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Family

Filipino Coke Ad

old photo of family drinking Coke I've been putting together a slideshow for my Lola's 100th birthday coming up in October.  It's been a lot of work scanning photo after photo, but well worth it especially when you come across photos like the one above. 

I'm not sure what year this photo was taken, but it was well before my time.  Pictured are my cousins, aunts, Lola and Lolo enjoying cold bottles of Coke during a hot day in the Philippines.  This photo is screaming retro Coke advertisement.

Man Babies

ManBabies.com - Dad?
ManBabies.com is a daily site where the heads of the dad and baby are switched within each photo.  Some of the photos are a little creepy, but overall, it's a funny site.  Link [via delicious]

Baby Brand Space

baby brand space in amsterdam airport
If you have children between the ages of 0-3 and are traveling through Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, you will want to stop by their new Schiphol Babycare Lounge by Nutricia.  Traveling with kids can be stressful so this free baby brand space offers family privacy, a changing area, baby baths, microwaves and tips on baby nutrition and traveling with children.  The space is free and is open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.  [via meshly]

This is such a fabulous idea and I can't believe somebody didn't come up with this sooner.

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Brand space for babies in Turkey

Why I'm resigning from my family

Well, its about time I started one of these and what better time than just after you've made the decade-long-desired step of resigning from your family. To make myself feel better, I just re-read the parts of that hoary old chestnut, the Communist Manifesto, that refer to why its OK to not feel bad about having such bad thoughts about that most hallowed of institutions, the family. Here is the text verbatim: (god I love the first line! Marx had *such* a way with words ...)

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