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Mom Bloggers: They’re Watching You

March 15, 2010

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One of the blogging communities I’ve joined, the SITS Girls, was recently exploited criticized discussed in a New York Times article. I must mention that the New York Times is a HIGHLY REPUTABLE news story organization (emphasis on story) that doesn’t accept a DIME from any capitalist pig or corporation! :hmph: rrrrrright Well, the article [...]

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NY Homeschooling Parents Arrested

January 8, 2010

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Here in eastern New York State, homeschooling parents were arrested because they had failed to register their homeschooled children with the local school district, according to NYS law: FONDA — A Montgomery County couple has been arrested on child endangerment charges for failing to register their children with the school district as they were home-schooled, [...]

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Making More Blogs For the New Year

January 2, 2010

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YES! Can you believe it?! I’m building more blogs. I’ve already built three, and I want to build another one for my husband and I to share (that ought to be fun!). I’m a pretty wordy person (in case you haven’t noticed), so I always have stuff to blog about, haha. SO I now officially [...]

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Back to Car Parts Shopping

November 22, 2009

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Well, we busted our car’s taillight again. Hee hee, oops. We had a problem with the brakes, and fixed them without any problems… but in our rush to get the job done, we forgot to pump the brake fluid through the system. So when we backed out of the garage to park the van, it [...]

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Stunning Microscopic Photography

October 23, 2009

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Wired.com has a post showcasing 35 years of the world’s best microscopic photography. The photos are amazing, and not just because they are neat photos. It’s because of the marvelous design in even the tiniest things in our world! Here are a few that I liked very much: These are nanocrystals deposited on a silicon [...]

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Every Writer Needs a Cat

September 24, 2009

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Every good writer needs a cat, especially a polydactyl cat. Cats cultivate creativity, didn’t you know? Cats sit in front of you while you work, clogging up your computer monitor and keyboard with silky cat fur. Dogs don’t do that. Cats nuzzle your chin and sweetly beg for requited love when you’ve got a deadline [...]

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The Software of My Dreams!!!!

September 17, 2009

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Remember how I was lamenting about my problems with making videos on my computer? How I couldn’t find anything to work with my Kodak camera’s .MOV video files? It was driving me bananas. Well, I found it!!!! I am flipping, absolutely flipping! I did an extensive review of the Roxio Creator 2010, and it is [...]

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A Lego Tutorial on Nationalized Health Care

September 11, 2009

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The kids and I found this cute. And very effective. I am 110% against nationalized health care. If federal health care is going to be ANYTHING like New York State health care, PEOPLE- BELIEVE ME- you don’t want it! It is sooo bloated, so full of fraud, abuse, and neglect that it’s crazy. Plus, this [...]

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Poodle Doodles

September 9, 2009

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Uhhh. Would you do this?? To your poor poodle doggy?? :cuckoo: I thought this one was the best worst. LOL! That poor dog! :wha: The next one is almost… nice… in a stuffed animal, plushy kind of way….

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Kids: No Brainers. Literally. Yeah.

August 31, 2009

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OH MY GOSH! Here’s a video by the guy who does Simon’s Cat (Simon Tofield). He has this amazing way of depicting the real life and, uh, idiosyncrasies of cats and kids in his new Kids aren’t that smart - Cats videos. You tell me that you DON’T know a kid like this, and I’ll [...]

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