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I’m a sucker for tradition. So I was excited last week to head out for our third annual Halloween Hayride to the Witches House at our local pick-your-own spot. After less than two hours, we left $100 lighter and a whole lot of pumpkins and apples heavier. When did wholesomeness get so expensive?
I’m not the only one wondering this. Daniel Gross writes in this 2006 Slate column, reprinted last week, “Apple picking is a cherished rite of fall, a wholesome and fun family outing… I look forward to it every year. It’s also a wasteful scam.” Continue reading »
How often do you use the brake on your child’s stroller? Probably not all that often, but after you watch this video, you might reconsider. Continue reading »
Over at SFGate’s The Mommy Files, blogger Amy Graff writes of a purported “baby bust,” the first time in years that fewer babies are being born. Whether or not there is an actual baby bust going on (several commenters to her blog would argue otherwise), Graff offers an amusing look at all the benefits to having a baby during a baby bust, rather than boom: Continue reading »
I’m not sure what it is, but there’s just something inherently funny about pickles. Don’t take my word for it; here’s what all the 6-year-olds were saying at the camp I worked at this summer: Continue reading »
Preliminary autopsy results on Billy Mays have been released by the Hillsborough County medical examiner’s office. Continue reading »
Debbie Rowe, mother of Michael Jackson’s two oldest children, Paris and Prince, told Britain’s News of the World that Michael Jackson is not the children’s biological father, rather she was impregnated with the sperm of an anonymous donor. Continue reading »
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