Drop the "fast" from that and you've probably got a more accurate headline here. Nobody gets fat from breathing. I'm not saying that fast food is all that great. What I am saying is that parents need to monitor their children's intake more carefully, and perhaps their own. Based on my own...

CONFESSIONS OF A BURNING MAN A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): * 1/2 Every year, tens of thousands flock to an uninhabited part of the Nevada desert for a celebration known as Burning Man after the large figure in the

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): * In 1974, a low budget horror flick called THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE got lucky and hit the big time, going on to become a cult classic. For years

THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): * In Uwe Boll's THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD, there's going to be the year's biggest rave and on an island no less, so the teenagers have to flock there. What

Posted by Elly's DH: Both Elly and Erin are doing fine - Elly's just catching up on sleeping while I'm checking her e-mails at her request. Erin has a nice breastfeeding & sleeping pattern already - waking up every 2,5 hours to be fed - apart from the small crisis from 10 pm until midnight, when...

BEYOND BORDERS A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): * 1/2 How low does BEYOND BORDERS stoop to toy with the audience's emotions? It has a child endangerment scene in which a bad guy puts a loaded grenade into

do you know anything about goats? my aged (5-6 year old) doe is down, very anemic, right eye infected. eating fine. had the worst case of lice i've ever seen, treated with powder on Monday & drench Wednesday when i moved her into the house for warmth. my vet is blaming the anemia on the lice (for...

I've got a small four year old. He weighs 28 pounds. Two years ago he weighed 26.5 pounds. My doctor is very worried about this. He asked for a CBC count. It came back with lowish iron: 11.3, normal white blood: 6.5 and high platelet count, 514 where 150-400 is normal. I'm trying to put this...

Any experience in dealing with a toddler who likes to go barefoot in the house? It's getting cold, as are her feet, but she keeps taking her socks off. "Fun" sock and/or shoes or slippers are a temporary salve, but only that. Thx. P. Tierney

I'm a little embarrased to ask this, but can anyone share with me what exactly a "congregational " church is? We're moving to a small town and that is the only church in town. Is it a protestant denomination, or for anyone christian, or for anyone at all? Forgive me if I'm being dumb but I'm...

Recalls ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Britax Has Recalled Super Elite Youth Restraints Reason: On certain Super Elite restraints during a crash could cause the child's head to move forward further than allowed. Distribution: Nationwide. http://www.safetyalerts.com/recall/a/02/v00830.htm a...

I have been having a problem and wondered if you all could help or offer suggestions. My son is 29 months old. He started at a church-run preschool in September and he goes two days a week for three hours. He is an only child and unfortunately will likely remain that way. DH and I felt that...

Well it's been about 3 weeks now since my SS was put on the new "plan" at school. If you need a refresher on the situation, read my post "At Wit's End". He spent several days in the isolation room, then a few in his SIED teacher's classroom and even went to one *real* class last week, but he...

My kids have really enjoyed the Memory card game. Great gift to give as well. My daughter got two of them, second one never opened, selling so another child can enjoy it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3151119962&category=2552&rd=1

Doan wrote: It has been over seven weeks now since LaVonne posted "studies that have not been discussed in this newsgroup". I challenged her to debate me on these so-called studies. Why is she so afraid to take me on? Doan I bet she's seen the Light! --

Just curious as to what others thought about school uniforms. AFAIK the plusses are that there's no social stratification and nobody worries about what they're wearing to school, so it relieves a lot of social pressure. The downside, IMO, is that it represses the individualism which is natural to...

Does anyone have a favourite toy store in London? My husband will be in the U.K. in November and hopes to get some of his Christmas shopping done then. Since we live in Canada, he'd like to find unusual things that we cannot buy here. The kids range from 5-10 years. Thanks, Vera

Our 3.5 year old son just started at a new babysitter a couple of days a week. Yesterday was his first day, and both yesterday and today were only for 3 hours each. We're trying to ease into the occasional full day there. The babysitter raised a number concerns she had about our son when I picked...

Recalls ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Novartis Nutrition Has Recalled Novartis Isosource Reason: The cans labeled as Isosource 1.5Cal actually contained a different product, Peptinex DT. Distribution: IL, MI and OH. http://www.safetyalerts.com/recall/f/02.2/f0003248.htm a...

BROTHER BEAR A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ** 1/2 Disney's latest movie, BROTHER BEAR, is a gorgeous picture that is its prettiest traditionally animated movie since THE LION KING. Bursting with