Lovely and talented wife: A friend of mine just took a beading class with her daughter.
Me: Wow, a class, huh? Is that some kind of therapy thing?
Wife: What?
Me: How badly was her daughter behaving?
Lovely and talented and patient wife: BEADing. A BEADing class. With a “D.”
Pretty funny. About what you’d expect. Worth seeing just for the scenes with The Tone Rangers (an all male a cappella group led by John Michael Higgins).
A subtle comedy without being (too) dark. Not for everyone, follows the dysfunctional-family-bonds-via-quest formula, but has its moments. There are no profound revelations (but some that try to be) and you don’t get to know most of the characters well enough to really care about their personal struggles or how they overcome them (which is [...]
These are the coolest paper-crafty-doll-monster things I’ve ever seen. The kids are going to love making these (and so am I)!
[via Lifehacker]
If you are ever in a situation to participate in making stone soup with your child’s pre-school class, bear these tips in mind:
1. Don’t bring the onion.
2. If you bring the onion, don’t chop it first.
3. If you chop it, for goodness sake, double-bag it.
Doubtless these tips aren’t necessary if you are accustomed to handling [...]
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