At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles. Friend, client, child, sickness, fear, want, charity, all knock at once at thy closet door, and say, — ‘Come out unto us.’ But keep thy state; come not into their confusion. The power men possess to annoy me, I give them by a weak curiosity. No man can come near me but through my act.
Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson
God, the 210 is a parking lot. Thank gooodness Spice is taking a late nap.

God, the 210 is a parking lot. Thank gooodness Spice is taking a late nap.

zombiedesu:

I want to cry when I see babies in Baby Bjorn carriers. These things are so bad for babies - they’re literally hanging by their crotch! 

Plus, really young babies carried facing outwards (with their back to the parent’s chest) have no way to stop the incoming stimuli from the world around them. Just think for a moment: safe, albeit cramped, darkness for nine months, then out into the bright, noisy, overwhelming world. Facing outward in carriers isn’t psychologically recommended for babies under four months.

Let alone these parental freaks, wearing their kids like accessories…

/rant

zombiedesu:

I want to cry when I see babies in Baby Bjorn carriers. These things are so bad for babies - they’re literally hanging by their crotch!

Plus, really young babies carried facing outwards (with their back to the parent’s chest) have no way to stop the incoming stimuli from the world around them. Just think for a moment: safe, albeit cramped, darkness for nine months, then out into the bright, noisy, overwhelming world. Facing outward in carriers isn’t psychologically recommended for babies under four months.

Let alone these parental freaks, wearing their kids like accessories…

/rant

har-har. the cat is snoring.

Why, hello, new followers! [hands out cupcakes]

If you’re not already, you totally need to follow the awesome Hollywood adventures of Monkey. ;-)

Credit: Hollywood Monkey

If you’re not already, you totally need to follow the awesome Hollywood adventures of Monkey. ;-)

Credit: Hollywood Monkey

Oh, the fashion faux-pas I see in Burbank. You’d be hard-pressed to believe this is the heart of the entertainment industry.

Point Break Live [now playing in LA]

Yes, you read those words right. :-)

“Point Break LIVE!, the absurdist stage adaptation of the 1992 Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze extreme-sports blockbuster, returns to its roots: Los Angeles, “bank robbery capital of the world,” where “a lot has changed in the last 20 years - the air got dirty and the sex got clean.” - theatermania

Breaking up with someone is much harder to do once you’re married to them.

It’s funny how the spouse-unit and I use our iPhones as flashlights when we creep into bed when the baby’s sleeping. Less funny when one of us drops it and the kid nearly wakes up.

cashprizes:

It’s kind of annoying that one shouldn’t be judgemental, yet I’m so good at it.

It’s in human nature to judge. Just remember to use your powers for good, not evil. ;-)

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If you could be invited to one person’s birthday party, whose would it be?

George Clooney. No, wait - Anne Hathaway.

Ask away, little fiends.. er, friends! ;-)

An old family friend got Spice two books for Christmas, this one and My Daddy & Me. I can’t tell you how much I love this book for the elegant drawings and the sweet, calm storyline.

When we sit down to read it, I don’t read the written words, but tell the story in our own words: “See, Mummy and Baby are talking a walk - look, they’re holding hands”. In the story, the mother and baby mouse play, dance, take a bath, look out at the sunset, and finally curl up adorably together to sleep. I tell their story using the same same words I use for our family routine, as in “it’s bathtime” or “Mummy and Baby say ‘good night, everyone!’”.

Truly a simple classic among all the “modern” toddler books out there today.

An old family friend got Spice two books for Christmas, this one and My Daddy & Me. I can’t tell you how much I love this book for the elegant drawings and the sweet, calm storyline.

When we sit down to read it, I don’t read the written words, but tell the story in our own words: “See, Mummy and Baby are talking a walk - look, they’re holding hands”. In the story, the mother and baby mouse play, dance, take a bath, look out at the sunset, and finally curl up adorably together to sleep. I tell their story using the same same words I use for our family routine, as in “it’s bathtime” or “Mummy and Baby say ‘good night, everyone!’”.

Truly a simple classic among all the “modern” toddler books out there today.