Strollerderby : weird stuff

Morning Sickness Now In Style

Madeline Holler — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:33:00 GMT

The bar for "good" pregnant women has been raised much higher than I can see.

Starting now, nothing says "this pregnant lady's really holding it together," like a disposable, compact, afforadable -- yet stylish! -- barf bag. And 50 of them can be nauseously yours for less than 30 bucks.

Called the "Morning Chicness" bag it comes in six different designs, some quite attractive, you know, considering.

Company founder and Morning Chicness bag designer Tara Ramos came up with the idea for the bags after suffering Hyperemesis Gravidarum, a severe form of morning sickness. She used airline bags her husband and friends purloined from plane trips.

According to the website, however, Ramos "liked the convenience of airline vomit bags, but hated advertising an airline while vomiting."

Totally. I'm like that with Disney stuff.

Thus, pretty barf bags were born.

Discussion: what did you barf in during your pregnancy?

Pun alert: these would make a great gag gift for a baby shower.

[Hat tip: Slate's XX Factor]

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Photo and image: morningchicnessbags.com

Baby Snuggie

Brett Singer — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:00:00 GMT

Sweet Christmas.

You are probably familiar with the Snuggie. It's a blanket with sleeves. It sort of looks like a robe. Here's the ad if you have no idea what I'm talking about.

The Snuggie has been featured in The New York Times, more than once. It was recently embraced by conservatives such as Joe the Plumber and Tucker Carlson. (The sad thing is I don't know which one of those guys has a better career at the moment. But I digress.)

So what's an entrepreneur to do? Well, in the words of the great Homer Simpson, take an existing product and put a clock in it. Or, in the case of the Baby Snuggie, a second head.

OK, now let's be specific. This product is actually called the Peekaru, from a company called TogetherBe. And I think it came out before the Snuggie. Can't tell.

Also -- don't care. Because when I look at that photo, all I can think of is the alien fetus thing from 'Total Recall'. Kuato. Remember him? (I'm not posting a photo for fear of offending any delicate sensibilities. If you want to see Kuato, and see how right I am, click here. But don't say I didn't warn you.)

One more thing from TogetherBe's website. If you click on "Learn more about the Peekaru™ today!" you get this page.

Opening for baby! Or Kuato. Whatever works.

Would anyone buy this? I mean, it's only 80 dollars. OK, OK, $79.95. Plus tax. And shipping. And possibly YOUR IMMORTAL SOUL...

Source: MomLogic

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Can You Really Scare Your Kids to Death?

Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:01:00 GMT

I'm finally getting around to reading David Sedaris' latest book, and of course I'm spending nap time laughing my head off, but I'm also beginning to feel like I've been duped. I'm the guy who didn't get it -- the rube, the moron. In his essay It's Catching (read it here), he talks about the number of kids who are literally "startled to death."

5,000 or so. He's joking, right?

I actually looked it up and couldn't find any numbers on it -- the term "scared to death" comes up a lot, but no one really means it. No one really died. I can imagine scaring an elderly person to death -- someone on the verge of a heart attack anyway who gets spooked a little too much and suddenly, well, you get the idea.

But a kid?

So have you heard of this? Can you actually scare your kids to death? I fear that my nightly ritual of hiding around a corner and scaring my daughter as she comes out of the bathroom might have to be curtailed. Or not. Hard to tell.

Robot Baby Chick

Brett Singer — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:00:00 GMT

So let's say you wish you lived on a farm. That's not an option, but maybe you can at least get a baby chick and keep it as a pet. After all, baby chicks are so cute.

Then you realize, "Wait a minute. If I get a baby chick to keep as a pet, eventually the baby chick will grow up and become a full-grown chicken. And I live in an apartment. Clearly, this is a horrible idea."

But wait! SegaToys has a solution! You could get (drum roll, please) – a robotic chicken! For only 26 bucks American (that's, what, like 1.5 Euros these days?) you can get your very own teeny little robot pet. No muss, no fuss, no smell, and it never grows up. But it's still cute (video below).

Also, don't think you can just put your toy on a shelf or leave it in a drawer to play with when you feel like it. This toy is needy. From a site that sells them: "To make Dream Chick move and chirp, human contact is required. Touch it or pat it and it'll move its little wings and chirp from time to time. If you leave it alone, it'll chirp once in a while but contact is the key." You know, sort of like your children.

image: brando.com.hk

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Creepiest spam message ever: "we have hijacked your baby"

Brett Singer — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:00:00 GMT

I just got this in my inbox and thought I would share it.

It's the typical attempt to get you to open an attachment, in this case "photo.zip", which I assume contains some sort of nasty viral payload. In other words, don't open it.

In the past, these sorts of messages said, "Naked Ana Kornakova Picz!" or something similar (I misspelled her name on purpose, by the way.) This time, though, it's a little more personal, at least if you have kids.

Anyway, don't open it, and hopefully you won't get it. If you'll excuse me, I need to go adjust my spam filter.

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Baby Snuggie

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Can You Really Scare Your Kids to Death?

Robot Baby Chick

Retarded movie boycott

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Old Jonas Brothers CD priceless

Children opposed to healthcare (Onion Video)

Hunka hunka burnin Barbie

Kids Stuff I like that my kids don't care about

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7 Days of Educational Toys: LeapFrog Didj

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Creepiest spam message ever: "we have hijacked your baby"

Retarded movie boycott

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Old Jonas Brothers CD priceless

Children opposed to healthcare (Onion Video)

Hunka hunka burnin Barbie

Kids Stuff I like that my kids don't care about