Archive for September, 2006

I have a confession: I don’t understand Tickle Me Elmo, T.M.X. or otherwise. I don’t understand why people fight to get one. And while I can see why people sell them on eBay for a sizeable profit, I certainly don’t understand why people will pay well above the $40 retail to get one. In the [...]

The demise of customer service is something we hear about all the time. But how often do we take the time to point out good customer service? Right, not nearly enough. So in an attempt to improve this I’d like to share an experience with Regal Lager, the US distributor of the Diaper Dékor Plus [...]

Another one for the “now why didn’t I think of that??” file… The BurpCatcher is exactly what it sounds like: a burp cloth that catches spit-up in a built-in pocket. I’m already a fan of things with mess-catching pockets, particularly bibs with the pockets to trap spilled food. This seems like a natural extension of [...]

A new report shows that graduates of NH colleges receive not only a degree, but also the highest level of education-related debt in the country. Graduates from NH state and private schools have an average of $22,793 in student loans. Compare this with Utah, which came in at the bottom (top?) of the list with [...]

Several months ago I wrote about Boon’s Frog Pod and other bathroom products. Since then we purchased a Frog Pod of our very own from Target. It really is a very well-designed product. The wall bracket mounted firmly to our shower wall using the supplied 3M strips and the frog slid right onto that. The [...]

File this one under “now why didn’t I think of that??” Although our daughter travels well, it can be a challenge to manage the her stuff in addition to ours. Watching other families, one answer seems to be giving kids their own backpack or roller bag to manage as soon as they’re old enough. Of [...]