DT Bizarre Book Contest: Itsudemo Aeru

Title: Itsudemo aeru (We can always meet) [amazon japan] Author/Illustrator: Mariko Kikuta Reviewed by: Bakahage This is a Japanese book that I loved when I lived there (trying to get Mom-in-law to send a copy of it to me...) It...
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eBay Finds: Vintage Fisher Price

When the kid goes to Grammy's house, she heads straight for the toy room under the stairs like all the older cousins--and plays non-stop with the old Fisher-Price Little People. You know, the little choking hazard ones. They're not like...
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The Revolution Will Be Turned Into A Plush Toy During Naptime

in today's NY Times Magazine, Rob Walker cites Heidi Kinney's homebrewed toy business and the emerging craft/DIY movement--My Paper Crane, home of such plush toys as toilet paper rolls, used tissues, and tampons--as an historic attempt to build "an alternative...
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Amazon: Babies WERE Us

Amazon sent a notice today--the 2nd--saying that as of July 1st--um, yesterday--Amazon and Babies R Us/Toys R Us would no longer be in partnership together, and that "as a result of the improvements we'll be making to the site, some...
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