I never realized how sneeky the school system truly was until just recently. Music lessons: I thought the terror/pain was in the practicing the wind/string instrument at home, but no, I can handle the noise -- it is the terror that my 9 year old son will leave the $800+ rental clarinet somewhere between here and school that is truly genius. ;o)

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Florida_university_prepares_for_zombie_outbreak&in_article_id=747221&in_page_id=2

Florida university prepares for zombie outbreak
By TOM PHILLIPS - Friday ( Read more... )

I thought this was cool:

http://chinesefood.about.com/od/chineseteaandliquor/f/finger-tapping.htm

The next time you're dining at a Chinese restaurant, try to discretely observe what happens at other tables when the tea is poured. You may spot ( Read more... )

To ednoria   Hope you have a great day!!!

Quote of the Day: "There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading ...to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday to my sister, and Happy Anniversary to my parents!

Happy Birthday to my DD.  She is 4 today. 

Happy Birthday werewulf 

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I am enjoying watching my 9 year old son learn to do laundry. Boy does he get cranky. Just warms a mother's heart. -- not that he will remember any of it this fall when he is deciding he does not want to wear whatever he just pulled out of his closet and (rather than hanging it back up) puts it in his laundry hamper. Next -- cleaning in and around ( Read more... )