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This American Life

I've always found the NPR show, This American Life, riveting. The televised version is equally amazing. The stories are, of course, compelling and the visuals are stunning.

This is a show worth being passionate about.

To All the Moms I Know...

from Adoptive Families magazine -

We are sitting at lunch when my daughter says, casually, "Do you think I should have a baby?" "It will change your life," I say, keeping my tone neutral. "I know," she says, "no more sleeping in on weekends, no more spontaneous vacations."

But that's not what I meant at all. I want her to know that becoming a mother will leave her with an emotional wound so raw that she will forever be vulnerable. I consider warning her that she will never again read a newspaper without asking, what if that had been my child? That every plane crash, every fire will haunt her...

Read the full article here.

Biz's Beat of the Day

Biz's Beat of the Day is really the only thing I don't like on Gabba. Aaron is now convinced that his spitting is o-kay. Almost a year of working on getting him to stop down the tubes.

Aggrolites New Years Eve at the Belly Up - Banana

While this obviously isn't their performance from Yo Gabba Gabba - the Aggrolites do this song in one of the episodes. I love that there's a kids show where my boys can hear good music and I love even more that it's really the only tv show they pay attention to!

Bobby the Bold - I love this book