January 26, 2007

The State Of The Union Is: Baby Einsteinian

I've been trying to cut down on my GWB:WTF?? Moments for '07, so I didn't know until just now that the State of the Union address included this giant WTF, a salute to Our American Hero, Julie Aigner-Clark--the founder of...
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Posted by greg at 10:11 PM | Comments (2)

Ford: Employee Child-Care Centers Definitely Not Job One

Just luxuriate in this description of Ford Motor Company's day care and pre-school centers from Working Mother's 100 Best Companies list:CHILD-CARE KUDOS An impressive 17 full-year on- or near-site child-care centers give moms something to cheer about, with ten accredited...
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Posted by greg at 8:28 PM | Comments (0)

Consumer Repents: CR President Says Really, Really Sorry About The Car Seat Deal

Consumer Reports President Jim Guest apologized--again--for the testing errors that led to their alarming report on car seats a couple of weeks back. He also defended CR's practice of using outside labs for some of their testing, even as he...
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Posted by greg at 7:56 PM | Comments (0)

Daddy Types Thanks Advertisers, Ad-viewing Cynics For Their Support

A brisk shoutout to the advertisers who provide information on products, services, programs, and information that is of use or interest to dads, new dads, dads-to-be, and their entourage: Javis Davis, who are purveying their custom crib bedding from a...
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Posted by greg at 7:43 PM | Comments (1)

Holy Moley, Muji^2 In NYC

I'd gotten several emails about this, seen it on a few blogs, and tried to find an actual announcement/report. Sure enough, it's in WWD. Muji will open two locations in New York City in the latter half of 2007. No...
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Posted by greg at 4:47 PM | Comments (4)

Now Soon You Can Put Toddlers Into Orbit

Word on the net is, the Orbit Toddler Seat attachments are finally out. After a hairy tense-plus, stroller dealers can once again walk across their parking lots at night without fear of being hounded by Orbit early adopters whose...
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Posted by greg at 2:04 PM | Comments (0)

Super Bowl Shuffle

The kid: "Let's watch somepin else. A shorter one." The Super Bowl Shuffle (1987) [youtube via kottke]...
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