Father's Day is Coming!!!!

I got my first "get this for father's day" e-mail ad today. It was for coffee, which actually isn't a bad idea. At least I drink coffee, even occasionally the coffee from the company that sent me the e-mail. It's better than the whole aftershave/golf/car/toolbox thing. I barely shave, don't golf, don't care about my car as long as it runs and don't have a toolbox or a single power tool. Of course, this means that most of the ads on TV programs targeted to men (i.e., sports) are useless for me.

The whole mother's day/father's day thing is ridiculous to start with, though it does give a nice boost to the greeting card companies, who invented them as "holidays." The only upside is that you always get to answer the question "Why isn't there a children's day?" with "Because EVERY day is children's day."