Why can't we just have well behaved neighborhood kids? Saturday the new kids on the block (literally), came over and played all day with no problem. Yesterday the 8 year old boy threw sand in Leif's face and bit Emaryn (no skin breakage, but still, biting!). He is now banned pending a talk with the parents. Emaryn still wants to be able to play with them. At least the other kid, a 6 year old girl, seemed to do just fine.

This is on top of 8 year old girl elsewhere on the block. She has problems with being physically abusive although her 6 year old brother is fine.

At least he's super cuddly.

If I become addicted to science blogs, I'm blaming Allyson.

I am stomach growly hungry. bad timing, the breakfast stuff is put away at the closest place, but I do not want to get lunch stuff yet. what to do??!?

Sophia, I wouldn't worry about it. If there was going to be a short and snap crackle pop stuff it would have happened right away. IMO

Newsweek takes on Oprah.

Live Your Best Life Ever!

Wish Away Cancer! Get A Lunchtime Face-Lift! Eradicate Autism! Turn Back The Clock! Thin Your Thighs! Cure Menopause! Harness Positive Energy! Erase Wrinkles! Banish Obesity! Live Your Best Life Ever!

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Because the truth is, some of what Oprah promotes isn't good, and a lot of the advice her guests dispense on the show is just bad. The Suzanne Somers episode wasn't an oddball occurrence. This kind of thing happens again and again on Oprah. Some of the many experts who cross her stage offer interesting and useful information (props to you, Dr. Oz). Others gush nonsense. Oprah, who holds up her guests as prophets, can't seem to tell the difference. She has the power to summon the most learned authorities on any subject; who would refuse her? Instead, all too often Oprah winds up putting herself and her trusting audience in the hands of celebrity authors and pop-science artists pitching wonder cures and miracle treatments that are questionable or flat-out wrong, and sometimes dangerous.

The article is long-ish and critical.

How about some fruit, msbelle?

Go, Newsweek!

Have you guys heard of creaky voice? I just realized I totally do it. And I don't like it!

Spare Cat "lost" her e-collar yesterday -- gone, as in we think she slipped out of the house and burned it, or whatever. So today I went to the pet store and brought home an inflatable e-collar (think one of those inflatable traveler's pillows, only it closes like a donut). Let's see her get out of this....

Let's see her get out of this....

Um... does she by chance have claws?

My roommate's cat (the internationally famous Boogs the cat) once punched holes in my waterbed with his claws....