I will confess, I've had this screencap of the Sunday Slacker Onesies on my desktop for months now--since May!--scavenged from my Twitter feed, unblogged about. I just literally could not even. And I still can't. But then yesterday someone...
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November 2014 Archives
November 29, 2014
I Can't Even The Sunday Slacker Onesie
November 28, 2014
The Blackest Friday
"Deal is 58% Claimed". [amazon via kottke] Friends don't let friends buy Amazon Black Friday deals. For themselves. But they might buy them for their friends' baby showers. Or for their brothers who just had a kid. Just sayin'....
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November 27, 2014
Koonsian Balloon Dog Leggings From Candy Kirby
The Jeff Koons retrospective has closed, the Whitney Museum has packed up and moved downtown. And so the balloon dog-covered leggings from Candy Kirby are on sale, for 40% off. organic cotton leggings in balloon dog, $22.80 0-3mo to...
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November 26, 2014
The Case For Me Time
Come to Laura June's Parent Rap post about giving a kid time alone for The Awl for the license it gives you to not spend every waking minute attached and focused on the kid. Stay for writing, and the emotional...
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November 24, 2014
Best Alternative Baby Mama
Here is a picture of Nirvana backstage at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards, where RuPaul tries to deal with a fussy Frances Bean. And here is an interview after Nirvana won Best Alternative Video where Kurt Cobain doesn't...
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November 22, 2014
No. There Is Another.
Last month Brendan McAleer found the Paris Auto Show full of awesome station wagons we will never get in the US of SUV. You'd think 10 would be enough. But no. VW unveiled the 296-hp Golf R Wagon at...
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November 21, 2014
The Dad Blindspot
The NYT has a thing about "What It Means To Be A Dad". It is essentially a pitch for the Dad Magazine tag on The Toast, disguised as a trend piece. That it does not mention Kindling Quarterly helps to...
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DTQ: Do Men Take Baths?
Do men take baths— rachel edelman (@werkstatte) November 21, 2014 @werkstatte @waffleweave I'm certain they do, but could not cite precisely who. I'd say most dads (90%?) do.— David Jacobs (@djacobs) November 21, 2014 Saw this today and was rather...
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November 20, 2014
The Home Office
"Oh, you got a new kitchen sponge." Said K2 with an offhand and chatty tone that sounded, not at all like a child, but like a work colleague, making banal and slightly awkward conversation with the recently promoted admin of...
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November 15, 2014
An Epic Birth Story
Meaghan O'Connell's epic, unflinching, and hilarous account of her 30+hours of labor, the delivery saga, and the birth of her son Nameless is the longread of the week. And if you think it's too long, just ask someone who's gone...
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November 12, 2014
Mercedes 560 SEL Wagon Expensive
There's no third row of seats, and you probably can't haul too much plywood in it, but this coachbuilt 1990 Mercedes 560 SEL station wagon looks excellent. A quality build with attention to the lines, price no object. Except...
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Hellcat Is For Children
Canadian auto writer Brendan McAleer recently visited Dulles for a Virginia backroad test drive of the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat. The Hellcat is, what, Dodge's AMG? Dodge's Msport? Dodge's Hemi? Oh wait. Anyway, the Charger is a 4-door sedan...
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November 8, 2014
Comically High Chair From The Estate Of Bunny Mellon
Psycho high chair, qu'est ce que c'est? The well-known heirs Paul Mellon & Bunny Lambert Mellon are both gone now, and Mrs Mellon's vast tracts of land and the art and antiques that filled their houses are all being...
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Two Twins, And I Call Them Twin 1 & Twin 2
Oh man, other than maybe switching to Roman numerals, this is just about perfect. Carry on! [via twitter, @youhadonejob]...
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I'm Too Sexy For This Trendpiece
This article about a newspaper writer worrying whether he'll be as sexy as a movie star, a professional athlete, or a boy band member when he becomes a dad, reminds me of the joke about the guy who asks his...
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New Born Fame: App Mobile Put Social Media Power In Babies' Clueless Hands
New Born Fame is a series of social media-enabled baby gear created by Laura Cornet for her graduation show at Eindhoven Design Academy. It went viral during Dutch Design Week. Though kid-free herself, Cornet studied the steady stream of...
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November 4, 2014
Baby Wipe Industrial Complex Issues Big Bacterial Recall
It's been a week. Has this been solved? Are all the bacteria-laden store label wipes cleared from the shelves and diaper bags of America? Last week Nutek Disposables, a private label wipe manufacturer for stores from Walgreens and Sam's Club...
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I Don't Know, It Sounds About Right
Go home Netflix you're drunk. pic.twitter.com/SsKIQXpyeP— You had one job (@_youhadonejob) November 4, 2014...
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