Friday, March 13th, 2009
Some compelling bits and pieces from the super-parenting sphere: • The new, happening baby name—Messiah: In my book, I drolly urge parents who’d like to raise a winner-child to call him “Messiah,” because, you know, that’s a hilariously ridiculous idea. Reality check: Not only are 70 out of every million American babies being christened so [...]
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
For any of you who like to put casts on your pod, I’ll be talking about perfection and unicorns on The Mumfrey Rubin Show With Mac Montandon on Wednesday, March 25, at 1 p.m. The Mumfrey Rubin Show is a lot like The Oprah Winfrey Show, except for two things: 1) It’s just this thing [...]
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
History has proven that infants love stuffed animals—even future despot Josef Stalin cuddled a soft, plush goat named Maruska (which means “tart”). But until lately, babies have generally enjoyed such toys at room-temperature. Pritty Imports finds that unnatural. Their new Cozy Collection of critters is “filled with wheat and gently scented with French lavender…designed to [...]
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
The terrific parenting website, Babble, in one of its less tender moments, has put together a list of 50 Moms We Love to Hate. Leading the list is Octomom, Nadya Suleman, immediately followed by a relatively obscure woman named Angelina Jolie—best known for creepily modeling her looks after Nadya’s à la Single White Female. The [...]
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
The once-arousing Rick Springfield, an important cultural figure of 1980s, is attempting a comeback with this week’s release of My Precious Little One, an album of lullabyes he wrote for his own sons. If someone like, say, Gavin Rossdale did this, it would be touching. Rick’s two sons, however, are 20 and 23 years old, [...]
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