are "Father Dad," the Reverend Frank Wallner, who has become the official adoptive dad to a child a parishioner couldn't handle on her own. Church rules say he has to leave his current parish in Kingston, N.Y., when he retires in a few years. Which means he might become your neighbor and you'll get a chance to learn from him ... assuming he doesn't cut a CD or get hooked up with a podcast broadcaster. Rock it, Father Dad.