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  • Heck, there's another bit of 'fan art' that I saw once and now want to find - Grown-Up Calvin is at the sink, and his daughter runs in with Hobbes over her shoulder, saying Daddy!

    Calvin and Susie get it on, displeasing stuffed tigers everywhere | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009

  • Thomas Loof Grown-Up Party Girl Bedroom Heather Moore chose the 2006 Edie Sedgwick biopic as a nod to firm founder and Andy Warhol companion Jed Johnson, who died in a plane crash in 1996.

    Scene-Stealing Décor Jen Renzi 2011

  • Sure, our brain is not quite as fast and agile as it once was, but according to a recently released book by Barbara Strauch, "The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain," we all have reason for optimism.

    Wendy Strgar: Dealing With a Middle-Aged Brain Wendy Strgar 2010

  • Sure, our brain is not quite as fast and agile as it once was, but according to a recently released book by Barbara Strauch, "The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain," we all have reason for optimism.

    Wendy Strgar: Dealing With a Middle-Aged Brain Wendy Strgar 2010

  • As of 2009, the hosts of the show, Carole Demas and Paula Janis, still perform occasionally with a touring show called Carole and Paula – The Show For Grown-Up Fans.

    The Magic Garden at Carole & Paula – Friends Forever - The Retroist 2010

  • Sure, our brain is not quite as fast and agile as it once was, but according to a recently released book by Barbara Strauch, "The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain," we all have reason for optimism.

    Wendy Strgar: Dealing With a Middle-Aged Brain Wendy Strgar 2010

  • More Personal Technology: Kindle Fire: Grown-Up E-Reader Digital Solution: How a Basic Kindle Fares Q: I would like to purchase a laptop for use only with my stock brokerage firm, my mutual-fund company, my bank and my local credit union.

    Technology columnist Walter S. Mossberg answers readers' questions Walter S. Mossberg 2011

  • In her new book, The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain, Strauch, 58, a New York Times health and medical science editor, parses scientific research, brain scans and life span studies to arrive at a revolutionary -- and eminently reassuring -- conclusion: Middle-aged brains are smarter.

    Good News! Your Brain Is Getting Smarter 2010

  • In her new book, The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain, Strauch, 58, a New York Times health and medical science editor, parses scientific research, brain scans and life span studies to arrive at a revolutionary -- and eminently reassuring -- conclusion: Middle-aged brains are smarter.

    Good News! Your Brain Is Getting Smarter 2010

  • Thank heavens we sprang for that fancy-schmancy mattress cover when we upgraded to Grown-Up Mattresses last year.

    March 20, 2010 wild_patience 2010

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