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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Here’s a news story that caught my eye this morning. An Iowa woman who calls herself the “meanest mom on the planet” is selling her teenager’s car after discovering alcohol in it.
Jane Hambleton ran an ad in the local […]
Just when you thought it was safe
Monday, January 7th, 2008“Are movies like Hannibal and the remake of Halloween, which serve up murder and mutilation as routine fare, actually making the nation safer?” That’s the question posed by an article appearing today on the New York Times’ Web site.
The story references a bizarre study by two professors at the University of California who claim violent […]
Wii no substitute for real exercise
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008If you bought your kids a Nintendo Wii for Christmas hoping to get them off the couch, don’t count on it to improve their health.
The active electronic gaming system, which requires players to wield a hand wand rather than pushing buttons, has been touted as a healthful alternative to more sedentary video games.
While a study […]
