The talk of the Crikey newsroom today.
Overparenting on the rise. New Yorker casts its eye over the trend for molly-coddling — and the trend for writing books about molly-coddling. “Most of us have heard of people who pipe Mozart into their child’s room”, writes Joan Acocella. But is that such a bad thing?
Cracklin good time: How to make cracklins by Deltablues.net. All it takes is slabs of hog fat, a frying pan, and beer to wash it down.
“Hitler has only got one ball, the other is in the Albert Hall.” Truly. (Albert Hall bit still to be confirmed). Hitler really did have only one ball, according to claims by a German army medic who saved the Führer’s life during the First World War. The Nazi leader lost a testicle during the Battle of the Somme in 1916, the doctor claimed. More at The Guardian.
The interesting thoughts of Edward Monkton. And they are interesting.
Stars fall for dominoes. Hollywood Dominoes is a new take on an old favourite. It’s like botox for board games — and actors are lapping it up at parties. A lesson in how stars can kill a perfectly nice, daggy past-time.
