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The past couple of weeks, I’ve been mostly MIA from this site, at first because Jean, Sasha and I were in Taiwan visiting Jean’s family, and then because I was wandering around Indonesia on my own. Now, however, we’re all back together in Brooklyn—and with a few new additions to the household. That is, we [...]

Thank you sooooooo much, officemate, for telling me (and, I suppose, other people) about the hottest gift of the holiday season, the Lalaloopsy Doll. I would’ve gone on in blissful ignorance at least a couple of more days without your timely presentation of this YouTube clip:

I like to think that if Jean, Sasha and I were forced into homelessness that I’d dig up some of Sasha’s toys and turn them into such a great performance. Anyway, it’s late afternoon—enjoy:

Dear Nice Lady, First off, thank you! On our way back from preschool, I sat down next to you on the F train—and Sasha immediately turned crabby. You know the kind of crabby: whining, limp as an overcooked strand of spaghetti, unwilling either to sit or stand or be held. But you! With the lightning [...]