On The Existential And Quantitative Implications Of Yo Gabba Gabba Going Prime Time

Gen-X dads in Orange County flee the mainstream TV industry and team up to make trip hoppy indie kid's show? DJ Lance Rock looking like he left Fat Albert for Dee-Lite? Clips and trailers pop on the YouTube? It's...
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JPMA Says Nothing Wrong With Wal-Mart's Vinyl Bibs Of Death

You know when I started to be unnerved about some kind of safety risk involving the lead in vinyl-coated bibs? When I got a press release from the JPMA titled, "JPMA Notes CPSC Declaration that Vinyl Bibs Are Safe: Inaccuracies...
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Euro-Baby Prexy Cuts Through The Bull About The New Micralite Toro, Fastfold

Nothing like posting a bunch of anonymous Korean webchatter about a company's new flagship stroller to get a CEO's attention. I just got off the horn with Bill Jacoby, president of Euro-Baby, the US distributor for several premium baby gear...
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Think Fast! Micralite Fastfold System Just $329 On Amazon. Today.

If only because of the hassle of accepting and returning giant, 40lb packages, I like to take my time before making a major purchase like a stroller. But if you've got your heart set on the Micralite Fastfold in...
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Slate: Everything You Didn't Know You Wanted To Know About The Fertility Industry Because You Were Too Emotionally Involved To Ask

Slate has short reviews of two books that deal with the unspoken or unregulated implications of fertility treatments: Liza Mundy's Everything Conceivable: How Assisted Reproduction Is Changing Men, Women, and the World and Peggy Orenstein's more experiential Waiting For Daisy,...
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