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Patterico has a touching post about putting his five-year old daughter to bed.

In this entry, posted February 27, I wrongly said MoveOn compared President Bush to Hitler. The entry has been amended accordingly.

My four-year-old daughter has taken such a liking to Avatar: The Last Airbender that we are now sitting through a second, back-to-back broadcast of the premiere on Nickelodeon.
At least it’s an improvement over Mulan 2.

Many readers have complained about the font size on the blog. Thanks to my blog handyman, Mark Jaquith, you can change it now. Scroll down on the left below the blogroll for the font adjuster. We’ve also added a search engine located just below the font adjuster.

Remember this poignant account about a man who wrote farewell notes to his wife and kids in blood after being injured during the Glendale train wreck?
There’s a follow-up today from the Associated Press, among other media outlets, which covered a press conference held by the blood-writer who survived his injuries:
The seriously injured passenger who used [...]

We’ve done a little nipping and tucking around the site: rolled out some blogads, made some formatting changes, and added Sitemeter. We’ve also fixed the graphics problem discussed here (if anyone still has problems, let me know). Many thanks to Mark Jaquith, who blogs at Tempus Fugit. Mark’s specialty is moving people from Movable [...]

We got a few inches and the mixing bowl we put out on the deck this morning is now full. My daughter has been dying to make snow ice cream. Be back later. Here’s our recipe…
Large bowl full of fresh, clean snow
1 cup of whole milk
1/2 tsp. of vanilla extract
1/2 cup of sugar
Mix milk, vanilla, [...]

My 1-year-old son has chunky, wide feet. Barney Rubble feet, I call them. We couldn’t find any shoes at a Certain Unnamed Big Box Store, so we went to the mall yesterday and stopped by over-priced Stride-Rite. Paid $20 for his first “real” sneakers. Which he loves…to gnaw on. Yup, they’re dual-use transportation/teething devices. I [...]

Just a quick note to readers asking why they couldn’t access the blog during short periods throughout the day. My web host, Hosting Matters, was doing some maintenance work. Should be smooth sailing from here. Thanks for your patience. Scroll down. Lots of nutritious blogging below.

A lot of readers want to know how my Christmas present –the Roomba 4100 Red–is working. So far, so good! I use it on the main level of our house, which has hardwood floors in the dining room, living room, and playroom, and linoleum tile in the foyer and kitchen. You won’t believe how much [...]

What’s for Christmas breakfast:

Apple-Cranberry Chutney with Sausages
Cinnamon Toast Strata
Bacon Potato Frittata
What’s under the tree:
For the kids - Jump Dancer (yes, I’m going to try it), American Girl doll and accessories (from grandparents), Elmo videos, electronic thingamajigs, etc. etc. etc.
For the husband - IOU for his Delphi MyFi, which I ordered from Amazon at the beginning [...]

For your early morning reading…
TULSA, Okla. An airman home on leave from basic training jumped into the frigid water of the Arkansas River to save a mother and her 2-year-old son after their car lost control and crashed…
BATON ROUGE, La.- A McDonald’s worker ran to the rescue of an allegedly drunk driver whose car was [...]

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Like an increasing number of gift-givers, we’ve been doing most of our Christmas shopping on Amazon.com. As in past years, there’s an option before you place your order to purchase gift-wrapping for $4.99. Today, this gift for my daughter arrived in its “gift wrap”–a blue burlap sack with a cheap, day-glo green, wrinkled ribbon. Uh-uh-uh-gly!
So, [...]

I’m offering signed books for sale here, and am now set up to accept credit card payments. Orders received by Wednesday December 15th will be delivered before Christmas Day.

We bought our first real Christmas tree this year–a six-foot, North Carolina Frasier fir. My four-year-old daughter, a.k.a. Keeper of the Care Bears, claimed the honor of hanging the first decoration:

Cheer Bear can stay, but I’m drawing the line at Bratz doll ornaments.

Hello to Seattle-area listeners in KVI-land. If you’re coming to purchase signed books during my extended book sale, click here for more info and feel free to make yourselves at home.

I am in need of a general contractor to do some work on a basement wall in my home in Montgomery County, Maryland. Any recommendations would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Many thanks to those of you who purchased signed books through last week’s book sale. A $325.00 contribution has been made to Operation Uplink. All the books were shipped yesterday and should reach their destinations by the end of this week.

Yes, I am breathing…barely! Been sick as a dog and had to travel to Philly for a speaking engagement yesterday to address Daniel Pipes’ terrific Middle East Forum. Had a great time–excellent and engaging conversation with Americans committed personally and professionally to fighting Islamic terrorism at home and abroad. Thanks to all who attended.
Both kids [...]

As I noted below, some readers cannot view graphics on my site. Apparently, the culprit is Norton antivirus software (and possibly several other antivirus programs). Reader David Moschetti recommends the following fix for those of you running Norton Internet Security:
1. Click on the Privacy Control option.
2. Select Configure.
3. Select Advanced.
4. Select Add Site.
5. Enter michellemalkin.com.
6. [...]

Reader Michael S. Sanders asks if he is “the only one who cannot download any of your graphics on your site.” No, Michael, you are not the only one. It’s a pretty common problem, unfortunately. Is there anyone out there who can help? If so, my e-mail address is malkin@comcast.net.

Tim Layden’s inspired choice gets my vote.

My Thanksgiving column is here.
Hope you all have a wonderful holiday tomorrow. At the risk of offending the p.c. police, God be with you!

One of the special treats of the NR cruise was an advance screening of I Am David, a family-friendly movie that chronicles a 12-year-old boy’s escape from a Bulgarian labor camp. It’s scheduled for limited release in theaters on December 3. Check it out.

I am scheduled to be on Fox at 4:20am — yes, 4:20am — to discuss the latest goings-on.

Thanks to everyone who sent along birthday wishes and pumpkin pie recipes last week! We tried one with fresh pumpkin–using 1 medium sugar pumpkin–and another with canned pumpkin:

I preferred the taste of the canned pumpkin pie, but you can’t get into the spirit of the season without going through the ritual of scraping out all [...]

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Blogging will be light the rest of the day. Complete chaos here at Malkin Central — new move, sick kid, home office full of half-assembled furniture (if I have to lock another cam, my wrist is going to fall off). Here are some IDOI book reviews in the meantime…
Thomas Sowell

John Leo
Andrew McCarthy

Bruce Ramsey
Three out of [...]

Thanks to Brad for sending this Day by Day cartoon along.
To borrow a phrase from Instapundit: Heh.