In my opinion, remakes of popular movies usually suck. I mean, why try to perfect or modernize something already successful? But there are exceptions and the following remake sounds like one, albeit one that I maybe won't be able to take my kid to: Tim Burton is rumored to be remaking Disney's Sleeping Beauty.
Last Minute Shopping Ideas (Or, More Accurately: Stuff I Want)
By on December 21, 2009 Leave a CommentFor When Naptime Isn’t About Sleeping
By on December 10, 2009 2 CommentsWas there a room or a piece of furniture or an objet d'art in your home growing up that all children were forbidden to even touch without adult blessing and this rule was enforced using threats worse than reform school? One of my friends had a living room so sacred and so totally not kid-friendly [...]
Festivus: Something For The Rest Of Us (Or, Oh Crap, Is It That Time Of Year Again?)
By on December 8, 2009 Leave a CommentConfession: I'm incredibly disorganized at the holidays, specifically the ones that hit in December. At this point my Christmas and Festivus cards aren't sent (or even purchased), gifts — even for those who live far away and require one month mailing windows — haven't been selected, oh hell, I don't even know who I'm buying [...]
Bad Mom Wants Bad Ink (Start ‘Em Young, Ladies)
By on December 7, 2009 3 CommentsMy daughter is obsessed with my tattoo. It's kinda cute how she tries to wash it off my back when we share a bubble bath. It's like she's channeling her grandmother (my mom). I can almost hear the clucking tongue of disapproval. Anyhow, my daughter doesn't really disapprove of my tattoo (sorry mom), she thinks [...]
The Gruffalo Meets Lesbian Vampire Killers. This Is PERFECT For My Kid.
By on November 21, 2009 2 CommentsWhile 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 CommentHey, 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 [...]
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