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May 15, 2012
The SSA has released the list of the most popular baby names for last year, and it appears reality television, movies, and religion influence the monikers we bestow upon our offspring.
Jacob topped the list for boys for the 13th year in a row. With its ties to religion, and with the 4th and final movie of the Twilight series set to be released later this year, my bet is that this name still has a few more years as number one before it's toppled by another movie-influenced name. (Peeta or Gale, maybe?)
While "Snooki" hasn't cracked the top 1,000 (yet), another familiar...
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May 8, 2012
Maurice Sendak, children's author known for childhood classics like Where the Wild Things Are and Outside Over There, died today from complications from a stroke. He was 83 years old.
Sendak was widely considered to be one of the most important children's book artists of the 20th century, largely due to his way of "unsanitizing" typical nursery rhymes. While most author's offered minimal trouble and always happy endings in their books, Sendak offered dark, sometimes terrifying, stories that delved deep into the human mind's psyche.
His characters were often...
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