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Osama Bin Laden’s Death

...Saddens me a bit. Not because I am mourning the death of a great person. Not because I am a supporter of terrorism or any of the other horrible things he has done in his lifetime. Not because I do not still cringe when I think about 9/11 or the thousands of lives of the troops who have given their lives because of his actions. I am saddened because of so many people's reaction to it. How happy and celebratory they are. Let's get one thing straight. I believe Bin Laden was not a good person. He has caused much pain and suffering and his name will go down in history with the likes of Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc. But I do not believe...

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The Hats Stole the Show

I wasn't planning on waking up at the crack ass of dawn to watch the royal wedding, but apparently my cranky daughter had other plans by waking up with a screamfest at 4am and refusing to go back to sleep. You guys, I think I may have a future princess-wannabe on my hands. Or at least one with 공주병 (gong-joo-byung, which literally translates to "princess disease"), because the little girl was simply ENTHRALLED by the wedding proceedings and would not take her eyes off the TV. When J woke up at 7am, I held her up to him and said in a little girly voice, "Daddy when I grow up can I be a princess too? Can I marry a prince? Can...

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Go the F**k to Sleep

I first saw this book on Boing Boing two days ago, and while I found it to be hilarious, I hesitated in sharing it here. Because as funny as I — among others — may find this book, I'm sure that there are parents out there who would find it horrifyingly inappropriate. My dark side won out once again. Go the F**k to Sleep is a supposed-bedtime story book that touts itself as "the most honest children's book ever written." According to its Amazon product page: Go the Fuck To Sleep is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don't always send a toddler sailing off to dreamland. Honest, profane, and...

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