September 9, 2007 Comments Off
While on vacation I visited a family member in hospital and was surprised when nursing staff requested that my companions’ cell phones be turned off and not used in the hospital room so they did not interfere with equipment. Today I took note of a related report in Science Daily. According Dutch research published in [...]
Read more...July 7, 2007 Comments Off
About a year ago, Louann Brizendine, founder and director of the University of California, San Francisco’s Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic, published The Female Brain. One of the most cited gems within its pages was a claim that women are chatterboxes, speaking an average of 20,000 words per day, nearly three times the mere 7,000 [...]
Read more...June 25, 2007 Comments Off
On Monday Europe’s main human rights body canceled a scheduled vote on banning creationist and intelligent design views from school science classes, saying the proposed resolution was one-sided. The proposed resolution said the Council of Europe’s 47 member states should “firmly oppose the teaching of creationism as a scientific discipline on an equal footing with [...]
Read more...June 20, 2007 One Comment
My husband and I decided years ago that we would remain child-free and we have never regretted that choice. As two older children from large families we both had plenty of experience when it came to raising our younger siblings. Both at work and in our personal lives we have been expected to contribute financially [...]
Read more...June 20, 2007 3 Comments
Well gents, if you haven’t read Your Guide to Men’s Fashion / Grooming by Daniel Billett, then I recommend you do. I’m telling you true when I say there are men walking the streets everywhere in get up that make us ladies cringe. Daniel lists eight fashion mistakes to avoid at all costs including: Socks [...]
Read more...June 19, 2007 6 Comments
My husband and I frequently make eye contact with one another and fondly say: “I love not having kids with you,” so when I found an article with that phrase in the title, I read it. I Love (not having kids with) You; Birth Control of Yesteryear… turned out to be filled with some fascinating [...]