Daddy Types: September 2009 Archives

September 2009 Archives

September 30, 2009

Fire Trucks And Marauding Pirate Ships: New Cambridge Playground The Awesomest EVER

Thank you, Cambridge! Finally, the days of boring, namby-pamby playgrounds designed by product liability lawyers is are [oy. should never have laid off my Harvard-trained copy editor. -ed.] OVER! They build them like they used to in Cambridge, Mass.,...
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September 29, 2009

The Night Max's Dad Wore His Wolf Suit

And made colabo mischief of one kind: and another: Someone in licensing needs to get sent to bed without eating anything. WTWTA WTF?: Where The Wild Things Are X Opening Ceremony: Max Sweatshirt, $460, Max Suit, $610 [openingceremony.us via the...
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Sidewalk Grandma Has Several Pieces Of Advice, If You'd Just Put Down That iPhone For Two Seconds

Seriously, when she was a young parent did she ignore her kid all around town while chatting on her Blackberry or her iPod or her iPhone all day? She most certainly did not. And another thing--well, technically several:Count the...
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Overpainted Kid Photos By Gerhard Richter

I've been surfing through the 566 overpainted photographs on Gerhard Richter's website for another project. I'm up to around #160; they're arranged chronologically, and in early 1998, snapshots of Richter's kids and his wife Sabine start popping up. It's...
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September 28, 2009

Damn, But I Hate You, Happy Meals

It's been a couple of years since some random punk and his dad at the McTable next to us told the kid that there are supposed to be toys in a Happy Meal. [As payback, I told him about the...
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Cradles Of Yesteryear From Auctions Of Yesterday

I love this great, old timey rolling cradle. I can put up with a lot of wicker to get close to those awesome wooden wheels. Meanwhile, I like the existence of this 100-year-old, wind-up rocking cradle more than the...
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September 26, 2009

Whatever Happened To Woodstock's Littlest, Nakedest Roadies?

So we know what the Nirvana Baby's been up to. And we know what happened to the dirtbag hippies wrapped in that blanket on the cover of the first Woodstock album. [They're still together and living in New Jersey, awww.]...
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September 25, 2009

DT Friday Freakout: Snakes Edition

Some reports from the worlds of science and parenting to freak out over this weekend: Some survey found that, because of money worries during the recession, "many women" are delaying pregnancy and skimping on birth control. "Many men" who are...
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It's Just A Plan Colombia: Awesome Activist Art By Beehive Design Collective

I was just surfing through some images of the protests at the G20 in Pittsburgh when I was stopped and stunned by the absolutely incredible banners of art-activists of the Beehive Design Collective. the Beehive Collective translates in-depth socio-political...
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OG Flintstones High Chair

You don't have to be Todd Oldham to appreciate the classic kitsch of Bedrock City; he's just the only one who photographed Bam Bam's or Pebble's painted concrete high chair for his new book. There are actually two Bedrock...
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BA To Start Charging For Advance Seat Assignments

Hahaha, they may have us on national health care, but even in its current crappy, decrepit, abusive condition, America's airline industry is still ahead of the Brits on some things. British Airways announced they'd start charging passengers £10-60 [$16- $(6x16)]...
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Underpants!

That's the whole joke. Get it? It's funnier when K2 says it....
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September 24, 2009

DT Monday Mommy Mailbag: Puttin' The Uhhh... In Bump Edition

Normally, I'd throw a press release like this into the pile until an actual Monday, but since it's time sensitive...Hi Greg, Today, TheBump.com launched its first "The Bump Mommy Blog Awards" and I wanted to see if you might be...
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September 23, 2009

UPDATE: Mima Totally Actually By Europe

See, the way blogs work is that you kind of look at something a little bit, make some pronouncement on it, and depending on how wrong you are, people who actually know will often appear to correct you. And...
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September 22, 2009

WTFord Transit Connect Tariff Nonsense

You remember how the Ford Transit Connect [made in Turkey] is a utilitastic little European commercial van which can also be outfitted with rear seats and windows to transorm it into a nice little five-passenger wagon? Yeah, well, it...
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The Second Awesomest Sam Maloof Cradle

Master woodworker Sam Maloof died in May at the age of 93. He made his first cradle in 1949 for his son Soliman. Back in 2004, when he was just 88, he told the Daily Star [Lebanon, the country]...
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K+J09: German Princess Furniture, 100% Child Labor-Free!

From what I can tell, Maja Prinzessin von Hohenzollern is the Sarah Ferguson of Germany, only [obviously] hotter, and luckier to be rid of her prince. Maja was the third wife of a Royal jackass named Ferfried Maximilian Pius...
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HAHAHAHAHA, NO. Hauck '40 Jahre Woodstock' Stroller At K+J

God bless the quirky Germans, who apparently have as much embarrassingly uncritical dress-up love for dirty Boomer hippies as they do for American Indians. This steaming hot psychedelic mess of a stroller was at the Hauck Group booth at...
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UK Autism Study: Same As It Ever Was, Same As It Ever Was

I know I should probably save it for the Freakout, but I couldn't resist. A new NHS study of autism in adults finds that they're just as autistic as all the kids these days. In other words, the supposed spike...
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Mima + Alma Win K+J 2009 Innovation Awards

Well, the huge Kind + Jugend kid gear expo is finished in Cologne [stay tuned for a quick photo roundup]. A couple of the Innovation Award winners stood out--actually, Maxi Cosi's Innovation Award for its line of car seats...
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September 21, 2009

Home Birth A Plenty Valid Excuse For Not Blogging

Congratulations to Jason & Meg, who have the best reason of all not to blog for a little while: their second kid and first daughter, Minna, was just born at home [!] in Manhattan. It's the wave of the future,...
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That's An Ursine American Bear Now, Mr. Scarry

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September 20, 2009

Sartorialist Temporarily Screws Up Arthur Elgort Camera Ready Market

In 1997, fashion photographer Arthur Elgort published Camera Ready: How to Shoot Your Kids, an awesome and inspiring collection of eleven years' worth of his best photos of his own kids, combined with wise, useful, not overly technical advice....
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September 19, 2009

Maybe Because She Wanted A Show On E!

Welcome to the world, Montana Tessa Newsom! A confirmation message has been sent to your email address. Click on the link to activate your own Twitter account!...
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September 18, 2009

DT Friday Freakout: Back To School Edition

Just some news and science to freak out over this weekend: School officials summoned police to confront a family who rode their bikes to school together. They were told they were "out of compliance." [streetsblog via dt sr wtf correspondent...
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Prisunic Fiberglass Kid Furniture? Peut Etre!

There's apparently no marking on any of them, and I can't find any identical models in any catalogues, but the seller of these three pieces of vintage fiberglass kids furniture sourced from a local preschool says they are "surement...
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A Child's Machiavelli, AKA The Other Little Prince

It's like my dad always told me: "If you can't beat'em, make sardonic Machiavelli references about'em." When John DiIulio fled the Bush White House in 2001, he described the hyper-politicized environment as being run by "Mayberry Machiavellis." And when...
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From Ford's Dept Of Awesome/Horrible Ideas

After bugging my dad for months asking why we couldn't get a Citroen Karin, I learned not pay too much mind to concept cars. So the downright goofiness in the Ford Transit Connect Family One Concept of storage bins...
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September 17, 2009

Those Dutch Again: Table With A Marble Run Routed Into It

That is pretty sweet. A couple of Eindhoven design students working under the name Ontwerpduo created this table where a marble run runs through the base and legs. It's part of a hotel for kids concept that also includes...
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What To Think About The Ford Transit Connect As A Family Car?

You know, I decided this won't be the third time I don't post something about the Ford Transit Connect, the mini commercial van/wagon that's been a big hit in Europe, and which Ford introduced here this year as a...
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You Want Ice With That?

Wow, September is like Vasectomy Hyperawareness Month at Dadcentric. Funny, but still. Also, I thought waxing was all the rage, not shaving. I guess Holmes is old school that way. Vasectomy | A Chat With My Boys [dadcentric]...
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September 16, 2009

D'oh!

Classic. They teach Phillies fans early not to get too caught up in the thrill of victory. Young Phillies fan reject's dad's foul ball gift [yahoo sports via ponch] A nice interview with the dad, Steve Monforto [nbcphiladelphia.com]...
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From The Niemann Family Bed

Is there anything that can't be made funnier or more awesome by being drawn by Christoph Niemann? I think not. Good Night and Tough Luck [nytimes blogs]...
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Made From Cribs: Residue Chair By Huib Muilwijk

You know the saying, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade? Well, this is exactly like that. Except that instead of life, it's a business designing and making cribs on a CNC router. And instead of you, it's Dutch...
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Natural Female Hair Enhancement? La Bella Placenta Shampoo & Conditioner

via timnyc's twitter [asterisks added]: "RT @shivvy is grocery shopping & has to ask...WHAT THE F*** IS THIS? http://twitpic.com/hvh0h" Oh, you mean this? Why, it's La Bella Placenta Shampoo, in a 34-oz. bottle ["32 oz +2 oz bonus"]. And at...
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September 15, 2009

Mid-Century Kids Rooms As Photographed By Maynard Parker

Maynard Parker was a prolific architecture and design photographer based in Los Angeles who shot for House Beautiful, Sunset Magazine, Architectural Digest, for decades. Though he died way back in 1976, his massive archive was donated to the Huntington Library...
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¡ Ay Caramba! Los Mexican Wiggles!

You know, since Greg dropped out, Disney moved them to a, like, 5AM broadcast slot, and the kid lost interest, I haven't missed The Wiggles for a single second. BUT. Now they pop back up on Sprout like nothing...
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Welcome Back To School, Sickos!

It hasn't been a week, and the kid's already home with a fever. Which might help her not catch the pink eye they just notified us about....
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No, No Danish Kids That I Know Of

Did you visit Denmark 18 months ago, around February 2008? Maybe you were attending Quinny stroller customizer Henrik Vibskov's silly fashion show? And then even though it was dark and damp and cold, you went to down to the...
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September 14, 2009

Carpool Commandos: Demilitarized Volvo C303

Maybe I'm just oversensitive during the first few days in the deluxe SUV parade that is kid's new kindergarten pickup line, but I cannot get this spectacular 1975 Volvo C303 out of my mind. How utterly fantastic is this...
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Unless Someone's Lying, Ford Will Bring The 7-Seat Grand C-MAX To The US

See, here's why I hate embargoes. One guy supposedly jumped it by Twittering a statement, not a rumor: "Ford going to launch seven passenger C-max Grand in U.S. in 2011...built off Focus platform. Personally, I think it looks great."...
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First Day Of School?

I'm feeling a first day of school photo contest coming on, but I can't tell if it's a "No way, check out this kid's awesome outfit!" contest or an "I was haunted all my life by the outfits my...
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O' I Wish I Were An Oscar Mayer Sack O' Sauce In A Can O' Meat

If Oscar Mayer never does a commercial that high-speed motions its way through the history of processed meat, now you'll know why. Because to fully appreciate the exclusive, new innovative genius of the Sack O' Sauce in the history...
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I'm Gonna Bleach This Man Right Out Of My Laundry

Adam gets pissed, and understandably so, at commercials which contrast sage, all-wise consumerwomen with outdated, sexist depictions of men as bumbling ne'er-do-nothings. Me too. But there is unspoken truth in this high-speed tour through the history of doing laundry...
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September 13, 2009

I Hope A Dad Wins The Hell Out Of That Free Orbit Stroller

For future reference, the weekend our Disposall eats a Pyrex bowl and explodes, I doublebook a parent's party for the kid's kindergarten with the ABC Kids Expo, and we spend five hours at an outlet mall keeping K2 from...
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September 11, 2009

Feminism? You're Immersed In It!

While I was immersed in the imaginary dialectics of crayonmaking, Backpacking Dad was tackling more substantial matters, namely the state of feminism in the era of supposedly equal parenting. You win this round, Backpacking Dad! It's pretty great stuff:Fish out...
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September 10, 2009

Strolle(RED): Bugaboo Joins Onto Project (RED)

Bugaboo announced yesterday that the company is joining Project (RED), the big save-a-life-through-shopping program whereby companies create campaigns and products to raise money and awareness for the fight against HIV/AIDS and other global health crises. To their credit, Bugaboo is...
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Target Saturation Licensing: Skelanimals Are The New Domo-kun

It's that time of year again, when a Target publicist's heart turns to thoughts of announcing which cutesy Japanese character property set will fulfill its 2.5 year business plan destiny and graduate from faux-niche Comic-con nerd fandom to having mountains...
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Buy The Set And Save! Not Really. Kids' Noguchi & Bertoia At Auction

They're not technically a set, but Lot 472 in this weekend's Rago Arts auction in New Jersey proves that Knoll has been pushing the kid-sized Bertoia chair/ Noguchi Cyclone side table combo on design-y families for years. I don't...
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Twitter, Snipper. Snipper, Twitter

Day-um. What with the dadblogging and the writing and the multiple weekly podcasts and what not, Jason Avant has been pretty hardcore since he turned pro a few months back. But he has just kicked up the race for fresh...
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And A Little Woodworkblogging On The Side

Swedish illustrator Anders Nyberg keeps a blog for all his wacky side projects. Come for the fantastical wooden toys, stay for the giant Lego "thing" Nyberg and his daughter made one Sunday afternoon using all their Lego pieces. Anders Nyberg...
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September 9, 2009

You Know, It's Funny

This is Merrill Markoe talking here. She created the David Letterman Show , among many other things, and is really damn funny and insightful:The stuff that happens in early childhood, before you're three years old, you know, that's who you're...
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P-L-A-Y, R-E-A-D

So K2 and I are at one of those Soft Play Areas made out of carved, airbrushed wrestling mats that I've blogged about before, when I notice that the letters on the big foam blocks above spell out a...
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The Secret To Great Comedy: Ti...MING

Or as Steve Martin might put it today, edi-TING: [via andrew sullivan]...
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September 8, 2009

Thank You, Creston's Mom!

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The Triumph Of The Crayolatariat

On the Fourth of July, we took the kids to The Crayola Factory: A Hands-on Discovery Center in downtown Easton, Pennsylvania. Though it's impossible to say such crafty entertainment could not be found without three hours in the car, the...
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They Might Be Indoctrinatin'! Here Comes Here Comes Science

The official release date is today, but if you pre-ordered They Might Be Giants' new CD/DVD Here Comes Science from Amazon like you were supposed to, would already already be in your hot little hands. Of course, you could get...
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Holy Smokes, Taking The Kid To Her First Day Of Kindergarten

I sure hope she doesn't get indoctrinated into anything....
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September 7, 2009

DT Friday Freakout: Labor Day Edition

Rather than ruin your whole weekend, here are a few stories to freakout over on your last day of summer vacation: This Wal-Mart ain't big enough for the three of us: At one of the five Wal-Marts in Stone Mountain,...
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September 6, 2009

Season Two of The Wire, in Brio trains

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Season two of The Wire, in Brio trains, originally uploaded by mathowie. Hah, I don't...
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September 4, 2009

Swedish-Male Nipple Engorgers: This Sort Of Thing Is My Bag, Baby

Ragnar Bengtsson is the Mjölkmannen, the Milkman. He's a 26-year-old dad and grad student who just began trying to produce breast milk for some Swedish TV show. He'll be pumping every three hours all Fall. You can follow his...
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Honda Crosstour Gets Sideways With Facebookworms

I know they're called "friends" or "fans" or "followers" or whatever, but Honda's new not-a-wagon, not-an-X6, not-a-Murano, not-an-Impreza, the Crosstour, is not feeling much love on Facebook. The complaints run the gamut: that thing is fugly, it looks like an...
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Awesome Rain Forest Diversity Poster

I don't speak German, so the website's no help, but from this poster, I assume Oro Verde is an educational foundation promoting children's awareness of the awesome array of diggers mankind uses to show the rain forest who's the...
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It's Just A Brownie

At first I thought this findings published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report would go into the Friday Freakout, but I think it deserves its own post. Emphasis added for humorous/dramatic effect:On the morning of April 7, 2009,...
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September 3, 2009

Dust Jackets, Also George Aiken Didn't Write A Parenting Book

I know she's only been around for a year and a half, but it feels like we've been bogged down in a dust jacket war with K2 since the 1960's. Once she discovered books, her perpetual first action has...
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Babyproofing With Martin Short

In 1993, Martin Short starred in Home Safe a 40-minute walkthrough of vital babyproofing advice and information. It's as funny as a heart attack baby swallowing a balloon. [Some context: that was two years after Father of the Bride,...
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This Week In Doll-Sized Real Estate Marketing

This Creative Playthings, slot-together, 2-story dollhouse is a later model, being sold unfurnished, and it's in good-but-played-with condition, so no museum piece. Still, I'm surprised it hasn't gotten any bids yet; back in the day, $99 might have been...
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September 2, 2009

Good Mourning

I mean, I know it's a mourning photo, but this daguerrotype is just so incredibly sad. MOURNING DAG OF FATHER, BABY & MOM'S FOLK ART PAINTING, currently $400, auction ends Sept. 7 UPDATE: Sold for $2,034. [greg french early...
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To The DT Reader Who Sat Next To My Mom & Sister At The Open Yesterday,

thanks for making their day. Or at least for making them think that someone not related to me reads Daddy Types. And good luck with the bunk beds, let us know how it works out....
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Wednesday WTF: Don't Bring A Knife To A Homework Fight

After punching his 7-yo daughter a couple of times because she just started guessing the answers on her homework, a Delaware dad pressed one of his knives against her cheek to show that he was serious about the guessing. How...
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Old Timey Pedal Cars At Bonhams Run The Awesome Gamut

There are three standout pedal cars in Bonham's upcoming auto memorabilia and classic vehicle auction Sept 12. They are presented here in decreasing order of estimated price... Lot 293, a bare metal restoration of an Austin J40 pedal car, complete...
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Asahi Typhoon 4 'AKA The German Bugaboo Killer' On eBay

An Asahi Typhoon 4 stroller by the German manufacturer Hauck is for sale on eBay, with local pickup in Brooklyn--Carroll Gardens, to be exact. Perhaps you've seen this headturning uber-stroller which the seller describes as:"THE DADDY OF ALL PUSHCHAIRS,"...
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September 1, 2009

Muppet Improv Anywhere: Sesame Street Handclapping Number

Just walked by the TV where the kid is watching Sesame Street Old School, Vol. 1, when this awesome pickup handclapping jam session came on. I'd completely forgotten about that. Anyway, now I want to make it into my...
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Pluunk: I. Am. Canadian Bunk Bed.

It's Zed, not Zee, Zed. A sofa IS a Davenport. And this is NOT an Argington Uffizi Bunk Bed, it's a Pluunk. Canada is the second fastest renderer of two-tone, modernist bunk beds in North America, and the first...
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Mad World: If Kids Designed Their Own Xmas Toys

Seeing this old Al Jaffe spread from Mad Magazine was an "epiphanic" window into the design process for either Wary or Meyers, I'm not sure which. Also, it was one of the first things she or he picked out...
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Mercedes E63 Wagon Exists

Thanks to some deep cover investigative reporting, which no doubt involved several highly uncomfortable exchanges over the Nurburgring's famous strudel--don't forget the cream!--Motor Authority has discovered that Mercedes Benz is indeed planning an AMG version of the new E-Class...
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