One minute you’ve got a squishy newborn who basically stays wherever you put them, and the next they’re rolling across the living room like a tiny escape artist. And just when you think you’ve adjusted to that? Boom – they’re crawling, pulling up on furniture, and trying to eat the dog’s water bowl.
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Injuries will always be a part of childhood. After all, children are still learning how their environment works. As a parent, it’s your job to protect your kids as best you can, but accidents can still happen. That’s why it’s essential to know some basic first aid skills so that you know how to treat an injury, and also know when exactly you should seek medical attention. It’s also important to teach these skills to your older children so that they can provide good care for their younger siblings if necessary.
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A fried chicken drumstick, eagerly consumed while dancing at an (apparent) retirement party/rave, becomes a deadly weapon for one man in the video for “Techno Clique,” from Texas-based uber-chill electronic dance band, Neon Indian. Surely, no one can accuse this band of not having any original ideas for its videos! Vocalist Alan Palomo (who, it must be said, is very easy on the eyes) plays a club DJ presiding over the celebratory festivities when things go wrong under the spinning mirror ball, and the man-of-the-hour requires the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge the threatening hunk of meat. But who can stop dancing long enough to perform the Hug of Life? Like a British Soap opera, it’s lots more fun than it sounds, and who doesn’t love a chill mix that you can groove to? Today, please let “Techno Clique” (from the group’s latest release, VEGA INTL. Night School), be your morning jam. Enjoy!
Neon Indian’s Current US Tour Dates Are:
4/17 – Atlanta, GA – Sunset Series @ Park Tavern
5/06 – New York, NY – The Grid NYC
5/14 – Dallas, TX – HomeGrown Music and Arts Festival
6/23 – Ogden, UT – Ogden Twilight Series
6/25 – Rothbury, MI – Electric Forest Festival
7/15-17 – Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Music Festival
No Parking on the Lunch Meat Dance Floor
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Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up. The story that I’m sure you’re all dying to read, which sounds very much like a script by Quentin Tarantino can be found Here.
My Birthday is coming up next month and on the top of my list of gifts I’d most like to receive is this delightful Plush Uterus Toy from I Heart Guts. Sadly, the toy has been recalled. According to the site: “I Heart Guts is sad to inform you that we have issued a voluntary recall for one of our products, the Uterus Plush.