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Dear Disney: You Could Sing A Rainbow

Disney is currently gorging on live-action remakes of animated films.  In the works: Alice in Wonderland, Tomorrowland, Pete’s Dragon, and Dumbo.  Perhaps the most hotly anticipated remake, though, is Beauty and the Beast. Animated Beauty came out in 1991 at … Continue reading

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Unholy Grail Part Deux – Making Elsa’s Dress

My middle initial is F.  Growing up, other kids naturally assumed it stood for Frances.  They’d snicker a bit because it was the 70s and Frances was old-fashioned, not yet recycled and polished by popular opinion. The F actually stands … Continue reading

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Unholy Grail: The Quest for Elsa’s Dress

Numerous publications ran articles last week regarding the extreme prices some parents are willing to pay to get their paws on Disney’s sold-out Elsa dress.  For those living in sublime ignorance of this consumerist lovefest and the movie upon which … Continue reading

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The Seedy Underbelly of Spontaneous Homeschooling

The Big E went back to school yesterday after Monday and Tuesday cancellations due to extreme cold, making a grand total of five weather days in the last month.  Woo hoo!  No school!  Before I catalog a number of our … Continue reading

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