My next writing project involves looking back at growing up wild and free in the middle of nowhere in the 1970s and 1980s. Periodically, I’m going to be using this space to ask for your help. Like now. I posted this question yesterday on my Ironic Mom Facebook page: What weird clothing or accessories did […]
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Fridge Astrology: What Your Magnets Reveal About You
If you’re visiting after my Breakfast TV segment, click here to find all the Worst Toys of the Season. I pick a magnet off the floor and place it onto the refrigerator. Our fridge, a white behemoth approaching the age of twenty, stands alone in our kitchen, isolated from the other black appliances, the newer […]
How Dinosaurs Trash Talk
My eight-year-old twins know how to trash talk. I blame their father, the man also known as my husband. So far, our kids only trash talk when they’re in character, most recently as plastic toy dinosaurs who were having a Jurassic showdown. William held Stegosaurus; Vivian gripped Allosaurus. They bashed them together and trash talked. […]
The Worst Toys of 2012: The Gross Award
Welcome to the eighth installment and the penultimate post of The Worst Toys of 2012. Today, I am giving out The Gross Award. This stomach-turning award is given to a toy that would give a toddler or a great-grandparent nightmares. It gives me near-sadistic pleasure to present the 2012 Gross Award to The Walking Dead […]
The Worst Toys of 2012: The Gullible Award
Welcome to the 7th installment of the Worst Toys of 2012. Today, I bring you The Gullible Award. This award honors the shrewdness of marketers and “dishonors” those of us who buy the item. Without further delay, then, the 2012 Gullible Award goes to The Logo Board Game. Here are 5 reasons why the Logo […]
The Worst Toys of 2012: The Child-in-Tears Award
Welcome to the 6th installment of the Worst Toys of 2012. Today, I am bringing you the Child-in-Tears Award. This prestigious honor goes to the toy that is most likely to solicit some good sobs, not unlike the time I gifted a bouncy cobra in a wicker basket to my seven-year-old nephew. After he leaped […]
The Worst Toys of 2012: The Plastification Award
Welcome to the 5th installment of the Worst Toys of 2012. If you missed the previous “winners,” please check out the following: The Skankification Award The “Call 911” Award The Surrogate Parent Award The What-Is-It Award Today, I am giving out the Plastification Award. The Plastification Award is given to a toy that uses a […]
The Worst Toys of 2012: The What-Is-It Award
Welcome to the fourth installment in the series of the Worst Toys of 2012. If you missed the first three, check out the Laugh & Learn Apptivity Monkey, the Razor E100 Electric Scooter, and Ari Roma, the Novi Star prostitute doll. Today, I am giving out the What-Is-It Award. This honor goes to a toy that is […]
The Worst Toys of 2012: The Surrogate Parent Award
Welcome to the third installment of the Worst Toys of 2012. So far, we’ve given out the “Call 911” Award and the Skankification Award. Today, it’s time for the Surrogate Parent Award. The Surrogate Parent Award goes to the toy that is designed to entertain your child for the length of time it would take […]
The Worst Toys of 2012: The Call 9-1-1 Award
Welcome to the second instalment of the Worst Toys of 2012. Yesterday, I awarded The Skankification Award to Ari Roma, one of the smutty sisters of the Novi Stars doll family. Today, I’m giving out the “Call 9-1-1″ Award. The criteria of the “Call 9-1-1” Award are simple: If there’s a chance my twins would […]