It's the Most Wonderful Commercial of the Year

This Staples commercial never fails to make me laugh out loud, but seeing it in late August makes it that much sweeter.  Hey, why does school start in August outside the Northeast?

Anyone NOT Have An Opinion on "Tiger Mother"?

Just finished "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" and am collecting my thoughts, to post at a later date. 

I will say quickly that I think "Battle Hymn" is a marketing and pr concoction.  A lot of the anecdotes cited on talk shows and print articles are clearly chosen to create buzz and controversy.  The book itself has a lot of tongue-in-cheek, self effacing humor and reads more like a comic memoir (a Chelsea Handler or David Sedaris for helicopter moms) than as a parenting how-to. 

Someone told me that there is a movie deal in the works, which figures.