Rockin’ New Year’s Party Dishes
December 31, 2009
Drizzle pork with oil and season well with salt and pepper.
Roast pork for about 1 hour (or about 25 minutes a pound), until internal temperature reaches 145 degrees.
Remove roast to a plate to let rest before slicing and keep covered with foil.
To make sauce, remove pan drippings [...]
New Year’s Eve Fun For Kids
December 31, 2009
RING TOSS
Place a large plastic tablecloth on the floor and cover it with candy and small items you can get at the Dollar Store, such as erasers, pencils, plastic animals, crayons, etc. Have the children stand a couple feet away from the tablecloth (distance should depend on their age). Hand each child [...]
Naked Christmas Cards
December 31, 2009
The only problem is that this year the Cringely’s cards almost didn’t make it to the post office because a Kinko’s employee refused to print them.
Supposedly, the Kinko’s clerk thought the Cringely’s photo, which included his young children in the nude, was “obscene.”
Cringely retorted by saying that his family’s holiday photo didn’t feature [...]
Her Music Eases the End for Dying Patients
December 31, 2009
THURSDAY, Dec. 31 — Music therapy is used to help Alzheimer's patients remember and autistic children calm down. Now, a University of Alabama student is using her voice and guitar to comfort dying patients in hospice.
Families gathered around the bedside of a dying loved one often request hymns, such as [...]
New Year’s Party Dips
December 30, 2009
New Year’s Party Dips
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Yesterday at 01:42 PM
Let the partying begin!
Our New Year’s celebration got off to an early start last night when my alma mater, the Wisconsin Badgers, beat Miami in the 2009 Champs Sports Bowl. Not even the bite-sized cheesecake could top that sweet victory. [...]
Keeping Kids Busy During Winter Break
December 30, 2009
Keeping Kids Busy During Winter Break
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Today at 12:07 AM
You know winter break may be wearing out its welcome when you send your kid outside to play with his Crayola Sidewalk Paint Sprayer in the snow and subzero windchill.
My neighbor’s 8-year-old spent a good chunk of this afternoon [...]
Dad Loses It, Shoots Santa
December 30, 2009
Dad Loses It, Shoots Santa
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Yesterday at 05:16 AM
Did hear about the dad who had it up to here with his bratty kids the day before Christmas? He apparently lost it, cancelled the family’s Christmas, and to drive home his point, went outside with his rifle and shot Santa [...]
Why You Should Wash Your Kids’ New Clothes
December 30, 2009
Why You Should Wash Your Kids’ New Clothes
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Today at 12:58 AM
My 5-year-old daughter is notorious for telling my mom not to get her new clothes as gifts.
“Clothes don’t count, grandma,” she bluntly reminds my mom when asked what she wants for a special occasion.
Well, apparently, our other relatives didn’t [...]
FDA to study safety of drugs taken during pregnancy
December 30, 2009
WASHINGTON – U.S. health officials plan to study the safety of medications taken during pregnancy with an eye toward using the data in future regulations and medical practice, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday.
Citing a lack of clinical trials to determine how medications affect mothers and unborn children, the [...]
Living With a Smoker Puts Kids at Risk for Emphysema
December 30, 2009
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 30 — Children who are around smokers face a higher risk of early emphysema when they become nonsmoking adults, perhaps because their lungs never totally recovered from secondhand smoke exposure, new research suggests.
Researchers reached their conclusions after conducting CT scans on 1,781 non-smokers from six communities in [...]