It’s a rainy afternoon. I’ve send my husband and the lad away for a couple of hours (here, here’s a twenty, go buy some milk and be home by dinner) because I am doing some painting and I like doing it by myself. I’ve just finished the ceiling and washed my brushes, and I’m taking… Continue reading Help me decorate my guest room
Amateur Finds Dinosaur Footprints in Maryland
How Madison Avenue targets the kids
Over at Times Against Humanity, Earl has a good article up on marketing to kids. The amount of money and expertise spent marketing to children — who are mentally almost powerless against advertisers — is really disturbing.
This month’s Touchstone came…
… and I see on page 5 that Dawn Eden is now one of their headline writers! Cool! She is credited with, among others, the headline “Meet Your Mocker” (for an article I liked, even as it made me squirm) in the December 2004 issue. There was also a review of Miniatures and Mortals: The… Continue reading This month’s Touchstone came…
Attention commenters
We would really appreciate it if you left a useable email address. Twice now this week I’ve wanted to directly contact commenters off-blog (only for nice things!) and have been unable. If you want to avoid spammers, consider formatting your email address something like: commenterNOSPAM@twosleepymommies.org Just make it clear which part you want us to… Continue reading Attention commenters
Crayola clay v. Play-Doh?
When I was packing for our trip, reader Sandy commented, “Crayola makes that modelling clay. It beats PlayDoh hands down for airplane travel. I prefer PlayDoh for the kitchen table, but that Crayola stuff is GOLDEN for air travel.” Now I’m intrigued. What are the comparative merits of Crayola clay v. Play-Doh? Up to know… Continue reading Crayola clay v. Play-Doh?
Home Alone-America: The Hidden Toll of Day Care, Behavioral Drugs, and Other Parent Substitutes by Mary Eberstadt
Read it. NOW. Of course, giving this book to a Sleepy Mommy to read is just preaching to the choir. But after reading it, I just wanted to snatch up Hambet, hold him tight, and never let him out of the house again. Eberstadt acknowledges the knee-jerk “mommy wars” objection (She’s making us feel guillllllllltyyyyyyyyy… Continue reading Home Alone-America: The Hidden Toll of Day Care, Behavioral Drugs, and Other Parent Substitutes by Mary Eberstadt
Master and Commander: Far Side of the World
Steven has such an endearing request: He is asking us readers of the Aubrey-Maturin series why we like the books. I’ll be coming back to this question myself over the next few weeks. Meanwhile, I’m going to cross-post a review I did of the recent film that touches on some of the things I like… Continue reading Master and Commander: Far Side of the World