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  • Kurt Warner, family quarterback

    We hear a lot about football players who behave badly, so it's always nice to read about those that don't. Kurt Warner, the Super Bowl winning quarterback who is currently having a late-career resurgence in Arizona (he's 37, which is old for the NFL) is also a father. A father of seven. Two...
    Posted to Strollerderby (Weblog) by Brett Singer on 09-28-2008
  • Dad buys beer for his toddlers

    The Father of the Year competition continues. The latest entry: a Wisconsin man who allegedly bought his 4-year-old a beer a county fair. As in, "Gimme two beers, lil' lady – one fer me, one fer junior. He's too short to reach the counter so I'll get it fer him." The dad did, however...
    Posted to Strollerderby (Weblog) by Brett Singer on 09-27-2008
  • Austrian incest mom speaks out

    Remember Josef Fritzl, the human monster who locked his daughter in the cellar and got her pregnant multiple times? She's speaking to the press now, and while you know her story is a horrible one, the details are still chilling. Elisabeth Fritzl, who was locked in an Austrian basement for almost...
    Posted to Strollerderby (Weblog) by Brett Singer on 09-11-2008
  • You Look Like Your Husband's Mom

    A study has found that men tend to be attracted to women whose facial structures resemble those of their mothers . The same holds for women, who tend to pick partners who look like their fathers. This is because the faces we are exposed to in childhood largely determine what we find attractive later...
    Posted to Strollerderby (Weblog) by Hannah Tennant-Moore on 09-04-2008
  • Should Moms Be Paid to Stay Home with their Kids?

    Australia’s senior child policy official is convinced the answer is yes. Gillian Calvert is encouraging the Rudd government to pay women to stay home for the first two years of their baby’s life. Calvert argues that babies’ brain development can be impaired if their mothers work early in their lives...
    Posted to Strollerderby (Weblog) by Hannah Tennant-Moore on 09-02-2008
  • Denise Richards Reality Show Canceled

    It's official – you won't have Denise Richards to kick around anymore. The E! channel has canceled the unwatchable "It's Complicated," which followed Richards as she tried raising her kids and a lot of pets… or something like that. I watched the first episode and found it mostly...
    Posted to Strollerderby (Weblog) by Brett Singer on 08-27-2008
  • Why the puppy games are better than the Olympics

    OK, that's not true . But if you haven't seen this dopey show on Animal Planet, you're missing out on something very cute. Here are a few highlights: 1. Commentary: "It's going to be tough to impress the judges." True – because they're goldfish. "This is like a chess...
    Posted to Strollerderby (Weblog) by Brett Singer on 08-24-2008
  • They Say: no junk food ads at the Olympics

    Like 30 million plus people, I've been watching a lot of Olympics the past few days. Which means I've seen a lot of commercials from the sponsors of the Games; I think I've seen that McDonald's ad touting chicken sandwiches for breakfast (ew) at least 50 times. Two watchdog groups, Commercial...
    Posted to Strollerderby (Weblog) by Brett Singer on 08-22-2008
  • Did Michael Phelps actually win 8 medals?

    Usually when an athlete is accused of cheating, it's a doping issue: this year alone, at least four athletes have been caught using banned substances. But in Michael Phelps' case, there may be something else going on. Here's the deal, as reported in the New York Times: The race in which Phelps...
    Posted to Strollerderby (Weblog) by Brett Singer on 08-21-2008
  • Michael Phelps to endorse Frosted Flakes

    Maybe they should call them Phrosted Phlakes? Once upon a time, Wheaties was the Breakfast of Champions, but now its Frosted Flakes. Michael Phelps will appear on a box of Tony the Tiger's favorite (phavorite? OK, OK, I'll stop) morning meal. Naturally, some are upset with Phelps for choosing...
    Posted to Strollerderby (Weblog) by Brett Singer on 08-21-2008
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