So some POS father in New Mexico left his special-needs daughter in the car as a punishment for acting up. If that’s not bad enough – the father, 30 year old Robert Tafoya, relaxed at a swimming pool while the daughter cried, shook and sweat inside of the hot car. It was 95 degrees outside at the time.

Tafoya is now in jail with no bond for probation violation, and up against child abandonment charges. It’s not as luxurious as a swimming pool, but Tafoya will have to cope. They should put him in a hot car in the New Mexico sun with the doors and windows barred-shut. But alas, our legal system doesn’t allow for turnabout, which, after all, is fair play.

The dude above can be seen in the news report on the KASA site. You go boyyyyyyyy.

Sauce: KASA

Joe Elliott, lead singer of Def Leppard initially wanted to postpone the band’s US tour over concerns for his sick father. Elliott’s father, Joe Senior, died last week after a series of heart attacks. His dying wish was that Joe Junior and the band continue their tour.

Joe Senior had fallen ill in April and let his son know that it was his wish for him to keep the tour going no matter what.

Joe Senior had funded Def Leppard’s first recording session; his son asked for some money to put out the couple of tracks they’d penned, so Joe Senior helped out with £150 – which covered the recording session, and fish and chips for he and his son afterward.

Def Leppard’s tour manager Malvin Mortimer (which totally sounds like a Harry Potter franchise name) has a tribute to Joe Senior up on Def Leppard’s website.

Sauce: Rock News Desk

Derek Markham had a post yesterday on the DadsGood section of the Good Men Project, talking about habits of healthy dads. Six total, if you’re keeping count.

Don’t let the first two scare you off. Markham has some great points – but it’s easy to see the header image of bro-yoga (broga?) and see #1 and #2 being “Personal Fitness” and “Personal Diet” and think that article doesn’t apply to you if you’re already working out and watching your weight. Or worse, you might stop reading if you’re not interested in either one. They’re still important and Markham makes himself clear that he’s not telling you to run laps and cut carbs. Rather, he’s suggesting that you make decisions to stay limber and be conscious of the stuff you’re eating. Alright, alright, alright, Derek, I’m putting the doughnut down already.

Markham hits us with four more habits that all fathers can agree are important: things like taking Downtime (or “me-time”) so you don’t burn out, having date-nights with your wife (so the both of you don’t burn out), and “Suiting up” to your family life, which basically means “put work into your family, stupid.”

Finally, Markham suggests we practice “Reverence,” which he explains is just basically being in awe of something, whether it’s nature, art or other meditation. I’m going to ignore that Markham suggested yoga.

I suggest you do too. Otherwise, check out Markham’s other points over at Good Men Project.

Sauce: Good Men Project