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Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever - Changes

Someone documented and annotated the differences between old and new versions of Scarry’s book. Very interesting. The illustrations have changed in addition to the words, and it does seem more politically correct now. Or, maybe just updated for today’s realities, take your pick. The annotations are a great use of Flickr–be sure to roll your mouse over the pictures to see the notes.

In more than one of them, “Father gets inserted into the kitchen.”

Innovative Dive Slate: This would be great for jotting down ideas in the shower… Makes a great stocking stuffer…

We woke up to a coating of snow Sunday morning. Nathaniel wanted to make a snowball. Funny he should come up with that because no one mentioned snowballs and it has been 5 months since he’s seen snow. More snow coming–3-7 inches expected after midnight and tomorrow. Also hard to get used to sunset at 4:09 pm. Yesterday it was gloomy and seemed like even earlier than that.

Migraine Device Promises To Zap Away Headaches
It looks like a giant hair dryer, but the Transcranial Magnetic Simulator — or TMS — is actually the latest treatment being tested for migraines.”By creating a magnetic field with this device, we’re hoping that this will interrupt the electrical stimulation before it leads to the throbbing migraine headache,” said the device’s creator, a neurologist.

For any small-child parental types out there, just found this helpful resource (also commercially biased but whatever) for how to do a party based on Nick Jr. characters like Blue’s Clues or Miss Spider: Nick Jr. Party Ideas: Miss Spider

The Great Dickens Christmas Fair

Who wants to go to the Dickens Fair? Jason has offered discount tickets, and even at full price we are planning to go. Who else? Mom, Dad, Christina, David, etc.?

I added a new feature. It’s a “status” section in the sidebar, for a quick snapshot of what is going on with us. Check it often!

Giving birth to a better brain: Do babies sharpen parents’ minds? - The Boston Globe

» Make your own library with LibraryThing

Hey Mom, just what you’ve been waiting for. Now you can trade in your 3×5 index cards for this online tool. It does say you can make your own comments about each book.