Talking Rules and Music on WBT Charlotte
Listen to Walker’s interview on NewsTalk 1110 WBT with John Hancock. We talk about dads, cowboy hats, Nat King Cole, and the upcoming release of Rules for My Unborn Son. Jump to 5:50…
Kansas City Food Blog Finds Good Advice in RULES
Once you get an idea of how things ought to be, it’s hard to stop thinking about it. And as documentary filmmaker Walker Lamond started to think about the kind of son he would want to raise, he began to offer pithy advice via a blog he called “1001 Rules For My Unborn Son.” A number of Lamond’s rules are about eating and etiquette. I’ve pulled out eight that are reasonable suggestions on how we all ought to live, regardless of age or gender.
“Sagacious and pithy,” PASTE Magazine
As the past few years have taught us, there’s serious money to be made in turning a much-hyped blog into a book (see: Stuff White People Like). Or, you know, at least a shot at converting internet fame into real-life notoriety. And writer/documentarian/renaissance man Walker Lamond aims to do just that by cribbing the choicest morsels from his Rules for My Unborn Son blog and compiling them into a book bearing the same name, due out Oct. 27.
New Rules to Live By and New Rules to Break
Walker Lamond makes a spirited case for order and discipline in his new collection of fashionable aphorisms Rules for My Unborn Son, culled from Walker’s blog of the same name. We’ve spent most of our young adulthood doing the opposite of what people tell us to do, but maybe it’s time to heed a few pointers, or at least have some new rules to enjoy breaking.
DC Follows the Rules
This manifesto of Cary Grant-style masculinity blew up the blogosphere and garnered everyone’s attention – from Wired to St. Martin’s Press. The book will … [feature] a collection of Lamond’s pithy dictates – such pearls as “Talent is learned. Learn to sing.”… Amidst all this, his son, an eighth-generation Washingtonian, was born. Not bad for a 34-year-old dad.
Across the Pond On BBC’s “Pods and Blogs”
Listen to an excerpt of the Walker Lamond Interview from BBC’s Podcast, “Pods and Blogs” with Jamillah Knowles
WIRED: Interview with Rules Author Walker Lamond
Ever stumbled across a piece of wisdom or know-how in your day-to-day life and thought to yourself, “That’s something I really need to pass on to my kids?” This is, in essence, what parenthood is all about.
Walker Lamond decided he was going to start recording these learned lessons and with a little help from Web 2.0, he put together the 1001 Rules For My Unborn Son blog last spring. It combines concise and witty observations and statements alongside cleverly selected photographs and songs. In short, it’s a pleasure to browse and will provide inspiration and laughter for sons and dads alike.
Following the success of the blog, Lamond soon found himself with a book deal.
I touched base with Lamond with a few questions about his book, his geek cred, and his own father’s rules of thumb.
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Valet Mag: Father Knows Best
“I knew what kind of man I wanted my son to be—industrious, charming and well-dressed,” says Walker Lamond, a 33-year-old writer who started a list of ground rules for his future child before the mayhem of fatherhood made him too soft or too sanctimonious. The list soon grew into the blog 1,001 Rules For My Unborn Son, which also became his own instruction book on how to be a good man. “Sometimes you need reminding and it helps to make a list,” he says. “Wait, that should be a rule.” Each day he adds a few rules or a song he dubs “required listening.” So what will Lamond do when he hits that fateful 1,001? “Hmm, probably have a daughter.”
Daily Telegraph: Old-Fashioned Advice Becomes a Blog Hit
One man’s attempt to update the advice he received from his father for the benefit of his own children has become an unlikely online hit.
… a compendium of moral exhortations, courtesies and fashion tips that is updated daily, began as a private project but has now attracted more than half a million readers.
Glamour is Smitten
The sweetest blog ever: A man lists his [1001] rules for his unborn son, including “have a signature dish,” “don’t have rolling luggage,” “if you get arrested, call me (you get one free pass),” “smile at pretty girls,” “be nice to your sister; you are her confidant, cheerleader and bodyguard” and “know the proper time to wear a tuxedo; it’s more often than you think.” I could go on and on, but the website is so sweet, it makes me want to weep….
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SKIRT: 12 Rules for My Unborn Daughter
When on a dinner date, order the steak…Let him take your coat. That’s the moment he’s been waiting for…Dance with your father. And not just on your wedding day.
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VALET: Coveted by Walker Lamond
Recently, I’ve developed a weakness for hotel stationery. It’s rare enough to receive an honest to goodness letter in the mail these days. Getting one on hotel letterhead just adds to the romance. If you believe my stationery, I’m at the Hotel Ritz one day, Fontainebleau the next.
VALET: The Perfect Shirt
Variety is over-rated. In these uncertain economic times, the frugal sartorialist is well-served by a shirt for all seasons. Walker Lamond, the dapper writer behind the popular 1,001 Rules For My Unborn Son, recommends an American classic. His ode to the white cotton oxford shirt…
ASYLUM: 10 Things I Wish My Father Had Taught Me
10. How to fish
Every boy should learn how to bait a hook, cast into a shady spot, and catch a fish. My dad took me deep-sea fishing once. The captain hooked a fish and handed me the rod to reel it in. That’s not fishing, that’s shopping. The point of fishing isn’t the fish itself (unless of course, it’s how you make your living), it’s the qualities required to do it well: patience, perseverance and the ability to be quiet.
Well Plaid
Red pants, white oxford, blue blazer, suntan. That’s the look my dad’s wearing in just about every snapshot I have found from his salad days living single and preppy in Georgetown. When pressed about it, he used to make vague references to a suspicious dry cleaning fire that left him with quite literally the clothes on his back. We should all be so lucky! Whether his slim wardrobe was a result of said fire or just a slim wallet, his ability to make do with nothing but a few high quality essentials has been a superb lesson in sartorial discipline. And it’s not a bad way to pass as a swell even when your bank account disagrees.