It’s been a few days since I’ve last posted here.  Not since I’ve last posted, mind you, as I’ve been posting all over the place at AskOwlbert.com … but since I’ve last posted HERE.
You know, I thought last Friday that I’d actually have time to indulge in my other pastimes.  :)   For 55 utterly blissful […]

Fascinating article

over here:
Researchers at Saint Louis University in Missouri compared a 35-pound (16 kg), floppy-eared mutt named Sparky with AIBO, a far-from-lifelike robot dog, to see how residents of three U.S. nursing homes would respond.
"The most surprising thing is they worked almost equally well in terms of alleviating loneliness and causing residents to form attachments," […]

You know

I’m always big on holding strong on boundaries and making kids follow their responsibilities. 
But now that my kids are getting older, they’re realizing there’s one way to compel Mom to soften on her stance. 
It all happened this afternoon.  I was ready to get the kids to karate (advanced and sparring), when one […]

Morning,

I just came across this clever compilation of 10 guy types that are guaranteed to make your life seem worse than the Black Death. It includes:
… One guy is needier than quicksand. Another is jealous of your cocker spaniel. A third quietly hates all womankind. Here’s a list of men you should put […]

I still

cannot fathom the following.
I am a logical, calm, dignified, utterly awesome mom with phenomenal musical taste. After all, Barry Manilow rules! Followed closely by, Maynard Ferguson, Chuck Mangione, the track of West Side Story and the like.
But! My utterly brilliant child….loves hard rock.
I have no idea where her genes got […]

You know you’re a parent

when your precocious younger child tells you
“Mom, tattling on myself just isn’t cool!”
This conversation happened when my children were debating the merits of being the tale-bearer back to Mom. When I asked him, okay, if you feel an insane urge to tattle, just tattle on yourself, he gave me […]

Morning,

I just heard about Leonard Nimoy’s new book, The Full Body Project. Contrary to the majority of Hollywood icons, he promotes a healthier concept of just what makes a woman sexy.
To wit:
…Serious props go out to Leonard Nimoy for his book, The Full Body Project: Photographs by Leonard Nimoy. He is promoting […]

Morning,

Gotta love the superb how-to lessons you can find online!
I came home from karate yesterday, all ready to fire up my software and start hacking, when I discovered the following on my screen, courtesy of my kids.
How to Be A NERD!

Enjoy,
Barbara
ps - other nerd-worthy goodies are:

N.E.R.D. SEEING SOUNDS SEALED CD NEW 2008 NERD

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Tomorrow is

Valentines Day! Wheeeee!
I just finished shopping for my husband and it was truly delightful - our 14 years of marriage has given us a great sense of comfortableness and enjoyment, not to mention a healthy appreciation of each’s other’s, ahem, sensual potential. I can’t post what I got him yet, […]

Omigosh, what a day.

With the exception of my beloved p90x, I worked straight for hours and hours. I’m currently building a community site that’s written in PHP (I know nothing about PHP) and I had to integrate PHP modules in specific formats.
In other words, I had to:

Configure the site
Figure out what needed to […]