Salma Hayek is addicted to breast feeding. At what point does breast feeding move to the creepy place? [Perez Hilton]

Nicholas Kristof talks about reforms he thinks must be made in schools. "…end rigid requirements for teacher certification that impede hiring,
make tenure more difficult to get so that ineffective teachers can be
weeded out after three years on the job and award hefty bonuses to good
teachers willing to teach in low-income areas. If we want outstanding,
inspiring teachers in difficult classrooms, we’re going to have to pay
much more — and it would be a bargain." [New York Times]

Julian Schnabel made a fortune in the art world in the 1980s and leveraged his fortune into movie making and interior design. People either love him or hate him. I’m on the fence. There’s a whole lot of phony going on there, but I do like all the Mediterranean Gothic thing. Some slide shows of his work: here, and here. There was a fabulous Vogue spread on his home years ago, but can’t seem to find it online. [New York Times and elsewhere]

GeekyMom has an excellent post about how women, more than men, really struggle with the tension between work and family; they recognize the benefits of parental care. Now that Geeky Mom is home, she is seeing real benefits for her kids, especially around homework time. My brain is the midst of a huge civil war right now over these same issues. I’ll write about it soon. [blog]