It’s no secret that I’m my mother’s son. I embrace, never run from, the comparison made by those who know us both and I believe wholeheartedly that my dialed down version of her obsessive cleaning and homemaking self is a perfectly swell formula for an agreeable balance of order and […]
by Brian Kurtz If you have daughters, you’ve likely seen by now that Mattel, the makers of Barbie, has introduced something new for their iconic doll: a more diverse selection of Barbie body types. Barbie’s origin story is as a mass-marketed adult-figured doll that broke the mold of infant dolls […]
There are some who are quick to bark that “driving a minivan makes you less of a man”. Not only is that an inane notion, it also sheds a less than flattering light on those men who apparently must seek validation in the form an automobile, guys who, for whatever […]
Being hammered relentlessly for 28 hours by a blizzard with a boy-band name and then subsequently being trapped in one’s home that’s like-magic still connected to a fully functioning power grid would, on paper, seem the ideal opportunity to binge watch the holy hell out of some Netflix cartoons with […]
Try as I might, there’s simply no way I’ll ever again bear witness to a pow-wow of my face and my feet. At 40 years of age, I’m not even half as flexible as I once was, so sadly, my toenail-biting career has come to an end. A moment of […]
There’s a lot to see and do with kids in this great big wide world, but here are 14 1/2 travel experiences all kids should have in the United States before they are grown up. From musicals to race cars and massive trees to cruising on the high seas, these […]
Nature Cat is the best new cartoon on TV and will debut new episodes on PBS Kids next week starting with a 1 hour special on Monday, January 18 2016. Check local PBS listings, tune in, set the DVR or stream on demand on Roku or your favorite device directly […]
Does it get any better than this for young gamers? You’ve got Skylanders Superchargers figures and vehicles who happen to be the legendary (in a historical sense, not in Skylanders variant terms) Donkey Kong and Bowser, who also happen to be playable on Nintendo Amiibo! Holy wow that is remarkably […]
