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Archive for December, 2007

How to make the coolest brown-bag lunch in class  

My son’s Spider-Man lunch box finally died after nearly four months of continuous, valiant service. It was recycled with honors while Taps played, gently.
He’s been brown-bagging it since then and as I’m the designated lunch builder I’ve taken it upon myself to draw a fun design on each one along with his name while my [...]

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Good behavior  

Daughter: Daddy? I’ve been thinking about my behavior this year.
Me: Oh?
Daughter: I don’t think I behaved very well so I don’t deserve a lot of presents for Christmas.
Me: Hmm. Well, you’re a kid and sometimes kids have bad days. But, overall, I think you’ve been really great this year.
Daughter: No, I don’t think so.
Me: Well, [...]

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Google Christmas Card  

Awww… isn’t Google sweet in a cuddly-mega-corporation kind of way? Best Wishes for 2008 from Google.

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The Story of Stuff  

“The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world.”

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Wishing for Neverland  

“May you live in uninteresting times.” — Chinese blessing
The Girl is waiting for something amazing to happen.
She hopes one day her closet door will become a doorway to an enchanted kingdom or that a mysterious stranger will knock and tell her, breathlessly, that she and her latent magical powers are the key to saving the [...]

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