Next Sunday is a holiday of wonder and celebration. No, not Valentine’s Day! It’s the first day of the Chinese New Year. (2010: Year of the Tiger!) Perhaps the most important holiday in Chinese culture, the New Year is an opportunity to celebrate, exchange gifts, and [...]
Get it? Like listing to the side the way one might if she is very tired? And a list post? (The pun is the lowest form of humor.)
Another comment on my guest post: Pennie told me later that one of the things [...]
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In a year when the top chick flicks involve vampires, it’s hard to say what makes a geeky chick flicks stand out from the rest of the genre. But it’s safe to say geek women are drawn to films with intelligent dialogue, an interesting premise, [...]
Image: MultiEducator, Inc.
Are you an engineer who wishes they had access to some work-related calculations out in the field? A series of handy new apps may offer what you need. The Formulator Series by MultiEducator, Inc. is a series of iPhone/iPod Touch apps designed and [...]
Battle Graph boards in use. Photo: Michael Harrison
Running battles in combat-centric role-playing games can be as painful as stepping on a caltrop. You’re either depending on the Gamemaster to keep the entire scene in his or her head, or you’re [...]
Liz Atwood muses on the possible end of Valentine's Day for her tweens this Tween Tuesday:
If you're the parent of a tween, beware. Valentine's Day might come early this year--or not at all.
My third-grader is supposed to have a Valentine party in school this' [...] 
So there I was, proudly telling you all how we have managed to integrate the internet and internet games into our merry lives, being perfect parents with perfect children and so on.
HAH! It turned out that one of our children [...]
I’m finished! I’m done with my children’s scrapbook.
One of my scrap-loving friends might ask, “Done with the preschool scrapbook? The family vacation book? The birthday party pages?”
No, I’m done with the whole darn thing – the book is complete until I add their wedding pictures [...]
Okay, so I couldn't resist featuring just one Valentine's Day themey, adorable heart barrette. Especially after I was kind of wishing I had one at my daughter's school Valentine's party this past weekend. I was going to write this up for here but they were kind enough to ask for a guest blog and I was honored and happy to share: There is Enough Love.
Related posts:I’m still in essay hell [...]
It’s a common discussion among folks who blog not just their lives but also their family lives (i.e., pretty much everyone I read) — how much do you share? Jenna blogged it both at blogher and at Chronicles and then it came up in [...]
There are a lot of good things about having a blog but the best thing about having a blog is the archives because then I don’t have to remember anything since my blog will remember it for me. I was reading through some of my working [...]
The 2010 Make-Yer-Own Oscar Pool Page is live. Go nuts: http://www.defectiveyeti.com/oscars.
If you encounter any errors or oddities, please drop me a line. I fix most errors immediately so, if you discover a bug, don’t assume it’s already been reported: you’ll probably be the first.
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Written by Kathy Benjamin
As anyone who’s ever encountered babies in the wild can tell you, they’re shiftless little balls of deception and greed. Those of us who stand up to walk, and sit down to poop may not be Mother Theresa, but it turns out [...]
Blissdom was everything I thought it would be and so, so much more than I ever dreamed.
Seriously - this was INSIDE the hotel.
It was, without a doubt, the best conference that I have ever attended. And that's saying a lot, as I adore each [...]
Blissdom was everything I thought it would be and so, so much more than I ever dreamed.
It was, without a doubt, the best conference that I have ever attended. And that's saying a lot, as I adore each and every Blogher conference I attended.
I think I rocked my talk. [...]
Anxiety is no friend of mine. In fact, I can probably count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I've felt truly, out-of-control anxious. Okay, maybe both hands. I'm not talking about those blockbuster stress events, like when a kid dashes out in front of an SUV [...]
Before The Blizzard of 2010
Friday Afternoon
Saturday Morning
Sunday Morning…and 25 inches later
some longtime followers of odin's adventures may recall odin in parents magazine and mothering magazine and "above the fold" in the vernon county broadcaster.
and now, some of the pictures i took of him cross country skiing lessons [...]
I'm so ready for this gray, rainy, cold weather to be done and over with. I know we don't have it nearly as bad as some in other parts of the country but, geez!, enough with the chill and gloom. I can't get warm. It's disconcerting.
Speaking of gloom,' [...]
Halloween SeasonThere aren't many holidays I actually care about.
July 4th is just picnics and cheap fireworks. St. Patricks Day and New Years ceased being remotely enjoyable after 25. Thanksgiving is a cavalcade of guilt and horrible travel experiences. Most of the rest of the calendar holidays are there to give kindergarten' [...]
Oh hi there! I know, I know, it’s been days since I last wrote anything. I attended Blissdom in Nashville and didn’t have a chance to write before leaving. Normally this wouldn’t matter even one, tiny bit, but this time I left up such an angsty post! I [...]
Who needs the Winter Olympics when you've got this awesome toboggan run David Hewes built for his kids (and, as he says, "anyone passing by") in Bowley's Quarters.
In case you haven't heard, we're running a contest all week for pictures of the most creative snow' [...] My children's school has a monthly fund raiser called Movie Night. The gist is that you can drop your children off at school (if they are students.....keep this in mind it will come up later) at 6:30 and pick them up at 9:00 p.m. For a minimal [...]
The goddamn fucking gate has been off the fence all this time and someone just stole my gas BBQ. It was here before I left for mom’s birthday dinner last night.
All I needed was to get the stupid thing back on the post. People offered [...]
I'm starting to get a few entries for our creative snow creature and snow fort picture contest. Please send your pictures early and often, and include your name and neighborhood. Looks like we'll be doing this all week.
Pictured: The White Rabbit in Halethorpe, courtesy [...] How do you keep track of the about-town activities you might want to do if you feel like it and have time and noone's sick and...
My next post for the Intel-sponsored site Life Scoop shares my solution: a personalized "Possibilities" calendar.
One of our chickens is quite the trooper. She lays a double yolk egg nearly every single day. Look at that thing. HUGE. That’s gotta hurt…
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Is privacy becoming an attitude of the past? Does the younger generation have a different version of privacy than yours?
When I see all these young people posting private messages and candid photos on social media outlets, I wonder if they realize what some of the ramifications [...]
Is privacy becoming an attitude of the past? Does the younger generation have a different version of privacy than yours?
When I see all these young people posting private messages and candid photos on social media outlets, I wonder if they realize what some of the ramifications [...]
Image by Flickr user rocket ship; used under Creative Commons Attribution license.
Today, February 8th, marks the centennial of Boy Scouts in America. Over the past century, more than 110 million boys, young men, moms and dads have been members of the BSA. However, with such [...]
Kobie's hack solves two problems at once -- mess and babyproofing:
My daughters have recently discovered the delight of playing with HAMA beads (also known as Perler beads or fuse beads). This is small beads that you stack in a pattern and then [...]
Why are we
talking about teens? Because every single one of your tiny bundles of joy are
going to grow up to be one, and you might as well know what you're getting
into. Trust me, you're
going to want to know this stuff.
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When I took psychology in college, the...
