Another publication bit the dust. Conde Nast group president/publishing director David Carey informed the staff of Portfolio this morning that the publication will cease publication immediately. The publication’s downfall was, like all the other doomed organizations, advertising money.

The official trailer for Rob Zombie’s reboot sequel H2: Halloween 2 has finally come out. I was somewhat torn in my opinion of the first film of the reboot; I loved the new material (Michael’s childhood) and the fact that Annie survived but thought that the middle part of the film- which imitated the original film heavily- needed some revisioning. I’m also ambivalent about H2.

Peeled Snacks has organic fruit snacks that are free of preservatives, sugar and oil. You can pick up a free $10 gift card code for their products by simply going to their homepage and filling out the very short survey that is linked to at the center of the page. The code will be emailed to you fairly soon after you complete the survey. If you choose one of their products that are on sale (the pineapple and apricot snacks are currently going for $14.99 for a box of 10), your final total with the shipping and tax added and discount subtracted should be around $12.99.

Brain Boost: The New Yorker takes a look at neuroenhancing drugs, both prescription grade and over the counter, and how wide use may be inevitable. My Piracetam is on order.

All of us here at Moue are a bit wrapped up in the “stuff of life”, so to speak. Between that and the server throwing tantrums, April has indeed been the cruelest month. We’re currently getting our bearings; all will be back to abnormal soon. For now, I present you with the brilliance of Gachapin underwater:

David Kellermann, acting CFO for Freddie Mac, was found dead of an apparent suicide this morning in his home. Kellermann, 41, was named to the positions of senior vice president and chief financial officer in September, following the government takeover of Freddie Mac.

So I’ve got babies on the brain.   A coworker and a good friend both have newborns as of the last week, and I’ve been using them as a reason to buy adorable objects for aaaages now.  So imagine these lovely baby things being opened to choruses of too-saccharine oohs and ahhs, but try not to melt from the overwhelming preciousness of it all.  The toys I was most struck by at Tactile Baby were the rolling animals and the stackable farm animals.

Flower Power Rolling Dog, (4″ high 5″ long and …

It has always been one of my dreams to own a bakery. Standing in a kitchen- surrounded by flour, dough and fillings- makes me blissful. That explains the slight baking slant to this kitchen themed mix bag.

I’d like to take a moment to thank Moue’s writers- Will, Acallidryas, [dave] and Shawn- for their hard work and patience with my severe disorganization and amnesia regarding returning emails. I am trying to get better about both of those things. Thanks also go to Adam, who has fixed numerous technical issues the site has had.

Tremors was a dark comedy/horror movie released in 1989. Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Michael Gross and Reba McEntire all star as residents of a very small (less than 20 residents) and mostly abandoned mining town named Perfection. When Bacon and Ward’s characters decide to make a move to a bigger town nearby, they’re thwarted by finding dead bodies of other residents. Thinking that a murderer is on the loose, the men return to Perfection to warn and team up with the others. Eventually- with much help from a college student that’s in the area studying seismology (and played by Finn Carter)- it is discovered that the killers are Graboids.