Forty Weeks Founder Julia Beck takes you behind the velvet ropes in the brave new world of Bump and Baby. Pregnancy trends, media coverage of parenting, research and recent findings, celebrity pregnancy and baby, the business that keeps it all in motion are among the topics that Julia covers in her signature candid and open style.
I have no idea what Webster's says about it – but Julia says: Back Labor is the ultimate pain on the way to the most delicious reward! Back labor hurts like a bitch, but it's all worth it in the end. And that about sums up our "lives behind the velvet ropes" here at Forty Weeks. We invite you into our Labor Room – via the Forty Weeks' Back Labor Blog. Read about how we do what we do, and follow along our labor of love that really pays off for our clients, and hear a little about the juicy behind-the-scenes bits, too!
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The end of the year is always ripe with juicy lists from the year behind us. This one from NPR is a fun and obvious reminder of how much baby and pregnancy has been on our lips in 2006! Many thanks to Alex Smithline, super-litdude for making sure this one hit my radar!
Banned: Irresistible, Over-Used Words of 2006
All Things Considered, January 1, 2007 ยท It’s that time of year again, when Lake Superior State University releases its annual List of Words and Phrases Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness. The school in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has compiled the list every year since 1976.
As LSSU’s John Shibley tells NPR’s Melissa Block, words like “truthiness” and “awesome” made the list this time.
Best Left Unsaid?
Out of more than 4,500 nominations, these words were chosen for banishment by the school’s committee:
GITMO
COMBINED CELEBRITY NAMES (c.f. Brangelina, TomKat)
AWESOME
GONE/WENT MISSING
PWN or PWNED
NOW PLAYING IN THEATERS
WE’RE PREGNANT
UNDOCUMENTED ALIEN
ARMED ROBBERY/DRUG DEAL GONE BAD
TRUTHINESS
ASK YOUR DOCTOR
CHIPOTLE
i-ANYTHING
SEARCH
HEALTHY FOOD
BOASTS
Posted by Julia on Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007 at 8:40 pm and filed under Uncategorized.
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