Home Delivery

Okay, so there was a plethora of fun-poking material in today's Entertainment section of MSNBC. After movie reviews that take themselves too seriously and reports that Miley Cyrus had her "teeth done" I was just overcome with weariness. Don't get me wrong, I love celebrity gossip. I am a devoted reader of People magazine and I always check out the entertainment section of the news but for some reason today, I just got fed up. Enough already with "Hottest Celebrity Bodies" and "Will They Tie the Knot?" stories. Is there nothing more? Readers of celebrity gossip unite! We want substance, we want real information! We want the celebrities delivered to our front door so we can ask the questions! (I'm available on Tuesday and Thursday mornings)

Bait and Switch

Any mother who has purchased a Disney DVD will know exactly what I'm getting at with this post. I have a bone to pick with the folks at Disney home entertainment. I would like to say to the far-reaching, ever-manipulating Disney machine: "stop putting a trailer for every movie ever made by Disney on the preview section of each DVD"! And by the way, that "Fast Play" option is nothing more than a bait and switch. There is nothing fast about fast play. In fact, it's the "scenic" way to the "feature entertainment". Here's a little news flash, the people who are putting your DVDs into the player are BUSY MOMS!! we're tired of having to "select the main menu" before we select the movie. I would estimate that I've wasted a good week of my life standing in front of the TV waiting for the movie to load. Trust me, you have enough of a PR machine to not need the endless previews before each movie. All you're doing is ticking me off!

Metamorphosis

I've added a better picture. It may not seem like it but they are getting so big.

We are raising three monarch caterpillars this summer. If you look closely in the first picture you can see him at the top of the leaf. I think it will be fun to chronicle their lives for the next few weeks.

Ode to an Oreo

Oh little cookie of black and white
It's strange that I find you such a delight
To twist or dunk, that is the question
Your hold on me is too great to mention
I could eat you for lunch or dinner
Even for breakfast you are a winner
Although you are made of fat and sugar
To be without you would be a booger
Thank you Nabisco for your creation
America is truly Oreo nation