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  • Radically Divergent Weekend Excursions

    Well chalk today up as an another first experience of parenthood. We took the twins to two radically different locales this weekend. First we went to a community park and playground in Port Moody where we let them play on the swings. Then today we took them to South Granville where we explored the shops and stuff around there. Did…

  • Evenflo Announces Baby Gate Recall

    Another recall notice that parents need to be aware of; Evenflo has recalled their Top-of-Stairs-Plus gates, model numbers 10502 and 10512. There were approximately 33,000 of these gates sold in Canada, 180,000 in North America. The recalled gates were sold in stores between October 2007 and March 2010. Consumers are being advised to contact Evenflo so that…

  • Where did Community go?

    I want to throw these questions out to you as I am heading out the door this morning; first, why do we have so many more friends on Facebook than we do in real life? Also, when did it become the norm to walk around with our ears plugged? Why do we prefer having little…

  • Infantino Baby Sling Recall

    I saw this on Twitter this morning but did not have time to post anything on here before leaving the house; there has been a massive recall of baby slings. The recall involves the Canadian-sold “Sling Rider” and the “Wendy Bellissimo” slings. If you have one of these slings you are being urged to stop using…

  • Clever Use of Language in Politics

    Sometimes I have to marvel at the way that language is twisted. An example from Translink, “It’s not a fare hike, it’s a reduction of the discount.” – In other words, it is going to cost you more to ride transit. And how about this one from the recent provincial budget, “…and the continuation of the…

  • Pizza on the First Day of Spring in Vancouver

    Annalie and Story enjoying a slice of Pizza from Four Brothers Pizza on Commercial Drive as we celebrated the first day of spring 2010. And here is Story inspecting her piece of artichoke heart pizza before chowing down.

  • Safety Reminders for the First Day of Spring

    Today being the first day of spring, and a sunny Saturday as well, it was inspiring to see so many people out in their yards trimming shrubs and bushes, planting flowers and what-not and cutting their lawns. However, there was one part of this scene that was more than a little perturbing to me, Mr Safety,…

  • Ugh and the First Enunciated Word

    Ugh. Three females in the house with colds. Ugh. And, in the irony of all ironies (can you even have more than one irony?), it appears that the first word Story is going to say is the orange cat’s name. Keep in mind the orange cat is my nemesis in this household. We can’t really tell…

  • Thoughts on Food and the Food Network

    A couple thoughts on food this evening. First, if the Food Network was run by real people instead of master chefs who pretend to be everyday yobs, Blogger Dad would be the star of the show.  Blogger Dad is now, essentially, running a cooking school. The first lesson he has put together is a detailed…

  • Twitter, Facebook and the Main Stream Media

    I was listening to CKNW this afternoon…I don’t know why…when I heard Jon McComb talking about Social Media. McComb and his guest were talking about Social Media, presumably because Facebook received more hits than Google did for a measured period of time. Interesting enough conversation. The real laugh though came when McComb asked his guest about Twitter. And Jon McComb’s approach…