Laid-Off Dad’s two favorite things are writing and being a dad, and it shows. After he lost his job in 2003, he started a blog to find humor amid the stress and penury. Readers appreciated his take on fatherhood's ridiculous delights, Parents magazine found him, several newspapers interviewed him, and readers chose LOD as the Best Daddy Blog in the "Best of Blogs" awards for 2005.

Currently biding his time between layoffs, LOD lives in New York City with his wife and two boys.