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News and Culture Five

News Round-Up Jan. 12: Dr. Spock’s Revised Edition, Tina Fey’s Awkward Explanation and Baby Names Inspired by the U.S. Civil War

What we’re reading today:

1. Oh Tina Fey. We feel you. Fey was watching 30 Rock with 6-year-old daughter Alice when there was a reference to an erection under someone’s clothes. Alice asked what an erection was and Fey picked the most innocuous explanation she could. “An erection is a building.” But Alice knew that wasn’t quite right.

2. Dr. Spock’s revised his Baby and Child Care so that it now covers autism, ADHD and has a new section for gay and lesbian parents.

3. Looking for some new baby names? Look no further than this civil war general guide! We actually really love a couple of the names on here, but you can blame our Classical education. Also, while we’re not huge on Cullen, the Cullen on Hell on Wheels is tough as nails and mighty handsome, so we could see that name coming back. (Just not coming back in an Edward and Jacob way).

News and Culture Five

News Round-Up Nov. 9: Chickenpox Lollipops, Class President Elections and the Secret Behind the Good Mommy Blogs

What we’re reading today:

1. Have your kids shown any early political aspirations? One dad looks back on his girl’s push to be class president, again and again and again.

2. It’s illegal and just a terrible idea to let your kid have an infected lollipop you got in the mail.

3. Photographer mom Emily Cleaver takes photos of her infant that recreate classic movie scenes.

4. One career woman-turned-stay-at-home-mom offers her explanation as to why mommy blogs are so fascinating.

5. Three-year-old shares her playpen with vicious lion:

Photo by Emily Cleaver via Flavorwire

 

The Bunchbrary

In Like a Lamb, Out Like a Lion Movie

Our Big Cat Bunchbrary. Roar.

March comes in like a lamb, out like a lion. Or vice-versa, but it’s pretty lovely and sunny out there today which obviously means we’re in for a crappy end of the month. Where did this one-or-the-other idea even comes from? The Farmer’s Almanac says that our superstitious predecessors believed that there must be a balance both in weather and in life, so what starts out rough, ends up calm.

Whatever temperature swings Mother Nature throws at us, we’re looking forward to a roaring good month. Here are our favourite lion movies. (With a couple other big cats thrown in for good measure.)

1. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

What makes a muskrat guard his musk? Courage. What makes a lion endearing? A lack thereof. (And perhaps a few musical numbers) A cowardly lion makes for a strange companion for a girl from Kansas, but no stranger than a talking scarecrow or tin man. And he definitely makes a better traveling companion than a flying monkey.