Bad Moms Like To Keep Them Guessing.

By on December 3, 2009 2 Comments
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Have you ever been burned by a sanctimommy in play group, library, or anywhere that that attracts the particularly vicious alpha variety of mom? Have you ever received the continuous, harsh stink-eye or had totally passive-aggressive comments directed at you by strangers in customs, airports, passport offices, medical facility, line-up, or [fill in any place [...]

Well, It’s Better Than ‘Pat The Brown Bunny’, Isn’t It?

By on November 24, 2009 1 Comment

Sure, it took until after I had read Goodnight Keith Moon in its entirety twice to figure out this was a parody and not a cautionary tale for potential groupies (every girl has to dream) but I sure as all hell will never read the original Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown the same way [...]

The Gruffalo Meets Lesbian Vampire Killers. This Is PERFECT For My Kid.

By on November 21, 2009 2 Comments

While it's uncertain when this upcoming television special will make it to Canadian air waves, one can only hope it reaches our shores sometime this year. Yup, BBC1 is airing a half-hour Christmas special based on Julia Donaldson's book The Gruffalo which is one of this household's all time favourite books (our excitement around the [...]

Post Apocalyptic Childhood Memories: Scooby-Doo Edition

By on November 19, 2009 Leave a Comment

Hey, I'm part of that whole Red Dawn slash Mad Max generation who also happens to hold a healthy dossier of post-apocalyptic zombie theories about what will happen after we turn on each other. And yes, I said "when" not "if" because you just know it's gonna happen. I'm also a Scooby-Doo fan (but not [...]