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Sigh, I had such high hopes for "Hot Fuzz"
I loved the movie Shaun of the Dead so much, and when I heard that the same folks had a new movie coming out I was very excited. Sadly, we saw it last Saturday night and it was really, really bad. All I wanted was to see a good goofball comedy, but it wasn’t particularly…
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Go Read It Today, Monday, April 23, 2007
Remember last week when I said I was thinking about doing these “Go Read It Today” posts only Monday – Friday? Well, I tried it this weekend and I hated it! They’re going back to a daily schedule AND I’m going to start a new weekly feature on the site as well. I’m thinking I’ll…
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I think it's time to hand him over to the trained (re)educational professionals.
Mike is ready for kindergarten, but unfortunately it doesn’t start until August. For months he’s been doing letters and words everywhere. He wants to know how things work. He loves the more school-like activities at his preschool. He’s ready. Well… Except for one thing. He refuses to admit that the alphabet contains the letter N.…
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In Memoriam
Ross Abdallah Alameddine Christopher James Bishop Brian Roy Bluhm Ryan Christopher Clark Austin Michelle Cloyd Jocelyne Couture-Nowak Kevin P. Granata Matthew Gregory Gwaltney Caitlin Millar Hammaren Jeremy Michael Herbstritt Rachael Elizabeth Hill Emily Jane Hilscher Jarrett Lee Lane Matthew Joseph La Porte Henry J. Lee Liviu Librescu G.V. Loganathan Partahi Mamora Halomoan Lumbantoruan Lauren Ashley…
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Go Read It Today, Friday, April 20, 2007
Recall: More about Magnetix and other magnet toys. Whoa, what a CUTE newborn! And another new baby! Congratulations to you both :) Another person who understands that doctors work for you, not the other way around. SNORT! I am suffering from a serious case of lolcat withdrawal. “And your wife laughs so hard she pees…
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Who is the parent here — you or Quentin Tarantino?
Last weekend we saw the new movie “Grindhouse.” If you haven’t heard about it, you get 2 movies plus an intermission. The first flick is “Planet Terror” by Robert Rodriguez featuring sci-fi and horror staples like government plots, flesh-eating gore, and motorcycles. The second is “Death Proof” by Quentin Tarantino. This was great! Incredibly violent,…
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Go Read It Today, Thursday, April 19, 2007
Recalls: Bouncy seats, Pet food, and more pet food, and a Viagra-like product called H S Joy of Love. (I laughed that the URL had the word “firmrecall” in it — does that make me Beavis or Butthead?) “Heat rash, my butt.” “I see you glimpsing yourself, considering your impact on the world, struggling to…
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For those who want to post about Virginia Tech on the One Day Blog Silence
I read a wonderful post on Lorelle this morning about her take on the Day of Silence on April 30th. She tells a beautiful story from her own experience and you should go over and read it. For those of you who will choose to blog about the tragedy on that day, I’d like to…
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Are you the parent of a Dancing Queen in training? A young Tony Manero?
Well, I can’t promise you shiny, new, white patent leather loafers, but if you want to get your groove on get your whole family to a Baby Loves Disco dance party. Go for free! What’s that you say? You’re a cheap bastard? Hey, no problem! Don’t I always have you covered? How about a contest…
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Go Read It Today, Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Product recall-apalooza: Dog treats for salmonella, Shrek headbands for stabbing hazard, Life is Good / RedEnvelope kid sweatshirts for drawstring strangulation, Disney footy PJs for burn hazard, and nearly ONE MILLION pieces of kid jewelry for high lead levels. I’LL SAY IT AGAIN: JUST DON’T BUY KID JEWELRY, OK? I don’t know nothin’ about birthin’…
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It is too horrible to think about, so why have I been doing it all day?
All the parents hearing that their child has been killed. All the young people who will never grow up to have the lives they were to lead. I find one of the (many) horrifying aspects of this tragedy is the news coverage itself. I’ve been getting my news updates from cnn for the most part.…
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Go Read It Today, Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Search on TheFind.com shopping directory for something (anything) pink and they will donate $1 per person per day to Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer foundation. more info… Shannon has a beautiful post about time. Until we get our new puppy next month, this is officially the cutest new puppy around. Or just…
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Villainous stick-shaped pretzels. You, yes you, are a bad influence on my children.
Our kids love pretzels for a snack. Love love love. So the other day Mr. Plain brought home a bag of the stick-shaped kind as a surprise, and predictably the boys loved them too. I personally had no feelings about them one way or another — pretzels aren’t so much on the South Beach approved…
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Go Read It Today, Monday, April 16, 2007
Are you knowledgeable about current digital cameras? Go give some advice. Check her blog today and see if she was right! This is so exciting (when it is happening to someone else :) I’m pretty sure it’s genetic. Ick, my guess is Herbalife — what’s yours? Me!!!!! Somebody go squeeze flygirl.
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My sponsored post experiment wrap-up. I'm sorry I don't have any great insights to share.
Note this post is from March 2007. There are no sponsored posts on Plain Jane Mom. On March 1st, 2007 I started an experiment to try writing posts for Pay Per Post and ReviewMe — go ahead and read Part 1 and Part 2 of my notes on it if you haven’t already. I don’t…
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Go Read It Today, Sunday, April 15, 2007
Oh no! Imagine 3 generations from now. Whoa… I have to say that this is an interesting complaint given the name of the blog! The title says it all, and I’m just glad it all turned out OK. Hey, she and I are kindred spirits. I tell my kids that I’ll set their bones myself.…
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Go Read It Today, Saturday, April 14, 2007
Urgent food recall: Borrelli, Bonta di Puglia, Cento, Corrado’s, Dal Raccolto, Flora, Roland and Vantia brand olives. What a wonderful photo! I would rather listen to the 12 Cats of Christmas than this. Prove you’re not bastard people, and ask after her dog already. This is a tough call. Go cast your vote. “Mommy, I’m…
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I do more shoddy parenting by 9am than you do all day. (Today wasn't exactly a high-point in my mothering career.)
All three boys go to the same school, and every day I usually drop Chip off last. He loves to go to his brothers’ preschool rooms first and play with all the big kid toys. He knows all the teachers names and walks around like he owns the place, and I never worry about him…
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Go Read It Today, Friday, April 13, 2007
AAHHHH! Run and hide! It is Friday the Thirteenth! Here’s a tip: watch Shaun of the Dead. Your day won’t have been worse than theirs, and you will have watched one of my all-time favorite movies. A surprisingly depressing brilliant idea. “Poor Big Son looked stricken. ‘Mom……,’ he mumbled, ‘it’s………….your butt.’” Way to kick ass…
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Check it, I have proof of the existence of brain activity in my own brain.
In a sign of the impending apocalypse, Crunchy Carpets has bestowed upon me a Thinking Blogger award. (Dude, I know!) In the literal sense, yes “I Think.” I mean I must, right? There’s got to be at least some kind of brain activity involved in my daily activities somewhere. Aha — wikipedia tells me that…
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I'm looking for advice from past BlogHer attendees and / or folks who know Chicago
Help me, advise me, guide me. I’m soliciting assvice here, people, you don’t get requests like this every day! I was about to book my flight for BlogHer and WTF, there are 4 Chicago airports? That’s one ca-razy city. Which one should I fly into? I’ll be staying at the W at the Lakeshore. On…