Living in Thailand and thinking about babies and having a background in Anthropology. Of course I had to find out a little bit about Thai Buddhist baby naming traditions. Below is a little article that I wrote about what I found out.
Theravada Buddhist Baby Naming Ceremony | eHow.co.uk.
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Theravada Buddhist Baby Naming Ceremony | eHow.co.uk
June 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments
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Happy 2010 from the Baby Cliff!
January 1st, 2010 · Comments Off
Smita and I are celebrating a year of blogging about, prepping for and shooting our Baby Cliff Films, we look forward to sharing them with you in 2010 and we also can’t wait to get the ball rolling again on the next batch.
New Years resolution,
Do more Yoga,
Eat less popcorn
Stay baby free
Make more movies!
Stay tuned
Dominique
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Womanly Sperm
June 5th, 2009 · Comments Off
Check out this trailer to “The Baby Formula.” I found the subject fascinating and very funny! I can’t wait to see this one.
The film is about two women in love who go through an experimental stem cell process. They make sperm out of one of the woman’s stem cells and mix it with the other [...]
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Smita won an AMPIA Award-By Dominique
May 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off
Smita won a Rosie (Alberta Motion Picture Industry Award) for best screenwriter under 30 minutes. Looks like I’ll have to sharpen my pencil, I’m working with a real pro now!
Other big winners include the NFB with Cam Christiansen’s The Real Place and of course Mitch Barany’s (my man!) and the Summerlad’s City of Noise
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Real+Place+wins+annual+Rosies/1558399/story.html
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Knights in shining armour don’t always work with the same tools
April 25th, 2009 · Comments Off
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Double-barrelled name nightmares–By Dominique
April 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Double-barrelled name – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
How do Baby last names fit into the Baby Cliff? What last name does an educated woman give her offspring? His name? Her name? A new name made from a combo of the two names? Or does she opt for the dreaded double barrel last name? Here is why [...]
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Having kids and the environment
February 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment
Babies as environmental hazards. Cute bundles of green house gas. This BBC article talks about the recent environmental movement to have less than 2 kids. Smita also wrote a post about this a while ago.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7884138.stm
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Mothers in the Directing Chair– By Dominique
February 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments
I just participated in Women in the Director’s Chair, a residency run by Creative Women Workshops Association, ACTRA and The Banff Centre. Basically 7 mid-career women Directors from across Canada and one Director from New Zealand were selected to participate in an intensive directing workshop at The Banff Centre. Think Project Runway only for women [...]
It’s Not Easy Being Green
February 5th, 2009 · Comments Off
I have a fraternal twin who I’m extremely close to. In fact we’re practically conjoined via a telephone cord. I always thought if I ever have kids, I would want to have twins. Even when I first decided to get a kitten, I couldn’t get just one (that’s them in the photo). I was told [...]
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No Fail New Year’s Weight Loss Method
January 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Ahh January, a time to get over the glory days of December and resolve to be a better human being. Almost half of all North Americans pick losing weight as their New Year’s Resolution.
I have the perfect plan for dropping 10 -14 pounds for next year. This one’s for the ladies and it involves no [...]
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