From there to here, from here to there, Funny things are everywhere
Thanks to the quirks of Canada Post and Amazon, I received three new CDs in the mail one day this week. (Can we pause for a minute here and reflect that the idea of buying CDs has become vaguely anachronistic, while I clearly remember not only when the technology debuted but was an adult when … Continue reading “Kids’ music: a review in three parts”
If you can hear Rita Moreno belting that out when you read the title to this post, then you are of the proper vintage to appreciate this tidbit: PBS is remaking The Electric Company! Production starts this week, and the first episodes should appear in January 2009. I have mixed feelings about this. I loved … Continue reading “Hey! You! GUUUYS!”
The front page of the Citizen this morning had a big article about the pending arrival of BabyFirstTV, a new 24 hour TV network “devoted to babies six months to three years.” My only question: in the age of the ubiquitous DVD player, do we really need round-the-clock programming for babies? Can they not get … Continue reading “Baby TV comes to Canada”
I started out writing this post thinking about a meme I saw over on Mad Hatter’s blog a while back. I thought it was a neat question, and I loved Mad’s answer. Mine isn’t so impressive as Mad’s, but I still thought it would make good blog fodder. 1. Go back to your first or … Continue reading “Bloggy navel-gazing”
My darling Simon, You are three years old today. Three years old… no longer a baby, but not quite done being a toddler yet. You are still my baby, and your babyness shows in your fat baby feet with their pudgy baby toes, and in the way you still have a traces of the bowlegged … Continue reading “A love letter to Simon”
(Editorial note: please stop to admire my careful wordsmithery before proceeding. That’s two devices in three words in a four word title: the post-post repetition, and the wrap as in gift wrap/it’s a wrap pun. What, you don’t love it? Sheesh, you people are hard to please!) Ahem, well then, on with the show. Without … Continue reading “Post-Christmas wrap post”
No fewer than three people have e-mailed me today to flag this important breaking news, and who am I to hoard the information all to myself. Heck, if it’s important enough to appear in the Globe and Mail, it merits attention in blog. We’d been hearing rumours for a while now that Greg Page, also … Continue reading “Goodbye to Greg Wiggle”
I’m having a hell of a time pulling together anything coherent this morning. I have a few loose ideas around the topic of social media and society, but I’m having a little trouble unifying them. I was going to start with a special thank you to Andrea. She left a link in the comment box … Continue reading “Snot and social media”
The boys are loving some of the classic (and excuse me while I use that term rather loosely) cartoon shows from my childhood. Scooby Doo and Garfield are both current favourites. Early this morning, I checked the TV listings looking for Scooby Doo and instead, to my great delight, found a listing on the Space … Continue reading “The Hilarious House of Frightenstein”
There was an article in the Ottawa Citizen this week that I can’t link to yet again, but I can link you to the original source, the Washington Post. The article was about the controversy around Sesame Beginnings, a new DVD series developed for babies between six months and two years old, featuring baby versions … Continue reading “Too young for TV?”