Interview with Mel Gibson’s dad teaches strange ‘lessons’ on life I learned a lifelong lesson during my recent interview with Mel Gibson’s father, Hutton Gibson. The interview took place on the eve of the release of Mel Gibson’s new movie,…
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Space Dust to Unlock Mexican Pyramid Secrets Showers of space dust are helping unlock the secrets of a 2,000-year-old Mexican pyramid where the rulers of a mysterious civilization may lie buried.
From Maid to Coach
From The Organizer Lady: YOU CAN TELL SOMETHING IS WRONG—You can tell that something is definitely wrong when you find yourself picking up as a regular thing after others who are old enough to do it themselves. They leave their…
More Tidbits
This had me howling: Things I wish I could write on students’ papers I tend to think this is right on: Have George W. Bush’s military records been tampered with or altered? The New World of Blogs Imagine a costless…
Health Headlines
Guess I should go back to taking the stuff, huh? Glucosamine Stops Knee Arthritis in WomenSupplement Likely Benefits All Types of People, All Joints, Say Researchers
A Couple of News Stories
Does this idjit think he’s a holy man or something? Bush’s feet can’t touch the ground Um, you know that socialization people ask homeschoolers about? How would it happen in this school? Eighth-graders at Dillard Middle School in Goldsboro have…
Energy/Prayer Request
Someone I love is going through a very difficult time. Another person I love is, as sambear put it, suffering from cranio-rectal inversion. The tale isn’t mine to tell, but I can ask that you pray/send energy to them. Thank…
“Document contains no data”
Apparently that’s most of LJ tonight—or at least, that’s what the servers tell me every time I attempt to comment on an entry, read what’s behind a cut tag, or read comments! Like patgreene, I’ve been told that some people…
Good Gods
Cosmetic Foot Surgery on the Rise. Half of the surgeons also said they had treated patients for complications from cosmetic surgery, said Sharon Dreeben, MD, a foot and ankle surgeon in private practice in La Jolla, California. … Women seek…
Getting Rid of the “Baby Stuff” in Pre-K
I’m the first to admit that I see absolutely no merit in “pre-K”—or even kindergarten—for most kids. I certainly wasn’t scarred by the lack of them, and I definitely wasn’t behind in anything when I started first grade at the…