Dad Uses Stun Gun To Repel 3-Week-Long Assault By 18-mo Son

A 23-year-old dad in Albany, Oregon [it's not as far inland as I would've thought] was apparently being terrorized for weeks by his 18-month-old son. Weak and powerless and cowed with fear, left with no one to turn to, and...
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The Rice Daddies Blogaversary Book Contest

They grow up so fast. To celebrate the Rice Daddies' first blogging anniversary, RD is throwing a book review contest. [nice, I like that idea] They're looking for your review of "your favorite book from your own childhood that you...
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Method Kickback Madness At Amazon

At $57 a case, the Triple Concentrated Baby Laundry Detergent alone is enough to qualify for Amazon's $10 instant checkout kickback on Method Products. Personally, I would stare at six bottles of baby laundry detergent and wonder what happened to...
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Burglar: Please Use Boon Animal Bags

So you've just stuffed your money into one of the kid's plush toys for safekeeping. If you'd now kindly stuff all the animals into one of these Boon Animal Bags, the burglar won't have to slice open all the...
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Burglar: Hide Your Money In The Kid's Room

A reformed burglar gave PFAdvice some tips on where to hide your money and valuables at home. The first tip: have a plausible-looking decoy stash with some stuff in it [in NYC, they used to call this your 'mugger...
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Elvis Costello Drives An Orbit! Has Orbits Driven

The Orbit: it's not just for unidentified woodsmen anymore. [via gawker stalker] Previously: Unidentified Local Object Actually First Orbit Baby Car Seat Spotted In The Wild...
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Awesome Felt Book By Esther Schuivens

Esther Schuivens was one of the actual designers tapped by Habitat for their first VIP For Kids collection last winter. Her company Esthex made a crafty little Eskimo [1] doll, since replaced by Harry Potter's couch or something. This...
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When A Man And A Woman Love Each Other Very Much, But They Only Want A Boy...

The NY Times has a primer on fetal sex selection technology so basic, it actually includes a definition of in vitro fertilization and the phrase, "because it is the sperm and not the egg that determines a baby’s sex." But...
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