The Truth Is Stranger Than The Latest Christmas Craze

By on November 21, 2011 2 Comments
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You know those times when you know you’re being a crap parent and you think, well, whatever, surely she won’t notice! She’s too young for it to REALLY matter!  I can just modify my own behaviour next week/year/month, sometime when it really has an impact! And then in an instant, all that stuff you’ve been [...]

The Return Of The Bratz Doll? No Thank You.

By on July 28, 2010 2 Comments
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So did you hear that the Bratz Dolls might be returning to store shelves sometime in the near future? Did you hear the screaming, Clarice? Because that’s the noise I emitted when I read that those trampy dolls might be making their way back into my daughter’s life. Nooooooooooooooooo…

These Toys Probably Had It Coming

By on May 27, 2010 1 Comment
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Finally, something I can do with all those old stuffed animals that are kicking around the house. I’m half convinced that these plush annoyances are breeding mites and god knows what else, so anything that involves dismantling their suspect bodies sounds good to me. Heck, I became excited at the idea of eviscerating a Care [...]

Baby Wee Wee Is All Growed Up

By on May 5, 2010 Leave a Comment
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Do toy creators have some sort of secret pledge that encourages them to try to create fetishes in younger generations? There just seems to be so many toys that are focused on bodily functions and fluids and it really makes me question the manufacturer’s intentions. I get it: everyone pees and yes, we shouldn’t make anyone feel [...]

Bad Toys That Don’t Really Mean To Be Bad. Or Maybe Do.

By on April 23, 2010 1 Comment
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Here I was stumped by Princess Rose and her friend Poop, but having looked at the toys below I’m completely speechless. Also: giggling. Check out these real toys that somehow made it all the way to the store shelves before anyone noticed they bordered on obscene party favors of a bridal shower kind. Or perhaps this is [...]

Toy Story 3: Featuring Ken’s Fabulous Dream Home

By on April 14, 2010 3 Comments
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It is impossible to calculate the total amount of time that I have spent watching Toy Story and Toy Story 2 and reenacting scenes from both movies. Suffice it to say that, even just calculating the hours spent doing these things since my daughter was born, it’s a lot. That said, when it comes to [...]

Bad Rants: Since When Did Bad Become The New ‘Eww This Makes Me Squeamish?’

By on December 7, 2009 38 Comments

Okay, look: it's a kind of a general rule of Bad Moms Club that preachiness and finger-wagging are not allowed. But there are a few issues about which I get entirely preachy and so, as a founding member of the club, I am going to move that on certain key issues we can preach and [...]