January 2010
30 posts
finslippy: A few words about fear →
This post is getting printed and slipped into my journal, for me to pull out on all those days (most days, frankly) that I’m afraid to come to my blog.
Avoid using compact fluorescent light bulbs in... →
Another reason why I hate these wretched lightbulbs.
Smiling at the Apocalypse | sweet juniper! →
So you know that Venn diagram you’ve been trying to draw that seeks to find the intersection between The Road and Playmobil? I’ll keep you from turning to the back of the book for the answer. Read this, instead.
“Your marriage is a prototype for the marriage your children will have.”
– What Does Your Marriage Teach Your Children?
The Triumph of the Size 12s - NYTimes.com →
A nice companion piece to the comments I linked to from 100 Layer Cake,yesterday. Amusing that plus-size models are actually size 12, which means none of Lane Bryant’s models could actually fit Lane Bryant clothes. They’d be too big.
Real wedding: Zanna + Mazdack « 100 Layer Cake →
Read this one for the astute comments on body image and beauty ideals as perpetuated by the wedding style blogs, magazines, etc.
December Daily: Day 17 →
My original design for this spread had space for many more pictures, as I knew there would be a lot of story to tell when fifteen young children have a surprise visit from…
December Daily: Day 15 and 16 →
First up is a clean, simple collage of black and white photos documenting a handful of mommas from our playgroup braving a chilly 42-degree night to go Christmas shopping. I had a lot…
18 and Under - To Treat Bed-Wetting, Try Healthy... →
One of the many unspoken secrets about becoming a parent is that monitoring urinary and bowel functions of another person will become the persistent occupation of your life, and that it doesn’t go away when the potty train.
Canesta TV Remote Demo (Video) →
Heck. Yes! Can’t wait.
In this demonstration, gestures are used to control the television and lighting on a Hitachi TV that is equipped with a digital camera that integrated Canesta’s 3D-chip.
Thoughts on The Princess and the Frog →
For the first part of this rumination, please see here.
So, despite all of this background trepidation, I decided to take Lyra to see the Princess and the Frog. My motivation was slightly…
December Daily: Day 14 →
This page took me hours and hours to create. It was a ridiculous amount of time, given how simple the elements. Actually, the images came together quickly and were easily placed in…
December Daily: Day 12 and 13 →
When I created the foundation pages for this project in early November, Day 12 and 13 were immediate favorites. I loved the bold graphic look of them and I couldn’t wait to see what these pages…
Ooops…someone pushed the pause button →
Although I was dutifully creating and uploading my December Daily pages to flickr, I seem to have fallen way behind on sharing them here. My birthday is approaching and I’ll soon compose an…
Sony Switches Spider-Man Plans →
The new chapter, written by James Vanderbilt (“Zodiac”), will have a new cast and director and focus on “a teenager dealing with both contemporary human problems and amazing super-human crises,” Sony said.
Um wasn’t that the plot of the first Spider-Man? Spider-Man 3 was vomit. But if TObey was still involved, I’d at least have hope. Definitely not interested in this...
“[T]he government should stop perpetuating default “scare stories” and, indeed,...”
– The Way We Live Now - Walk Away From Your Mortgage! - NYTimes.com
Martha features a same sex wedding →
While this is, perhaps, mostly a savvy business move, I love that the magazine has the guts to go there. An interracial, gay couple with children would have been even better.
