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Usually the biggest struggles (and the biggest laughs) are over the smallest things, and nowhere is this truer than in households with kids. The latest Baby Blues collection, Baby Blues Unplugged, overflows with all of the familiar domestic discord and chaos that has made this venerable family comic strip such a phenomenal success. In one strip, Hammie makes skis out of hot wheel tracks and two hair scrunchies and careens down a mountain of couch cushions. Meanwhile, Zoe carefully deliberates whether she wants her bath with or without bubbles, finally telling her Dad, "How about a regular bath with bubbles on the side'"For more than 12 years, Baby Blues has been providing parents with a much-needed laugh-a-day as they battle the daily challenges of keeping pace with their kids. Today, it's read by nearly 40 million parents and kids. It appears in more than 750 newspapers in 25 countries and 14 languages . . . and on refrigerators of households the world over.