January 2, 2007

Arts & Crafts Auction To Benefit The James Kim Memorial Fund

Over 40 artists, designers and artisans from around the world have donated their works to an auction to benefit the James Kim Memorial Fund. Bidding begins tomorrow [Jan. 3rd] on eBay, and will continue through Jan. 7th. 100% of...
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I Smell A Conspiracy

Whoa, it's only Jan. 2, and already, I've uncovered the coverup of the year. Lane Smith, the guy who illustrated the classic with John Scieszka, The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales. The kid's had The Stinky Cheese...
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Pampers Of The World: One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others

Unpacking the diaper bag today for the first time in over a month, and I realized we had Pampers from three countries: the US, France, and Japan. The Japanese ones [lower left] are far softer than either of the...
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That's Odd

The kid's had hot air balloons on the brain lately. Penguins are birds, but they don't fly? "Well they can fly in a hot air balloon." Tomorrow we're going to Hong Kong. "On a hot air balloon." &c., &c....
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Golf Cub

Buick spokesmodel Tiger Woods announced his wife Elin Nordegren [check all that apply: Swedish/bikini model/twin/nanny], is pregnant, and so far, the sports world's headline writers have showed remarkable restraint. [Though at least one true believer has already predicted that the...
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Posted by greg at 12:24 PM | Comments (0)

DT Namewatch #26: Clearance Clarence Edition

Any names still ringing in your new ear? Send them in: names [at] daddytypes [dot] com "Is this Terrence or Kerrence?" [guy behind us on cell phone this afternoon last week] Morton, composers like Feldman and Lauridsen [via my John...
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