Sean: my wife and i are wrestling with this issue I didn't mention him, but we have an 8-year-old son, too... and our reasoning is that the older you get the more your wants grow. So my 11-year-old boy, his 8-year-old brother, and his 5-year-old sister are each going to want less expensive things. And
My recent job change has also lengthened my commute time... and also changed my waking time every morning. Got me thinking about sleep, and I discovered this article from a sleep research project sponsored by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: 40 FACTS ABOUT SLEEP YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW... (OR WERE TOO TIRED TO THINK ABOUT) -Th
Not to say that my kids don't step up: digging in the garden, assembling a barbecue grill, washing the car, or whatever. It's just that they do it for money when they choose to, not when it needs to be done. There's a definite school of thought which says children should pitch in around the house because it's part of living in the house, rather than for pay.
Yay for you! Keep up the good work. I will also continue to read. (And you already knew MY first name! )
I don't want allowances to be a handout. I want to teach my children the value of work while also teaching the value of saving versus spending. Hopefully I can instill in my children a good attitude towards money, something that both my wife and I didn't get in our own childhoods. I give my kids an allowance, based on their participation in household ch
One of the clearest, most concisely written blog postings ever. I have to award a cookie for making me laugh out loud with a title bar and one short sentence.
Loca: It seems like people who make a choice about which religion they believe in have a totally different attitude than people who were raised in a religion and never questioned their beliefs. Our religion's center of gravity is Salt Lake City, Utah. And Utah Mormons tend to believe they're the center
There are many great Han Solo lines (other than ones already quoted here), but for your card I recommend: "Laugh it up, Fuzzball."
No, what I'm saying is that Bush seems to be a lame duck President with low approval and little influence on the hill. So maybe Bush's endorsement was the bill's death knell?
Ah, the usual suspects... great to hear from you (or shoudl I say "all y'all") again, and thank you for making me feel so welcomed back to the group. YouTube... no thanks. And all it took was three articles to get featured!
Good on ya, Gid. Extra $$$ is always welcome at my house, too. When I was stationed in Monterey I used to pick up Pebble Beach and assorted golf paraphernalia at garage sales or even actual price and then resell them on eBay -- and I always turned a profit. Nice extra cash, could use some these days. Maybe I should start yard saling again.
But how to do that without being dismissed as a war hawk or a Bush crony...? I thnik what singrdave et al are trying to say is... BOO!!! anybody scared yet? <B
MM: if we thwart plots, the MSM calls them bogus, the NY times went as far as to put the JFK plot on Page 37 while every other paper in the country had it as first page above the fold news. If somehow {and it will happen} that a plot succeeds, then the MSM, and the far left will scream "how could you {BUSH} let this happen, w
This is a really interesting post, as I do not follow Keith Olbermann's reportage -- that's simply because I don't watch MSNBC... I liked Olbermann on Sports Center so I have nothing against the man as a talking head. Anyway, on to the Olbermann piece: I really don't see this list of media abuses as telling me anything other than the war with terror is ongoing. And in the 24-hour news world, anything is reportable... damn the truth. Cons
In what ways, if any, do you think that US policymakers can do a better job apprising the American public of the long-term nature of the Global War on Terrorism and he sacrifices that struggle will continue to entail? Certain members of Congress and the White House articulate the importance of staying in the fight quite well. It is just a matter of whether
MM: well singer dave, let me be the first to welcome you back, I look forward to jousting with you again. You know, jousting is the state sport of Maryland... so play on! Pseudo: <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=cen
In reading Locamama's excellent article , I started to respond. But then the short, spiritual, and resonant response became far longer and I decided to post it on my own page. I feel that everybody has to find their own path through life. Whether that path is towards God or away from God, that'
And how exactly is this Bush's fault? The tension between Turkey and the Kurds goes back to the partitioning of the old Ottoman Empire after World War I. Turkey doesn't want Kurdistan to gain autonomy, so they have tried for decades to put down any kind of ethnic self-determination in their easternmost region. The fact that Kurdistan is the most prosperous Iraqi region is galling Ankara to no end, since this gives Kurds new non-Turkish national aspi
This is the worst possible non-punishment they could mete. I think house arrest is hilarious, considering have you seen her house?! Talk about a miscarriage of justice. Justice here, in Mr. Conners' word, is "ridonkulous" indeed.
Well, my brothers and sisters... it's been several months since I posted anything substantial on JU. I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my lifestyle these days. What with work, graduate school, home life (wife and four kids), and church responsibilities (including singing with the Mormon Choir of Washington DC, totally voluntary) -- it's been very imposs
You have GOT to be kidding me. Three days for a twenty-one day sentence that was leniently reduced from even longer? That's hot.
1 and 2 yes. 3? No, 1 and 2 stopped 3. Thanks, Dr. Guy... good to see someone is still reading my blog. I am an infrequent user, and that's being generous. #3 is still happening, unfortunately, with the saga of the flying Imams and the constant bickering about civil liberties on airliners. Not
Why hasn't Al Qaeda attempted an large CBRN attack, given the group's M.O of "spectacular" mass casualty attacks against symbolic targets? I have my ideas, but they are speculative. Could be any one of a number of factors: 1) They can't get one into a strategic location. Since 9/11, security around high-value American targets has increased many-fold.
What are the most significant technical constraints, political constraints, and psychological inhibitory constraints against CBRN use by terrorist networks? How might these be enhanced? So, what's stopping the terrorists? Holding them back from doing the unthinkable, the devastating, the inevitable? The biggest factor is the damage caused. CB
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I am continually amazed by the stupidity of people. This would be incredible and unbelievable if it wasn't so in character. Hey liberals, your true colors are showing!
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