I read about this book at Farm School awhile back and was interested. Now Geek Dad has a review up. This looks like exactly what my kids have been looking for - real experiments without the cheap and cheesy chemistry sets. I think I’m going to have to add this one to my wish list!
The American Family Association is worried that people don’t know about this bill:
“Congressman Paul Broun of Georgia has introduced the Marriage Protection Amendment of 2008 (H.J. RES. 89). This amendment to the U.S. Constitution would make marriage legal only between a man and a woman.
If you haven’t heard about this, it is because the liberal media opposes it. So if they simply refuse to report it, citizens will know nothing about it and will not act on it.”
So, I’m doing my duty and reporting about it. Based on their email alert, they’d also like you to know that:
The goal of homosexual activists is to see homosexual marriage legal in all 50 states.
and that:
Homosexual activists are determined to force homosexual marriage on America by using activist liberal judges, like those in Massachusetts and California.
Of course, the AFA would like you to let your representative know how you feel about this bill, but I daresay, only if you agree. I can’t find a link to the entire email appeal, but there are a number of other homophobic doozies, here and here.
And then, there’s me on my soapbox:
I have no trouble with people honoring their beliefs in their home, even if it includes bigoted behavior. But our tax dollars at work should not be dealing with who likes whom. How about focusing on lowering the %@#!*&! gas prices or ending this war?
Edited to add: Yes, this is a bit off topic and political for this space, but what made me want to share it here is that it came through a homeschooling list that I belong to, with the appearance that ALL homeschoolers must certainly be supportive of such legislation. Not so.
…that the people I know in Kona are not wondering where the mountain lion is that left a deer carcass less than a hundred feet from their house.
For at least a day.
1. Save a stack of the old records that you used to listen to as a teen.
2. Have a child that likes classic rock and decides to decorate his room with old album covers.
3. Unearth the old albums and pass Journey, Styx, the Eagles, and CCR on to said music lover who now believes that his mom must actually have had a life. Once.
4. Bask in the adoration, for indeed, it will not last.
Is live!
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If you’re snorkeling for the first time this summer my Family Getaway piece, Snorkeling for Beginners, in the June issue of FamilyFun magazine may be of interest.
When we left, the kids pared down their books to those that they really loved, keeping only (!) five or so boxes. Last night, we found a couple of those boxes and unpacked them to “oohs” and “aahs”. The entire set of Harry Potter, except for those that we acquired in Kona. Weslandia (LOVE that book). The wonderful Reader’s Digest Children’s Atlas that they’ve pored over for years. And our collection of Robert Munsch books. It’s not a complete collection, but we managed to acquire a good number of these short paperbacks during my kids’ growing up years. I sat and read Mortimer (complete with off-key singing) to my 12 and 15 year old. Then Good Families Don’t. And then…they asked me to keep reading! The magic of these books and our read-aloud years stuck with these kids enough that as *teens* (or nearly so) they asked to hear them again. While they won’t be on their nightly reading list as they used to be, those books will always be in their hearts. I count Robert Munsch and all of those nightly read-alouds among the reasons that both of the boys are such avid readers.
Mrs. G over at Derfwad Manor addresses the age-appropriateness of books today, in her ever funny and sarcastic manner. For what it’s worth? I can barely keep up with what my kids are reading these days, but there is a continuous pile (stack, heap, mountain) of books circulating between here and the library. Stephen King’s Dark Tower series has captured Brad, as have biographies of many great rock musicians (which I’m sure have NO drug references at all). Evan is enjoying having a whole new library of books to choose from and yesterday mentioned finding a book called The Seems that he’d been wanting to read. I’ve not heard of it, but he was thrilled. What more could a parent ask for?
