I don’t have enough fingers and toes to count all the kiddie birthday parties I’ve been to of late, but suffice it to say, the con artists at the Norwegian-organic-brain-toy store up the block will be eating steak this New Year, on me. As I go to these parties I’ve begun to notice a disturbing …
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Vacation in Bizarro World: Meet Manny
We’ve never been the kind of parents to buy our daughter lots of toys. Oh, I’m sure she’s lucky compared to other kids, and earlier generations of toddlers, but in general, we just don’t buy her much. Maybe it’s a New York thing, not having the space for piles of junk? But visiting friends and, …
Ski Helmets for Kids (and for their Reluctant Fathers)
Earlier this month, I went snowboarding for the first time in a few years. Not much has changed for me since the last time out. I still suffer from the same heady mix poor depth perception and lousy risk management. I still have a strange talent for collapsing in a heap at the top of …
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This Week in Oddly Inappropriate Advent Calendars
Holmes over at DadCentric had me choking on my eggnog with this finely-illustrated Christmas conundrum: what the fuck do the prize-pieces in Lego’s Advent Calendar (which includes the Lego set pictured here) have to do with the holidays? With all the Kristmas Krap we’re drowning in this month, it’s always nice to see a toy company …
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