November 10, 2005
So after the story dominated local newscasts last night [?!?], Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn gave a stern talking to to the moms quoted in yesterday's NY Times article about the Scone Nazi and his "inside voices" sign for...
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In the year 2000, I bet Conan had no idea that in five years, he and his wife Liza would name their second kid Beckett. Well, life's funny that way. Beckett was born last night in NYC. He's 8.25 lbs...
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Men with big feet drive Bugaboos, if you know what I mean... Brakes. Brakes. I'm talking about footbrakes, what did you think I meant? Anyway, Anna from Amsterdam swears that she isn't "on a mission to promote Bugaboo over Quinny,"...
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You can contact ButtonMashers, the crafty, geeky Montreal couple who made these t-shirts depicting Mario in all his Che Guevara goodness, and see if they're going to make any Onesie-brand bodysuits from Gerber, or maybe some other, less-well-branded bodysuits of...
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Art blogger Todd Gibson recently took his 8-month-old daughter to see a video art piece by Shirin Neshat. The kid sat, transfixed for a while, and then suddenly started wailing. [He took her out immediately, btw, without prompting from any...
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An 8-year study of nearly 40,000 women showed that Down Syndrome can be detected in the first trimester, as early as 11 weeks into a pregnancy, using a combination test of ultrasound and blood-protein testing. This new testing method has...
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So a 3-year-old boy in India regularly runs marathon-length distances, but if I read this story right, the Indian government is upset because his "mentor" may be harming his health, but they're fine with the fact that his mother sold...
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The JJ family found this little picture game in the Retro Kid photo pool I linked to yesterday. By asking "Which of these are things your mommy uses? Which are things your daddy uses?" it's proves more open-ended than Pottery...
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