...and it was still hot

The popular children's classic Where The Wild Things Are + Dave Eggers + Spike Jonze =



I'm so excited to see this I can hardly contain myself.

Edit: If anyone knows where I can get this movie poster I will love them forever.

Three Infections and One Birthday

We have a half eaten Chocolate Chocolate Cake from Cafe Latte on the kitchen counter, left over from K8's Birthday, begging me to add it to my already thick winter layer of all natural personal insulation. We have three separate prescriptions of Amoxicillin being administered at the prescribed regular intervals to all but me. We have Charlie Chaplin's The Kid in the DVD player reminding us of our nation's past and possible future. The house is a disaster of toys, clothing, and food shrapnel and I am without the gumption to remedy such overwhelming domestic intranquility. All gumption was exhausted the other day in meticulously, and lovingly, manufacturing the tiny 3D Q and O earrings out of origami paper. There is only one thing that can save me from this morose state of being. Beastie Boys. Loud, loud, Beastie Boys.

What The.....

The most bizarre thing you will most likely see today, the Barreleye Fish, Macropinna microstoma.

Indeed!

SAHD Workout Video

It's Electric

Monday on PBS they ran a bit of a marathon of the new Electric Company. We caught the latter half having tuned in to catch our normal dose of Word Girl at 4pm. Q's disappointment for a lack of Word Girl was VERY short lived. The new Electric Company is great. Q was totally into it and I had fun watching for all the special guests, from Tiki Barber to Samantha Bee from The Daily Show.

Lost and Found

The beautiful children's book about friendship, Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers, has been adapted to a 30 minute animated film by STUDIOaka and broadcast over the Holidays on the UK's Channel 4. As far as I can tell from the trailer and comments from the Brits who had the pleasure of watching the whole thing, the stunningly gorgeous animation applied to the super touching story is an absolute masterpiece.



The DVD is scheduled for release March 23rd. I'm not sure if that includes the US or if it is just the UK... though I think I'd be willing to pay the extra shipping if I had too.

Another Word For Pirate Treasure...

professor booty from tapirspoop on Vimeo.


A little recap of the past few weeks. Yes, I'm a dork.

Happy New Year!

Internet Schooling

The Alphabet





Geography





Math, Economics, and Contracts



Geometry

SAHD's now have a theme song

The Office

If this is what a "real job" was like, I would totally want one.


The Great Office War from Runawaybox on Vimeo.

PBS Hip-Hop Battle

Bob da Builda' & That weird pumpkin dude

VS.

Bert & Ernizzle

just some videos worth watching...

every morning to set you in the right mind before you leave the house.


Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.


(HD) A More Perfect Union from Andrew Sloat on Vimeo.


Too much candy from Capucha on Vimeo.

Go pee before you watch this video, trust me.

Thanks to the Pioneer Press article about us "daddy bloggers" I found Looky, Daddy. Thanks to Looky, Daddy I found one of the funniest videos I have ever seen, or ever will see, in my lifetime.

Behold:

The second best way to experience nature

Obviously getting off your butt and going outside is the preferred method to experience the splendor of our natural world but when those adventures are met with road blocks such as todays dreary weather (I know. I'm a wuss.) it's good to know that websites like earth-touch.com exist.

With new high definition video of wildlife from around the world available daily, Earth-Touch is the best nature website that I have found. Possibly greater than the beautiful high quality footage is the narration, or more accurately, the limited narration. Just a brief description of what you are seeing. No over dramatizing or dumbing down.

They also have a weekly highlights podcast on itunes. Which could be very valuable on our upcoming plane ride, should we decide to include the computer in our carry-on arsenal.

Quote of the Day

Today we went for a long walk and ended up at the park next to the Y-Dub on Selby. It's a nice little park, well shaded, and usually pretty quiet. We haven't been there for quite a while since we only went there after we went to the Y-Dub and obviously my fat ass hasn't been there in quite some time.

Anywho, when we got there today a German speaking group of parents and their kids were there. Q started running around with a few of the kids. At one point one of those kids, a 4 year old girl, from the top of the play equipment kicks it old school. "Intergalactic planetary. Planetary Intergalactic. Another dimension. Another dimension."

Ok, so Hello Nasty isn't exactly "old school", but it was out well before she was born. Man, those Germans sure now how to raise a kid right.

Reminiscing

Like those commercials say, having kids changes everything. Including the unavoidable use of cliche' statements like "having kids changes everything" and, tonight as I watch some of these old videos of Q, "They grow up so fast."

Stay at home dads on Today Show

ABC popup book! Awesome awesomeness!

I known I overuse the word awesome but ABC3D really does deserve the adjective. A few other apt descriptives are unique, innovative, and awesome... oh wait, I already said that one.

Popup by Marion Bataille
by jacques_faciale

Cuttlefish

If I would get off my ass and get the proper cable to hook up the video camera to the mac, I could post some video of Ozzi's face changing red. Then put it next to this video to explain his new nickname.