Kudos to Alice Park over at Time.com for spreading news of this study showing that the children of lesbians may do better in life than the average kid. Now, you know that I have differed with my dear Sapphist friends about whether boys should be allowed to pee standing. But you should know that I …
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Sausage Fest, or How to Get Your Child to Play Nice With the Girls
JP’s celebrated his final birthday party this weekend (for those of you keeping score at home, yes, that’s three; ah, the joys of joint custody). A good time was had by all: there was frolicking, a bit of gamboling, some racing, gobs of skipping, hopping, and traipsing, and I must admit, a little bit of …
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Tapping That Sack
I mocked this last week on the Twitters, and Chris (@tessasdad) managed to turn it into something of a term of endearment, but here it is for all our readers: MSNBC has discovered a new plague endangering our children. It goes by the street names of Nut Tag, aka Sack Tapping, aka Roshambo. It is …
The ancient art of Nakipita
As a part-time aficionado of eccentricities of Japanese people (including, but not limited to, the family I married into), I am a fan of Japantrends.com. They cover a wide range of wierdness, from ads against crotchrot to personalized baby handprint stamps. My favorite find of their areĀ user-supplied videos of nakipita, the art of making baby …