Spas, Hordes, and Kings (Mep Report #125)
Greg Runs the Gauntlet of the Spa Castle, Uniforms Vs. Au Natural: Fight!, To Every Horde, Turn, Turn, Turn, The Horror of Red Bumperman, The Joy of Having One’s Skin Ripped Off, and Zombie Kings.
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Maybe, just maybe, there is a future for us.
Every once in a while, I’m reminded of why I love literature…and why, just maybe, the future isn’t as bleak as everyone seems to be fond of predicting these days.
In Defense of Teachers.
Teachers are used to working with less. Primary school teachers are used to buying basic classroom supplies out of their own salaries; secondary school teachers are used to teaching with classrooms at double or more capacity; post secondary teachers at all levels are used to ever increasing demands from multiple masters (publish now, do committee work now, teach now, advise now…everything now, or preferably yesterday). I’ve taught at all these levels, and most of the teachers I know accept their respective situations with a shrug and a sense of humor (there’s a reason the teachers’ lounge is the most important room in any school building for the people to whom it caters).
Flintstones Vitamins Placed in Birthday Cakes Nationwide (Mep Report #122)
Lecturing Prison Gangs, Michael Richards Riot Redux, Fantasy Theater of the Abhorrent, Know Your Audience, Don’t Celebrate Mediocrity; Celebrate the Jersey Shore, Malnourished Pet Superheroes, And the Legend of Ten Fists and the Lost Soul Fragments.
How to make your baby or toddler go insane…
Okay, so little babies like to take their socks off….and that is just so annoying because who wants a sock-less baby? That’s about as bad as a baseball player without a codpiece. So we gotta do something about that–and now we can, thanks, again, to our friends at One Step Ahead (those friends who are always…one step ahead of us…).
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Handy Manny promotes running with saws!
In a recent episode of Handy Manny titled “Home Sweet Home,” a neighborhood child plays a dangerous game of duck, duck, goose called “nut, nut, bolt” with the tools (click on the episode title, watch or skip intro, and then click the scroll bar to -03:22 to see the abhorrent scene).
Headgear for “special” parents
For too long babies who had plagiocephaly were the only ones who had to wear headgear. They were “special” babies who needed to have a little help to make sure their head shape turned out normal as they grew.
Now, thanks to a new product on the market, “special” parents can put their babies in headgear too. The Thudguard ensures that their babies will not lose brain cells bumping their heads against furniture like everyone elses babies; in a sense leveling the future playing field one fall at a time.
I don’t know what to say…
They say it trains boys up to “two months faster.” I think I’d rather take the two months, but I’ve never potty-trained a boy before, so what do I know.
Those Darn Baby Bellies
We have a problem people. Babies like to show-off their bellies. Well, we can’t stand for it anymore and OneStepAhead is helping us end it. Let me introduce you to “Sta-tuct” and the end of baby shirts going above your baby’s belly.
Solution for Fear of Failure
Well, they’ve done it. Bach, the makers of “Rescue Remedy,” have solved the problem of kids’ fear of failure. Meet “Confidence Remedy”
