Remember America's Funniest Home Videos? This comic, entitled The World Before the Internet, sure brought back some great memories. (America's Funniest Home Videos was one of the few television shows that my family watched together, since fluency in English was not required in the comprehension of the majority of the videos.) ...
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I have a love/hate relationship with weekly emails from BabyCenter. If you are pregnant, or are a parent, you know exactly what I'm talking about. By this week your baby is...
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What if old-school video game characters were to invade our world? Would you be able to spot them? What if they continued to exist in their 8-bit graphics glory? Illustrator Aled Lewis shows us just that in his Flickr set titled Video Games vs Real Life. As the set shows photos from June 2007 to now, I certainly hope that he will continue this project because I can't wait to see what he comes up with next! Via Bit Rebels. ...
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Last Saturday, our beloved Ravens were booted out of the playoffs. It was an especially disappointing loss because not only did they lose to their #1 rivals after a first half that looked more than promising, it was Claire's first NFL playoffs and we had ordered a baby cheerleader outfit just for the occasion. This year's NFL playoffs have been full of upsets and surprises. Now, with only four teams remaining (two of which no one had expected to go this far), I will be rooting for a Packers win for Super Bowl XLV. Anyone else with me? :-D I happened upon a funny article titled Steelers, Jets, Packers, Bears And Their Office Equivalents earlier today. I knew that I had to...
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Last week I was talking to a friend about her efforts to get pregnant. When she mentioned that she might start taking her basal body temperature, I strongly urged her to sign up for a Fertility Friend account. After all, I myself had gotten pregnant with the help of Fertility Friend (and got to know my body much better in the process). Fertility Friend popped into my head again last night as I was battling insomnia. I hadn't logged on since my first trimester of pregnancy with Claire — and I have no reason to log in at the moment as trying to get pregnant is the last thing on my mind — but I felt a strong urge to go...
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