I receive weekly updates from BabyCenter on my wife’s pregnancy. Well, last week, they taught us how to do kegels, so I figured I better learn. Kegel exercises are defined as the tightening and holding of muscles near your private parts, and they can help prevent urinary incontinence [...]
The world is stunned by the passing of Steve Jobs. He has effected everybody in such a remarkable way, and I just wanted to take my turn to say thank you. Without Steve Jobs' innovations... I wouldn't know how to edit video footage, so there would be no LIFE [...]
I have a Cabbage Patch Kid. No, I didn’t just go buy one. Yes, my daughter has one already, but that’s not what I’m writing about… BabyCenter.com just told me in my weekly update about my wife’s pregnancy, that my son is the weight of a cabbage (3 lbs). [...]
To: Federal Reserve Board Attn: Ben Bernanke 20th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, CD 20551 Dear Ben, Although we have never met in person, I have watched your work from afar. Attempting to put the entire country on your back through the financial crisis, you have to make decisions [...]
Ford Motor Company Attn: William Ford, Jr. 1 American Road Dearborn, MI 48126-2798 Dear Mr. Ford, I’m just writing to thank you for the 2005 Ford Escape. This has been our car since 2004, and has been the only car that my daughter (now 1.6 years old) has [...]
We are less than three months away from having our son. Crazy, huh? BabyCenter.com told us last week that our baby weighs about “two and a quarter pounds and measures over 15 inches from the top of his head to his feet.” I bet he’s taller than that. He’s going [...]
Dear Cheerios, How are you, my friends? Actually, I don’t need to ask that, because I know exactly how you are. You are in a yellow box, hanging out in the homes of babies worldwide. In my house particularly, you are in the cabinet, on the floor, in the couch [...]
To: Sesame Street Attn: Elmo Kaufman Astoria Studios 34-12 36th Street, Astoria, NY 11106 Dear Elmo, Congratulations on your continued success! When I was a single man, I had no idea how popular you truly were. Sure, you had that run in the late nineties when “Tickle Me Elmos” were [...]
The morning after the Primetime Emmy Awards, in a small condo in Studio City, the Baby Emmy Awards took place. Babs is the only judge, and here is the complete list of winners. Comedy Series: Sesame Street Not traditionally a full-blown comedy, Babs will laugh sometimes at the most [...]
Dear Bibs, Yeah, I'm talking to you, you combination of napkins and a shirt. You were created in order to help keep babies’ clothes clean while they are eating. My daughter is now 1.5 years old, and she has never really successfully worn a bib. For understandable reasons, she doesn’t [...]