For you men hoping to have a baby at a more advanced age, here are a list of your potential heroes: David Bowie (at 53), Mick Jagger (at 57), Michael Douglas (at 58), Rod Stewart (at 60), Paul McCartney (at 61), Eric Clapton (at 59), Pierre Trudeau (72), Charlie Chaplin (at 73), Saul Bellow (at 84), Pablo Picasso (at 68), David Letterman (at 56), Larry King (at 65 and 66), Woody Allen (at 51), Warren Beatty (at 62), Dennis Quaid (50) and Jack Nicholson (at 53)

You have a million photos taking up space on your hard drive, various CDs, and, heaven forbid, floppies. And, yes, you look through them – but what are you going to do with them? Like me, you will do nothing in particular with them other than keep them where they are and trot them out every so often to take a peek by yourself or with others. Then I received a copy of Adobe Photoshop Elements. And, like all laypeople, I was terrified, because frankly, I’m adept at using a computer, but Photoshopping pictures seemed way out of my league. Needless to say, I tried the program…and used it and used it and used it. I’ve used it now for a few months; I really wanted to get a feel for the program before I wrote my review. And after I felt comfortable enough, I sat down and made a list of what I liked about it and what I didn’t. Pros: User-Friendliness – navigation and functionality is simple and intuitive. A guided editor for new users – this made using the program much less intimidating Ability...

Is Obama black or biracial? Obviously he is both of these things. However, he is usually referred to as our first black president, not our first biracial president. Certainly, it is monumental that we have a black president and it should be celebrated and highlighted. I only ask the question because, after my last post, where I began a discussion by asking why race exists and looking at how the government classifies race, many people responded by explaining how they identify themselves and their children. So, why and how do we identify ourselves and how are we defined by others? For instance, is Keanu Reeves white even though his father is Chinese/Hawaiian? Is Tiger Woods black because of his skin color and certain features, even thought he identifies as “Cablinasian?” Frida Kahlo is a Mexican Painter but is she also a painter of Hungarian Jewish ancestry? My daughters, although they have kinky hair and their mother’s features, are lighter skinned. It is pretty obvious that their...

Load it with the right apps and that shiny iPhone can come in handy for a great many things, including parenting. Your smartphone won’t change a diaper, but it can definitely help out with organization, stress management, and keeping family members entertained. There are loads of apps in the App Store designed specifically for kids and parents, but surprisingly, we found the best family tools to be nonspecific to the parenting genre. Here are our top 10 iPhone app picks for parents, and how they can be adapted to make motherhood (or fatherhood) a less-complicated experience. [From 10 iPhone Apps for Parents - Reviews by PC Magazine] PC Magazine’s top iPhone apps for Parents might disappoint you. It’s more like 10 random iPhone apps for “people,” including a grocery list maker, photo sharer and a recorder. There was literally not one app specific to babies or kids. What kind of iPhone app would you like to see (or pay for) if you could have it? Poop and pee...

I have not given this much thought, but the idea behind this article is that dads are way under-represented in kids’ fiction, save for the famous Hop on Pop. Let me know what you think – we’ll even do a contest. Name kids’ books with dads who are at least present in the story and extra points if they are positive literary forces.    Where are all the nice, normal dads in children’s books? Fathers in children’s books are rarely positive figures. But as dads do more childcare, it’s time publishers took note [From Where are all the nice, normal dads in children's books? - Times Online ] Contest details to come…