by Stacey
I really enjoy watching the Daily Show and I especially like the show’s only female correspondent, Samantha Bee. Over the winter I noticed that she looked pregnant. Indeed she was.
She recently had her baby, a boy named Fletcher.

Samantha Bee with her daughter Piper
Samantha is married to Jason Jones, who is also a Daily Show […]

by Stacey
I spent today nursing a cold and taking care of kids at the same time. Ah yes, the beloved sucks-for-you sick day that’s just one of the many perks of being a stay-at-home parent.
In my misery, I allowed myself the pleasure of reading this Vanity Fair cover story about Madonna who is turning fifty […]

by Stacey
It’s been two weeks since Heath Ledger’s body was found in his Manhattan apartment and it seems that the cause of death was accidental overdose. According to this article in Newsweek, the 28-year-old Australian-born actor and star of “Brokeback Mountain” died from a lethal combination of prescription medications used to treat anxiety, insomnia […]

by Stacey
Santa’s going to have to be mighty careful sliding down the chimney this year. According to this article in the NY Times, tech toys such as laptops, cell phones, digital cameras, and MP3 players are dominating the wish list this season.
Toy makers and retailers are filling shelves with new tech devices for children […]

by Stacey
The other day a reporter I know sent me an email looking for a quote about a family-related topic she was writing about for her travel column. I agreed. At issue was whether or not airlines should show movies in-flight that contain violent content, considering there are almost always some young children on board.
The […]

by Stacey
Britney Spears lost custody of her children today in a hearing held in Los Angeles. According to this AP story, Spears was ordered to surrender custody of the children to her ex-husband Kevin Federline.
Superior Court Judge Scott M. Gordon ruled that Federline will take custody of Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, beginning […]

by Stacey
Last week I read numerous blog posts skewering Bill Maher for criticizing women who breastfeed their babies in public. On his show Real Time with Bill Maher, he said the following:
Look, there’s no principle at work here other than being too lazy to either plan ahead or cover up. It’s not fighting for a […]

by kristin
have you seen this clip of cate blanchett as bob dylan in the upcoming biopic i’m not there?
and here s/he is again:

what an amazing actor. her dylan impression is especially fresh for me after recently watching no direction home, a documentary about dylan’s early years and his transition from folk purist to […]

by Stacey
A new study published this week in the Journal of Pediatrics found that videos such as “Baby Einstein” and “Baby Brainy” may actually slow down vocabulary acquisition in infants eight to 16 months of age. Researchers from the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute found that for every hour per day […]

I hope you all had a great weekend. Mine was fun. On Friday evening, my husband took Sage to a Seattle Mariners vs. Boston Red Sox game. Sage is supposed to love the Red Sox since they’re his dad’s favorite team, but ever since he met the Mariner Moose earlier this summer, he’s been a […]