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8 Things I love about my Sunshine
Tomorrow will be my daughter's 8th birthday:):):) Who knew you could love another person so much? No worries, I'll try to steer clear of the mushy stuff, but I do want to share some things I've experienced with her or about her that gives a picture into her unique life ( Read more... ) -
Epic Parenting Battles, Seuss- style: Clean Your Room!!!
Sometimes parenting can feel a bit like some of the characters in a Dr Seuss story. Two particulars float into my mind, namely Marvin K Mooney, Would you Please go now? and Green Eggs and Ham. The first sounds like an excerpt from the exchange I go through with my children to get out of bed for school in the morning, complete with everything from ( Read more... ) -
Vanished
Once again, This American Life manages to captivate the mind with a story spun from the experiences of everyday people. This story tantalizes my mind with all sorts of theories as to how a whole family could just up and vanish and leave everything behind like a time capsule. What is the feasibility of such a disappearance? I could see how it might ( Read more... ) -
Crossed-Hairs: why people talk past each other in political and moral issues
http://cbdr.cmu.edu/seminar/haidt.pdfYou'd think it was some strange reenactment of the Tower of Babel watching political pundits and special interest groups and even every day people hashing the issues back and forth. How is it that they can never see where we are coming from and their POV is so outlandish and unreasonable? I'm not here to end ( Read more... ) -
Why I'm Thankful for President Obama
Got your attention, didn't I ( Read more... ) -
Rediscovering Me
Life is a lot like the forest floor, things tend to get buried over the years with new undergrowth and old leaves and critter activity. Then chance events, sometimes a storm, or perhaps human activity resurfaces something long forgotten. I'm taking a counseling class (as mentioned in former post) and we're studying attachment styles (see the work ( Read more... ) -
Where I'm From
I am from quilts, from Hershey's Kisses, and nicotine
I am from the cul-de-sac beside the tracks
tough, sunny, smelling of chlorine
I am from the crab apple trees with tart treats
from the grass burned in a lightning storm
I am from Dewey beach and long toes, from Sheaffers
Monicks, and Tews
I am from the quaintness and belligerence.
From "cry til the cows ( Read more... ) -
Top 10 Reasons I love Cincinnati
10) Home of the best Classical Music station- 90.9:) When all else on the radio is blah I can always turn here to find some peace of mind.
9) The Consortium of Colleges and Universities- this cooperation between local accredited schools means you can go to a smaller, less expensive school and take classes from the bigger fish in the area for the ( Read more... ) -
Misconceptions Evolutionists have about Creationists
Perusing the shelves of books here at the school library, I came across Ernst Mayr's book What Evolution Is. Curiosity took hold and I picked up the book and set it down with my effects at the computer. Upon seating myself I at once began to read what this famed authority had to say about evolution. It did not take long- only in the opening ( Read more... ) -
The Great American Sumo Diet
It's the vogue to imitate the lifestyle and eating habits of the Japanese- walk alot, drink green tea, eat sushi, gain weight like a sumo wrestler... Oops. Did I say that? America-home of the diet obsessed seems to only be succeeding in imitating the daily habits of sumo wrestlers in our attempts to lose weight and squeeze in our skinny jeans. I ( Read more... )