Hi all, I too hate early release days to the kids. However now they have come up with another diddy; Late arrival.....they schedule school to start 1 hour late one day a week ...... why? The teachers need some time to themselves. Don't you just feel for those poor over worked...

As I have mentioned briefly in passing, an acquaintance of mine recently adopted a baby. I saw her over the weekend, and we got to talking. One of her comments was that What to Expect the First Year had nothing about adoption, other than a small discussion of inducing (or whatever the term whould...

MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): *** 1/2 In MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD, by director Peter Weir (THE TRUMAN SHOW), it's time to get all dressed up. Time for the

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ALIEN: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): **** Ridley Scott's ALIEN, from 1979, has been called "the scariest movie ever made." While I wouldn't go that far, I do think it is one of the finest

At my kid's school, there are a very limited number of subs, so whenever a teacher is out, Dr G, the dreaded old man substitute is called in. All last year DS moaned and groaned about Dr G, but I figured he just hated to have a sub. This year DD is bitching about him as well. And, as I'm finding...

When a child is the problem, who needs the help? Gregory Ramey Cox News Service Nov. 1, 2003 12:00 AM DAYTON, Ohio - Things are not going well in your family. Your son acts moody, antagonistic and gets upset easily. Family members and even the teacher at school have spoken with you. This has...

As we approach another Christmas, I look around at the huge toy collection and despair. At this rate, we will need to build an addition to the house for the toys to live in! It's not that I don't go through and try "thin" on a regular basis--I do. I can generally get rid of a grocery bag or two...

Julie (2 years, 7 months) has suddenly become afraid of ghosts and owls. We're not even sure how she knows what a ghost is. Must have been from halloween. Anyway, she was up last night crying and afraid. It took a while to even determine what the problem was. Once I knew, I basically alternated...

Howdy all!!! I have 5 different listings on Ebay for Cloth Diapers and...

I was videotaping the kids having breakfast today because they were being especially cute. 38 month old Jacob says to me "mommy, why are you in the family room?" and I said "because I want to get a better camera angle than I can in the kitchen." He said "you're taking a picture of my ankle?" and I...

Hi all, So I have this 4.5 week old. Now what do I do with it? LOL! I'm wondering if I'm providing enough interesting simulation for him and is it so bad to let him just hang out starting into space? I don't have a huge toy collection for him so I wonder if I should get more interesting things...

LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): *** A laugh-a-minute movie, LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION, by director Joe Dante (SMALL SOLDIERS), is a live-action picture with inserted cartoon characters

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The kidlets are successfully weathering their first colds. Hardest hit has been Alex, who has spent most of this week sleeping in his swing because whenever he lies down gunk from his sinuses has been draining into his throat. During the worst of it, so much fluid would drain that we'd hear him...

All too often parents and teachers do not have a good grasp of financial principals themselves and so it can be very difficult for them to break down and teach these principals to children. In order to improve my ability to teach these ideas to children I am looking for advice on how to teach...

Hi, I'm looking for a particular kind of party favor and was wondering if anyone could tell me what it's called so that I can call stores around here to see if they have it. It's hard to describe exactly what it is: it consists of two small popsicle stick type things with paper between them. The...

Did you see the TV story Oct 17 about the ""model"" schools in Texas getting high marks through fraudulent reports of dropouts? And the coverups throughout management? The guy who exposed it from a few levels down had to go to the media before it exploded. They were purposefully omitting names...

I found this in the course of research about someone who cited this from an email which claimed that Michael Newdow who is fighting to have the pledge thrown out of his child's school presented it to the court or in some of his public interviews. I think it would be a much better pledge, though I...

A recent "Short News Feed" on "UK Media Channels" mentioned new research. However there seems to be "No Information" on the Internet about it that I can find. A "Person" and a "Statement" was mentioned. The Person: Someone called MOWBY - Doctor Mowby?