Virgin: Really? A girl in a tree?

Hey! My boss has a great post over at  Laggylife’s Blog, so pop over and read it first, then come back. I started a comment for her post, but it got tooooo large, so I migrated it here! GO! Then come back! Virgin is a very clever marketer, but as Laggy says, marketing and advertising [...]

Monday rant, #5

Taberon Kaiju, Tokidoki Version, is Italian designer Simone Legno’s contribution to the Kaiju For Grown Ups project. My oldest son, Graydon, is fascinated by these. I’ve chosen this one as my rant visual. The weekend is over and it’s time to detoxify for the week ahead! My rant this week is all about my car, [...]

Monday Rant #4: step on up and join the raving!

Taberon Kaiju, Tokidoki Version, is Italian designer Simone Legno’s contribution to the Kaiju For Grown Ups project. My oldest son, Graydon, is fascinated by these. I’ve chosen this one as my rant visual. The weekend is over and it’s time to detoxify for the week ahead! I’ve toyed with the idea of opening up my [...]

Rant list #3: step on up and join the raving!

Taberon Kaiju, Tokidoki Version, is Italian designer Simone Legno’s contribution to the Kaiju For Grown Ups project. My oldest son, Graydon, is fascinated by these. I’ve chosen this one as my rant visual. The weekend is over and it’s time to detoxify for the week ahead! My list (for public consumption, mind): ludicrous advertising slogans—”Change [...]

A simple case of tummy ache

This beautiful image is from www.bittbox.com. I have a couple of kids with some issues, both of whom have made great strides. My little Luka, seven years old, has had me going between the extremes of thinking he is a sponge and has soaked up all this unrest and stress and is hiding it very [...]

Friday’s post a few days late; a stress-relieving game; rant list #2

Taberon Kaiju, Tokidoki Version, is Italian designer Simone Legno’s contribution to the Kaiju For Grown Ups project. My oldest son, Graydon, is fascinated by these. I thought this one looked like a good rant visual. Yes, pretend it’s Friday, and here goes the post. (Why pretend it’s Friday? Because I didn’t post on Friday, and [...]

Mom blog: GPS kids’ jacket—save me!

I’m sure you heard about the wonder in child-tracking devices for those of us in the frozen north—the BladeRunner GPS children’s jacket. The U.K.-based company BladeRunner announced it was coming out with the jacket in late September, and released it October 20. It looks like the typical GAP-style fluff-filled parka, but