Awesome news: Neil Gaiman’s American Gods is being made into an HBO series, with Tom Hanks on board to produce. Although, I have to say I’m curious as to how they’ll eke 6 seasons’ worth of material out of the book. Maybe it’ll only be a loose adaptation?
I love Ann Helen Petersen’s series of posts about the Scandals of Classic Hollywood on The Hairpin. She presents fascinating insights into the Hollywood fame machine of the 30’s and 40’s.
On a tangentially related note, Petersen’s post about hot yoga has me totally psyched to do Bikram again now that I’m (as Ben put it) post-baby-having.
I love everything about this Etsy shop. Seriously beautiful textiles for home and baby.
(Source: etsy.com)
Had a funny experience with a nice TSA agent at Dulles yesterday. I explained that I was pregnant and asked the agent if I could go through a security check lane that didn’t use the backscatter x-ray machine. The agent, a petite South American lady in her forties, led me to another line with a metal detector and very kindly explained, “This is a metal detector, which is safe for your baby, I promise. That—” (pointing at the backscatter scanner) “is x-ray, which is not safe for baby. This only detects metal. Your baby is made of meat, not metal, so it’s okay.” Yes, ma’am!
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Reading through that list, I’m starting to wonder if perhaps *I’m* pregnant.
If that’s the case, 1) I’m calling News of the World, and 2) you’re gonna need a bigger tux for the wedding. :)
If things keep up at this rate, I’m going to eat us out of house and home.
To support proper development during the second and third trimester of pregnancy, you’re supposed to eat approximately 300 calories more per day than what it would take to maintain your weight. Normally I get full before I reach that point, but these past few days I’ve been absolutely famished.
I know that after Baby Marshmallow is born and I’m slogging it out with a jogging stroller trying to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight, having free license (and the metabolism!) to stuff myself silly will seem like a dream. But for now, I’m eating so frequently it’s starting to be boring.
So, for your mingled amazement and horror, here is what I ate today:
- A bowl of cornflakes topped with frozen blueberries
- 1.5 blueberry pancakes with a wee bit of syrup
- Raspberry yogurt
- My version of a carnitas burrito bowl (romaine lettuce, fresh salsa, rice, braised pork, light sour cream)
- A handful of strawberries
- A serving of Cheez-Its
- Half a glass of Innocent juice
- A pork chop and cheesy cauliflower
- A half cup of raspberries
- A serving of vanilla ice cream
- Apple slices with peanut butter
- A piece of whole wheat toast with Nutella
- Three cups of tea, four glasses of water, and sixteen ounces of milk.
Seriously. No exaggeration. And it’s only the toast that’s getting me to bed without gnawing my arm off.
Type Blog posted the design I submitted yesterday.
