Today was the 4th birthday party for my daughter. We had it at a farm. We went on a hayride. We picked pumpkins. A ton of people came. But the highlight of the day was shooting this video.
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You read that right…in Russia, families that have more than one child are eligible to receive cash vouchers of $10,000 and subsidies for education and home improvements. Seems the Ruskies are battling population decline as a result of lower birth rates since
the USSR collapsed back in '91, low life expectancies, and immigration.
The program, around since 2005, seems to be working…there was a 46% increase in births that year over 2004.
As further evidence of just how committed to incentivizing conception the Russians are, they have a contest in Ulyanovsk (a town about 500 miles east of Moscow) that challenges couples to conceive and give birth on June 12th which is Russia's National Day. Babies born on National Day earn their parents cash, cars, appliances and other prizes.
Wait – there's more! The leaders of Ulyanovsk created a holiday (Sept. 12) for couples to take time off from work to have sex…ok, to conceive…but quite a concept regardless!
You can read more about this here. You can petition your representatives in Washington for similar treatment by finding them here.
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"Maybe it's the cyclist in the park, trim under his
sleek metallic blue helmet, cruising along the dirt path… at three
miles an hour. On his tricycle.
Or perhaps
it's today's playground, all-rubber-cushioned surface where kids used
to skin their knees. And… wait a minute… those aren't little kids
playing. Their mommies—and especially their daddies—are in there with
them, coplaying or play-by-play coaching. Few take it half-easy on the
perimeter benches, as parents used to do, letting the kids figure
things out for themselves."
A man from Hong Kong had an ugly daughter. He was skeptical because his wife was hot. He thought she was fooling around with someone else. Then she admits that she had over $100,000 worth of plastic surgery before they met. Man divorces wife for deceit.
This story brings up quite a few questions. Do you think your kid or kids are ugly? And if so, do you blame your wife? Of course, everyone says that their kids are beautiful, but the bottom line is there are some freaky looking kids out there. You see them in the malls, in school, and on the bus.
PBS Kids Sprout announced yesterday that they fired Melanie Martinez, the sort of hot host of "The Good Night Show." This was done in response to the news of a series of videos she did prior to her Sprout gig called "Technical Virgin". These videos apparently spoof PSAs about how young women can keep their virginity. Do you think this is an overreaction or appropriate action for PBS?
Would you trust these two yokels with your kids? Noodad (right) and Foodad (left) will be appearing in an upcoming video spoof of a commercial. For our American audience, we hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend and for the rest of you, now you know why we did not have any new and interesting content today.
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This week, here in the states, we are celebrating Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a time to gorge yourself with food high in carbohydrates, mingle with family members you haven't seen since last Thanksgiving, and of course, watch football.
But the part of Thanksgiving that I enjoy the most, (besides the green bean casserole with the fried onions on top), is the time to recognize what I am thankful for.
Today's article will be a little bit of what I am thankful for this Thanksgiving. I encourage you all to post a comment of what you are thankful for as well.
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Once again, we did it. The valiant members of Team Noodad completed and defeated the fabled Boston Marathon course in a team record 9 hours on Sunday, September 16, shaving off a full 30 minutes from last year’s time. The 26.2 mile course put up a good fight, throwing all it had at Team Noodad in an effort to make us submit. This year we encountered fewer angry drivers and handled the steep thigh-burning inclines more easily. By starting earlier we found the Port-A-Johns a little cleaner and, after encountering a horrendous putrid cloud emanating from the rotted corpse of a flat, slow-footed squirrel within the first mile of the walk, there wasn’t an odor we couldn’t handle.
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