Horseshoe Crab Orgies – Who Woulda Thunk It???…

(Note: Parental Discretion Advised) Very interesting NPR article written by Louisa Jonas, who definitely has a sense of humor.  Never knew horseshoe crabs were so wild and crazy!! http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106489695&ft=1&f=1001

Goodbye to Our Shelby…

1997  Today is the last day that our dear friend and family member, our dog Shelby, will be with us.  We finally have no choice but to put her down. …

Per Jim Sciutto @ ABC, Iranian Clerics Reject Election Results…

Per a Twitter post by Jim Sciutto at ABC, the New York Times ran the following article: Leading Clerics Defy Ayatollah on Disputed Iran Election http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/world/middleeast/05iran.html?_r=2&hp#

Have You Ever Seen a Karate Tree??…

What The Karate Tree Is… I bet you’ve never seen a karate tree.  I hadn’t either.  But this is a do-it-yourself addition to your d0-it-yourself kid-gym. You don’t need to spend…

Warning-Caramel Popcorn May Be Hazardous to Your Health (An Opinion)…

Has anyone ever linked caramel popcorn to a nervous breakdown, mental meltdown, or any other leap into the not-so-sane world?  Well, I’d never heard of it before either – until…

Pulling the Plug – A Remembrance…

I lost my father on this day last year.  Well, I consider June 24 as his actual day of death, but we didn’t disconnect his machines until June 25, and…

Iranian Revolution via Social Networking – Great Links

Wanted to share some links where you can get realtime information from the Revolution in Iran: Mir Hossein Mousavi’s Facebook Page Andrew Sullivan’s “Live Tweeting the Revolution”  Blog Seyyed Mohammad…

Tehran in Tragedy…The Twitter Reporters

I only realized it now, with the terrible situation in Tehran, how social media and the internet is playing such a big part in global politics.  No longer can oppressive…