Over the years, I've watched a lot of children's television (some of it educational and some not so much). Many of these shows have the admirable goal of helping children learn about the diverse people who make up our world. Unfortunately, I've noticed (in my informal, unscientific survey of what my kids enjoy watching) that [...]
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The Not Done List
Image credit: Photo by ^Sandra^ on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I had a really wonderful, productive day yesterday. I got the kids fed and clothed and to school on time. While they were in school, I: did all the dishes washed and dried a load of laundry got some good writing work done meditated [...]
Five Questions from the Maven
The Maven (and believe me, if you don't know the Maven, you should) was playing the interview game on her blog. I know I've done some variation of this like 5000 times in the past year, but it's always fun, and in this case, it got the Maven to e-mail me some words she handpicked [...]
That’s What You Get
Image credit: Photo by Rakka on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I love House, not just because it's a clever, funny show, but because it does such a fabulous job of capturing some of the intimacy problems related to addiction. Regardless of the substance, addiction causes general problems in relationships, as active addicts shut the [...]
Easy Street
Image credit: Photo by artbyheather on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons The other night, my husband and I were watching The Amazing Race, a show in which teams of two people follow clues to race to various destinations around the world. Many of the teams view this challenging competition as an opportunity to work together [...]
John McCain Hypnotized Me
This post is the sixth in a series on how I came to be where I am around the current election,and the second in a series of posts about the candidates themselves. I was going to do Barack Obama next, but a comment Willow made aboutBill Clinton's powerful magnetism made me think John McCain should [...]
Lost Sanity
My husband and I have recently been watching the series Lost on DVD. We sat snuggled on the couch together a few nights ago watching an episode from the second season called "Dave." (You can watch online here, although, unfortunately, I can't link directly to the episode. This post does contain spoilers, so watch now, [...]
Lost (Sleep)
I'm tired. So tired, I can't write any of the fabulous posts I have in mind. (You're dying to read them. I know. I can picture you all out there, gathered around your computer screens, breathless with anticipation, hitting refresh over and over again, muttering to yourselves, "But when will MPJ post?!") Now, I could [...]
Taking it Easy
I am too tiredto even haiku today.Taking it easy... I've seen these photo memes going around and thought they looked fun, but they all seemed to contain too much identifying information -- until I found this one that storyteller did at Small Reflections. Tag yourself if you're looking for something easy and fun today too. [...]
Auction for Jeni
I've posted here before about a charity auction organized by Bella at Beyond the Map and other bloggers for Jeni at The Comfy Place. Jeni is a single mom to a son who is about the same age as mine, and she has Stage Four colon cancer. The auction is online now at http://stores.ebay.com/bloggers-for-Jeni! It [...]
