From the monthly archives:

October 2008

The BVS Top Ten Toys of 2008

October 11, 2008

For your play­ing plea­sure, here are the top ten toys of 2008 as judged by the Ger­man BVS, Bun­desver­band des Spielwaren-Einzelhandels (Fed­eral Asso­ci­a­tion of Toy Retail­ers).  They’re not all avail­able out­side of Ger­many, but most are.  Have fun! Bis­cuit the Golden Retriever from Fur­real Friends by Has­bro — A sur­pris­ingly real­is­tic robotic dog.  $179.99 from HasbroToys […]

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Review: Fleurville Escape Pod

October 8, 2008

While I was preg­nant with Oliver, I read up quite a bit on dia­per bags.  I decided in the end that I should have a small, medium and extra large dia­per bag.  For the small, I chose the Fleurville Escape Pod. The escape pod mea­sure 10.5“x6.5“x2.5″ and is large enough to fit a cou­ple diapers, […]

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Gourmandise, the sexiest nursing bra ever?

October 6, 2008

Gour­man­dise is a French lin­gerie com­pany that makes pos­si­bly the sex­i­est nurs­ing bras I’ve ever seen.  I have not been able to track down any infor­ma­tion on the com­pany, as appar­ently there are a lot of things described as “gour­man­dise” in French. For Eng­lish and French speak­ers, the ivory/praline ver­sion is sold by Mamanana.com, a […]

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Early Detection of Breast Cancer

October 2, 2008

Octo­ber is Breast Can­cer Aware­ness month, so here’s a reminder to get your­self screened for breast can­cer.  All women should have their risk of breast can­cer assessed by their physi­cian.  Those of nor­mal risk who are under 40 should have a clin­i­cal breast exam done at least every three years by your doc­tor.  If you’re […]

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