Leapfrog has done it again!  Just in time for the 2009 holiday season, they’ve introduced two must-haves for the kid into reading, audio books, or just plain do-it-yourselfing. The new Leapfrog Tag Reader has 32 MB of storage — twice as much as the...

Amazing.  I ordered my Christmas cards from Shutterfly and adorable address labels ($3, including shipping!) from VistaPrint in a fit of nonproductivity (work-wise) on Wednesday, and they arrived Friday. Two days, people!  Without any rush or...

My husband and I have always wanted to go to Kennedy Space Center together. We wanted to go when we were in college.  We wanted to go when we were in graduate school (but by the time we were married and ready to travel, we were writing our...

There are a lot of books out there for babies. A lot.  I was never a fan of the one word per page, brightly colored object, or black-and-white pattern books (or mobiles) for kids.  My perspective is that the world is stimulating enough, and books...

I often get questions about what to do for friends undergoing cancer treatment, tests, or long bouts of recovery.  I’ve put together a page of ideas and links on how to help a friend, and, a year later, that page and the associated posts still get...