They just don't make them like the Bay-City Rollers anymore.

I hope that someday my children’s entertainment choices will enrich my hokey, middle-aged tastes. I already get to catch-up on children’s lit that I missed growing-up. I really enjoyed reading the Lloyd Alexander series to my son and we’re reading Madeline L’Engle now. The TV I could live without. I didn’t think anything could be more obnoxious than the Japanamation my son enjoys, but now that Reese can voice her opinion, I’m learning otherwise.

I share a home with the world’s youngest groupie. Her first demand upon waking is” Wiggles!” Once we put them on, she’s content to play and carry on with them in the background, but don’t try to change the program or turn it off—they’ll be hell to pay. I know more about Murray, Greg, Anthony and Jeff than I really care to. Most recently we watched a “behind the scenes” feature about their Australian tour. You wouldn’t believe the man-power and infrastructure that goes into such a mind-numbing show. And what huge crowds—I’m surprised that they aren’t throwing bibs on the stage!

My theory on Wiggle popularity is that they are goofy father figures. Captain Feather-Sword? Your guess is as good as mine.
http://www.thewiggles.com.au/index2.html

Dead-Eyed Dick
If you missed it, The Daily Show devoted its whole first segment on February 13th to Dick Cheney's hunting accident.
http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/videos/headlines/index.jhtml
Since Dick believes that semi-automatic weapons are appropriate for hunting, his friend was lucky their quarry was only quail. Perhaps it was something more sinister-- maybe they were hunting Quayle!!

Happy Valentine's Day!
I'm RICH IN LOVE!!! Of course, by the end of the day I'll be poor in a more mundane way. I'm off to get some last minute tokens for my loves. For Will: a lava lamp; Reese: something aerodynamic (she likes to throw); for Trav another wine-barrel chair http://mcleodchairs.com/, unless something else strikes my fancy http://www.newmorninggallerync.com/. If you ever make it to Asheville, you must check out this gallery! (Oh yeah, there's also some big house around there too...)

The chairs are very cool for a sporting event or concert or even to put in a sunroom. I highly recommend getting one (or two-- they fold and stack so nicely). I have the chair now-- maybe I'll get to a concert some time this year :)