television

To DVD or Not to DVD

20 July, 2012
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To DVD or Not to DVD

It all started six months ago. My one-year-old son, who previously slept peacefully for most of our 45 minute commute home from work and daycare, suddenly started freaking out for the entire car ride. He would wail uncontrollably, and there was nothing I could do to comfort him. Baby music CDs, singing in the car, giving him many, many toys to play with, pulling over repeatedly throughout the drive…nothing worked. So my parents bought us a DVD player you could hang over the back of the driver seat, as well as several Sesame Street DVDs. Just as I was getting…

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What I’ve Learned From Watching Little House On The Prairie

7 July, 2012
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What I’ve Learned From Watching Little House On The Prairie

Little House on the Prairie was one of my favorite shows growing up. Most of the episodes I saw were repeats since I was born in ’75 and didn’t start watching it until the early ’80′s. I still watch the show and it’s like comfort food for me, without the calories. These are some things I’ve learned over the years since watching the show. 1. If I climb into my husband’s wagon and a loose wire scratches my leg, go see Doc Baker right away. Don’t send my family off on a little trip while I stay home and bake…

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Flashback Friday: Lifestyles of the Small and Premature

29 June, 2012
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Flashback Friday: Lifestyles of the Small and Premature

For those of you familiar with the MTV show “Cribs,” please enjoy this installment of “Cribs: NICU” (ha ha). (Read the following an English accent in the stylings of Robin Leach.) While most babies are quickly bundled into their mother’s arms and shuttled out of the hospital mere days after birth, the small and premature enjoy luxury private accommodations where teams of qualified medical staff cater to their every whim. Think that’s impressive? Well, consider Search and Destroy Stream. Achieving their fame by heading out into the world more than three months before their due date, the Stream twins have…

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Sometimes I Think About Yo Gabba Gabba

21 June, 2012
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Sometimes I Think About Yo Gabba Gabba

    Ok y’all, what is wrong with Yo Gabba Gabba? Besides the obvious? I mean, think about the plot line. Some guy, dressed in overalls, has a bunch of kids in a box that he takes out to let them play in twenty minute intervals a few times each day. These kids, and their DJ caregiver in turn rely on a magic robot to guide them in their adventures and help explain things.   If that right there isn’t weird enough, consider that, much like Max and Ruby, these kids have no parents. Which would make Gabba land seem…

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