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Thank you Ignite Social  Media.  I love all of your clever social media badges; it’s hard to pick a favorite!  I just wish I had seen you at SXSW for the stickerbook!

International Pi Day!

Yep, International Pi Day just passed!  My daughter and I memorized Pi up to a bunch of digits last year.  Alas, we gave up after about 20-30 digits!  Perhaps this song will inspire us to give it another go soon!

Happy Platypus Day

“Hey, where’s Perry?” You’d have to have kids and/or just be a fan of the great writing, character and plot lines on the Disney Channel cartoon Phineas and Ferb!

And here’s Perry the Platypus, as created by my kids:

“It’s a Book” – but can’t we love both?

Lane Smith is an author and/or illustrator of a few children’s books enjoyed by our family.

Enjoy this cute little promo animation for his new book, It’s a Book!

Sesame Street – not just for pre-schoolers!

Sesame Street has always involved pop culture personalities, had musical guests, spoofed TV shows, book characters and movies. The latest batch of cross-overs have been pretty hot.

Perhaps the easiest one first – the controversy around Katy Perry’s recent video with Elmo where she parodies her hit Hot N Cold as a playtime invite to Elmo decked out in “dress up” clothes that some parents found too racy – so much so that the episode now won’t be broadcast on TV:

While I’m sure that pre-schoolers won’t have any issues with the cute performance by Perry and Elmo (including Perry’s outfit), I think some Dads may especially enjoy the video.

Perhaps another recent musical cross-over will fair better with parents and kids alike. What I Am is a great song with the simple message of “being the best me I can be” by will.i.am and the Sesame Street crew. My kids are now too old for Sesame Street, but they are Black Eyed Peas fans. The Peas have been hot all year and we all love their latest hits (at least the radio edit versions) and are digging “What I Am” right now:

Next up, the Sesame Street parody titled True Mud may or may not connect with the youngsters. The skit spoofs the HBO vampire series hit, True Blood, where “outed” vampires drink a bottled blood substitute called “True Blood”; this time a suspected “grouch” really wants a mud fix:

Aside from the subtle rhyming lesson, I’m torn if this will appeal to the pre-school crowd. Perhaps the simple juxtaposition of some “weird guy” who insists on ordering mud at the restaurant will be enough to illicit some giggles. If not, then perhaps the stranger’s mudbath at the conclusion of the story will be funny enough?

I was spammed by Jesus!

I haven’t clicked through, yet… we’ll see how my day goes!