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I saw Cheaper by the Dozen last night, at the request of my wife.

For fans of the book or the 1950 movie, note the following commonalities:

1) They have the same title.
2) There are 12 kids.

Other than that, this new offering by Steve Martin has nothing to do with the original book or plot.

I found the movie to be mild family entertainment with very little compelling content. There was little conflict that really felt genuine, and the acting seemed at times to be reduced to “now it’s time for my line.” Bonny Hunt played the most genuine character in the cast, in direct opposition to Hillary Duff, who seemed to be posing for Teen Beat more than actually, you know, like, acting.

While it was nice to have a “safe” movie to take my son to, what it lacked in objectionable material it also lacked in substance. The biggest dramatic moments centered around a frog. No, really.

On a scale of 1 to 10, I give it a C.

Here’s a prototype for a blogazine format I’ve been envisioning for the site:

Blogazine Layout Concept

Note that the prototype is IE-friendly only. Mozilla-compliance will come later.

I’d like your feedback on the main section approach. (Ignore the right-hand column stuff, since it isn’t in place for this layout. Assume it’ll be there in the real thing.)