As our little buddies over at Gawker pointed out–is this the kind of scoop that Nick Denton redesigned for?–some children get very expensive haircuts. They quote a particularly odious example in Los Feliz called La La Ling Salon, which advertises “trendy designer haircuts, hair styling (think spray-on hair color and hair tinsel) and kiddo-friendly beauty …
Monthly Archives: March 2011
A Week on the Wagon: Milking It Edition
I don’t want to imply that there was a lack of new and interesting material intended to delight and enrapture DadWagon readers this week: there was. We’re that good. But, from our perspective, the highlight of the week was not the new stuff but Nathan’s genius ability to continue to derive readership from that old …
From the My Life Is Pathetic Files: Grease Monkey
Never let it be said that I lead a gratifying and rewarding life, and never let it be said I’ve tried to hide it. To wit: the highlight of my day yesterday came in the morning. Tomoko and I were driving to Ellie’s four-month pediatrician’s visit when we realized the heater in our 4000-year-old BMW …
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Super Incredible MIT Nerd Dad
Featured by FastCompany and the Beeb, and now at TED (a famous intellectual colloquium that somehow forgets to invite DadWagon each year): a super-intrusive MIT-scientist dad who recorded his child’s first 90,000 hours of life and words and had supercomputers boil it down to create the Human Speechome Project. From the BBC: Professor [Deb] Roy wandered …