Jul 13, 2009 -
I got my cat Grendel about 8 months ago from the Humane Society. I have a small studio apt with no outdoor access, so I've been really worried about him getting bored. He's REALLY needy, and I can't tell if I'm not stimulating him enough or spoiling him rotten.
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Jun 15, 2009 -
We have been running on this education treadmill with no end in sight.
I am tired. They are hoping I will give up.
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Feb 15, 2009 -
Obama’s Broken Promises Were Entirely Predictable
February 14, 2009 - by Nicholas Guariglia (Pajamas Media)
Nicholas Guariglia is a polemic and essayist who writes on Islam and Middle Eastern geopolitics. He is a graduate of the John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University, where he studied U.S.
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Feb 09, 2009 -
Barack Obama is a novice - and it shows
After a rocky start, the new President knows he has to seize back the political agenda, says Toby Harnden.
By Toby Harnden
Last Updated: 6:47PM GMT 08 Feb 2009
Barack Obama rides out to rekindle the magic Photo: AP
During last year's epic election campaign, Hillary Clinton said that in the White House "there is no time for on-the-job training". Joe Biden, too, remarked that the presidency was "not something that lends itself to on-the-job training".
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Nov 17, 2008 -
The “Bitch” and the “Ditz”
How the Year of the Woman reinforced the two most pernicious sexist stereotypes and actually set women back.
By Amanda Fortini/NY Times
Published Nov 16, 2008
In the past few weeks, Sarah Palin has been variously described as a diva who engaged in paperwork-throwing tantrums, a shopaholic who spent $150,000 on clothing, a seductress who provocatively welcomed staffers while wearing only a towel, and a “whack-job”—contemporary code for hysteric. Worse, she was accused by a suspiciously gleeful Fox News reporter named Carl Cameron of not knowing Africa was a continent, of being unable to name the members of NAFTA, indeed of being unable to name the countries of North America at all.
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Jun 22, 2008 -
Summer is a great time to get outside with your toddler. There are many valuable lessons are tons of fun. Just don't forget the sunblock!
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Jul 06, 2007 -
The following are tips for any character in a horror film. If you do happen to find yourself in a horror film someday, use these tips wisely and you may make it out alive. Until the sequel that is...
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Apr 11, 2008 -
Miley Cyrus is one rich teen!
The Us Power Girl, 15, earned $18.2 million last year, according to Parade magazine's annual "What People Earn" issue.
Knocked Up star Katherine Heigl raked in $11 million, while newly single Carrie Underwood banked $7 million.
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Sep 15, 2007 -
Beneficial Insects
Beneficial insects are insects which you can attract to your garden, or buy from catalogues, which prey on harmful insects or their larvae. There are many different species for specific problems, and more information is available at several of the links listed on this page.
Brachonids,Chalcids and Ichneumon Wasps
These small beneficial insects destroy leaf-eating caterpillars.
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Oct 07, 2006 -
Paen Scott is a Dark One: a vampire without a soul. And his mother is
about to lose hers, too, if Paen can’t repay a debt to a demon by
finding a relic known as the Jilin God—in five days.
Half-elf Samantha Cosse may have gotten kicked out of the Diviner’s
Order, but she’s still good at finding things—which is why she just
opened her own private investigation agency.
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