Firsts – Origins of Everyday Things That Changed the World

Firsts

Firsts: Origins of Everyday Things That Changed the WorldFirsts-history through the milestones of human achievement-are fun. And Wilson Casey, trivia expert, has collected over 500 firsts in nearly every major category of culture: from fashion to food, politics to science, entertainment to art to architec­ture. Each “first” is a full explanation of the topic at hand, written in a humorous yet authoritative style. You’ll read about Firsts like:

  • The first drive-thru restaurant, established in 1926 in Springfield, Illinois
  • The first official day of American television and what programs the two channels aired
  • The first female Olympic individual event champion
  • The first countries to use Daylight Savings Time (it wasn’t the U.S.!)

About the Author: Wilson Casey is one of the country’s foremost trivia aficionados, with a syndicated column, numerous books, and an award-winning website, www.TriviaGuy.com. Since 2000 he has written a daily trivia column for numerous papers, including the Albuquerque Journal, Wilmington Star News (NC), and Spartanburg Herald-Journal (SC), and a weekly Bible Trivia column.

This book is great for taking in the car or to leave out on your coffee table to pick up and leaf through.   Pick up Firsts at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and other booksellers. List price is $12.95.

disclosure: I received a copy of this book to facilitate this review.

My Cute Dressups Giveaway Winner

I was supposed to pick the winner of this giveaway on February 4th, so sorry about that everyone! I ran the 188 entries through random.org, and the winner is the comment from Tiffany, who wants the Winter Beauty Princess Costume and subscribes to MomReviews in Google Reader.

Congratulations Tiffany! Check your email.

VeggieTales – Silly Little Thing Called Love

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Big Idea has released three of their popular kids’ stories into one DVD collection, Veggie Tales: Silly Little Thing Called Love. The three stories in the collection are “The Story of Flibber-O-Loo, Duke and the Great Pie War, and “Madame Blueberry”.

Each of the stories in Veggie Tales: Silly Little Thing Called Love has a theme about love. Flibber-O-Loo learns what it means “to love his neighbor”, Princess Sweet Petunia (the star of Duke and the Great Pie War) learns that true love means thinking of others first, and Madame Blueberry learns that accumulating more and more stuff can’t make her happy the way God’s love can.

Because there’s a religious element to VeggieTales, I think some people might be disinclined to buy the DVDs. But to do so is to miss out on some of the best programming made for children, hands down. We are not a religious family, yet I’ve been buying VeggieTales for my kids since they were toddlers. There’s just something hilarious about talking vegetables, and the music…oh, the music. Quite simply, the music that accompanies VeggieTales stories is AWESOME. This DVD in particular has four of what VeggieTales calls “Silly Songs”, which are short music videos in between episodes. I dare you to listen to “His Cheeseburger” or “Love My Lips” and not have it stuck in your head for days afterwards!

If I still haven’t convinced you, here’s the trailer for the DVD. Watch it with your kids and see if they don’t ask you to get it for them! You can find VeggieTales DVDs at Christian Bookstores and also usually at Target, probably at Walmart too. You’ll love this!

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