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genius! a poster sized calender with a bubble to pop every day!

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i had another acupuncture session with nadav today. this time nadav used more needles and tried to induce labor. he said that now i look ready for labor other than that i drank castor oil. this is not a very nice experience, but i expected worse. this is also supposed to induce labor. noah is at home with a high fever and we watch alot of tv together. there are some new good kids shows which i rather enjoy. i have to go be with noah now, i’ll try to come back later with interesting stuff.

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today is my due date, but babies rarely check the calender. i have a doctors appointment now, lets see what she says, although i’d rather hear what my midwife has to say.

ron gilad, israeli born new york based industrial designer made this chandelier which consists of 16 black metal task lamps.

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i asked for calm music dated up till the 1950 in musicovery and the first song was “in the pines” aka “where did you sleep last night” performed by leadbelly.

this song is very well known because nirvana made a cover of it during the 90s, but it dates back to at least the 1870s.

the song has only four lines:

Black girl, black girl, don’t lie to me
Where did you stay last night?
I stayed in the pines where the sun never shines
And shivered when the cold wind blows

it is an amazingly beautiful song.

link to wikipedia entry

noah asked me to read him “the story of little babaji” by hellen bannerman illustrated by fred marcellino. this is one of my favorite books. i love both the plot and the wonderful illustrations. when i saw it at the shop it gave me goosebumps. not only because it is so beautiful, but also because i suddenly understood that this is a version of a book my mother told me she had and loved as a child.

the original story was called “little black sambo” and it was first published in 1899. along the years the original version of the book was deemed racial and thus changed.

link to wikipedia entry

Lotte van Laatum is a dutch contextual designer. her cutting boards shapes are based on the geographical shape of the region in The Netherlands in which the tree grew.

The tree is only harvested when it is necessary for the well being of the forest.

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Endless Not and William Mouse do battle with magic, clicks and a firey pot.

Music by The Brothers McLeod and Toby Smith

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