We did it. We finally did it. And not because anyone asked either. It felt like the right time to us. That’s why, effectively immediately, the Bear will be getting $3 per week, the Mouse $1. It is important to note that neither child must earn the money, not exactly […]
If you spend any time at all on the internet, chances are you’ve come across some hideous behavior hiding behind the stiff arm of anonymity. People are more cruel here and it can sometimes weigh you down and make you think that this world wide web business is an accurate […]
While I haven’t yet gotten around to publishing (or, um, writing) a review of “Swings!”, the sophomore kindie album from the Nashville, TN jazz outfit Coal Train Railroad (or any other kid’s CD for that matter), I do like it very much. And I love love love their 2010 self-titled […]
There are a lot of good people making good music for families in 2012 but no one is quite like Randy Kaplan. The Los Angeles resident has a classic cool, 1930’s troubadour style on and off stage, and folds sharp wit, sly humor, and brilliant childhood insight in with a […]
Comedian Louis C.K. quipped in a recent episode of his eponymously titled show on FX that at 40+ years of age his trips to the gym serve only to maintain his middling shape. Gone are his dreams of a chiseled self. He is, essentially, exercising to not become grotesque. To stay […]
Aside from a complete disdain for egg slicers and the sheer inability to drink milk out of clear plastic cups, I’ve got no issues. None. I religiously listen to Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, so I hear a parade of folks talk to the comedian each week and every one of […]
One of my most reliable methods for determining the quality, or at the very least the stickiness, of a product or performance is the time it takes the Bear & Mouse to fold what they have just experienced into their extremely imaginative play. It took nearly 24 hours from us […]
For the majority of my very privileged childhood, my parents called me spoiled. But I never felt that I deserved the tag because I rarely ever asked for anything. No kidding. I just got tons of stuff. Frankly, that wasn’t a me problem. It was a them problem. Yet I […]
