by Mir | Nov 20, 2015 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk
I have two dogs. Have I mentioned that I have two dogs? I do. They’re delightful. And rotten. Also I have two children, and they are also both delightful and rotten. I offer this as preamble to why I own a carpet scrubber. (Just to be clear, the children, at...
by Mir | Nov 5, 2015 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk
It’s baaaaaa-aaaaaack! Everyone’s favorite DYMO hand-held label maker is back down to just $9.99 at Amazon. Buy one for your favorite OCD friend. Buy one for yourself so that you can KonMari your life and organize whatever remains. Buy one for your...
by Mir | Oct 20, 2015 | For the kids, Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk
Full disclosure: One of these Halloween totes showed up in my mailbox, unbidden, and my kids are well beyond trick-or-treating age, anyway. But did I involuntarily squeal when I pulled it from the box? Yes. Yes, I did. I’m not proud. So check it out:...
by Mir | Oct 10, 2015 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk
I know that every kid has a phone and a tablet and a hundred ways to take a photo without owning an actual camera, but still, I think a kid interested in how cameras work and building things themselves would be intrigued with a DIY kit. At least, that’s what I...
by Mir | Sep 30, 2015 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk
If you have delicate sensibilities and don’t enjoy crude humor, this would be a good time to go read something else and continue pretending that I’m a morally upstanding person. If you enjoy being a bit bawdy on occasion, however, come sit next to me,...
by Mir | Sep 24, 2015 | For the kids, Product Talk
… and bearing in mind that this is technically only a deal because it’s hard to find… … Amazon has last year’s LEGO Creator Expert Santa’s Workshop available right now at what is basically the normal retail price ($70). Big whoop,...