Our next guest post comes courtesy of one of my favorite contributors from last year: father, teacher, and writer Nicholas Stirling. I couldn't help but be ecstatic when he agreed to contribute again, and that he wrote TWO pieces for my maternity-blogging-leave. In this first piece, he writes about an experience that required the strongest and very best from him...
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For the past four months, baby Arthur has been helping his mother recreate scenes from famous movies, with predictably adorable results. I can't help but be reminded of Mila's Daydreams, except with a funny twist. :-D The Blair Witch Project: 12 Angry Men: American Beauty: Rambo: First Blood: Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Seventh Seal: The Shawshank Redemption: The Rear Window: The Shining: Jaws: Total Recall: The Godfather: Alien: My favorite of the bunch has to be Jaws. Which one is yours? Be sure to follow the Arthur Recreates Scenes from Classic Movies blog, because this seems to be an ongoing project that is sure to bring further bouts of adorable cuteness in the future! Via Flavorwire....
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Calvin and Hobbes is my all-time favorite comic strip, and I still count The Complete Calvin and Hobbes to be one of the best presents J has ever gifted me. I seriously can't wait until our children are old enough to start enjoying these comics! If you are also a fan of C&H, you are probably well-aware of Calvin's creative (and oftentimes morbid) imagination being played out in the form of snowmen. Fans all over the U.S. re-create Calvin's snowmen each winter, with snow sculptures, props, and productions becoming more and more elaborate with every snowstorm. This Halloween, Elle of The Erratic Project Junkie has decided to mesh Calvin's snowmen with this October holiday to create a pumpkin version of the winter meme. The...
Continue readingIf you're in the middle of Snowtober 2011 like us, you're probably taking it easy this Saturday night. And if you're looking for something to occupy yourself — even if for just a few minutes, I've got just the thing for you. :-) Presenting The History of Rap, Part 3, starring Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake! And just in case you missed the first two...
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I know for a fact that this is exactly how J feels about my purse. Via Fashionably Geek....
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