Blog Toy Box: Celebrating Our Matriarchs

Blog Toy Box: Celebrating Our Matriarchs

by | Dec 25, 2008 | Leisure

Where art thou, Mother Christmas?I only wish I knewWhy Father should get all the praiseAnd no one mentions you. I'll bet you buy the presentsAnd wrap them large and smallWhile all the time that rotten swinePretends he's done it all. So hail to Mother...
Blog Toy Box: Ideologically Thomas

Blog Toy Box: Ideologically Thomas

by | Dec 25, 2008 | Leisure

If you have a little boy or girl, then you probably know about Thomas the Tank Engine. No, I don't mean a character. And I don't even mean a show. And, no, I don't even mean a merchandise aisle at Target. I mean what becomes, so very easily, an entire way...
Blog Toy Box: Poor as Dirt

Blog Toy Box: Poor as Dirt

by | Dec 25, 2008 | Leisure

Back in the day when everybody was poor, people were less materialistic. Although a shiny new red wagon would be a great gift, some kids were lucky enough to get a potato in their stockings. We were somewhat poor in the Locavore Famiy and my mother tried to set an...
The Surf Life

The Surf Life

by | Dec 25, 2008 | Leisure

Finally, I am rescued.My arms are numb. My shoulders burn with pain. It feels like my stomach muscles are being ripped out of place, from one crushed rib after the other.At least the water is warm.Squinting through salt-stung eyes, I see the surfing instructor gliding...
Cinemadope: The Play's the Thing

Cinemadope: The Play's the Thing

by | Dec 25, 2008 | Film

Synecdoche, New York (5 stars)Written and directed by Charlie Kaufman. With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Tom Noonan, Hope Davis, Jennifer Jason Lee, and Dianne Wiest. (R)If you're going to see Synecdoche, New York,...