Rhyme Of The Day

Various meanderings with a rhyme in there somewhere.

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Octuplets in California

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Info is coming out about the woman who had the in vitro octuplets . Her other 6 kids were in vitro babies too: There were frozen embryos lef...

A Trifling Sum

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Tom Daschle, Obama's nominee for Secretary of HHS, has really impressive tax troubles: Mr. Daschle also didn't report $83,333 in con...
Friday, January 30, 2009

Parenting: Inheritance of Traits

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Frequently offspring exhibit annoying traits you know are your own or your mate's. If you think they're neither, just wait. Soon eno...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

White House Goes Hot House

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Obama has cranked up the temp at the Oval: “He’s from Hawaii, O.K.?” said Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Axelrod, who occupies the small ...

Something was Stinkin' in the Land of Lincoln

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Blago is out. Quinn is in. The conviction on a sweeping article of impeachment means the governor was immediately removed from office. The S...

Alliterative Endeavor

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I spent about an hour this morning working with 9 to 12 year olds on alliteration. They wanted practice writing something highly alliterativ...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Banks In Need Of Dough

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Banks, already in trouble due to the financial crisis, are now struggling with changes in customer behavior: "It doesn't seem to be...

Thermoregulation

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When it's zero fahrenheit outside, I look at the birds and wonder how they do it.  Talk about  warmblooded , I think. Then I remember - ...
Monday, January 26, 2009

Cop For A Day

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Deb Ross alerted me to this story of a 14 year old Chicago boy who impersonated a police officer - fooling other police officers - even ridi...

The Trial Begins

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Our governor is now on trial. Well, they call it a trial, but it's not in court. It's in the Illinois Senate. It sounds like they ma...
Sunday, January 25, 2009

Dragon Dance Days

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We  ate Chinese  for my brother-in-law's birthday. The restaurant had a dragon dance with drums, to help ring in the lunar new year. It...
Saturday, January 24, 2009

Patio Table Revisited

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The snow cake, though diminished, is not finished.
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Inaugural Hindsight

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I've decided that the musicians were the smart ones. The Justice and the President should follow their example. I hope next time they pr...
Friday, January 23, 2009

How About An Anime Version?

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The Atlas Shrugged movie is once again up in the air. Angelina Jolie is no longer attached to the project. Actresses who have expressed inte...

How Stimulating

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Obama puts Limbaugh off limits: "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done," he told top GOP leaders, whom he...
Thursday, January 22, 2009

In Sync But Not In Tune

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If you watched the inauguration, you saw Yo-Yo Ma on cello and Itzhak Perlman on violin, playing a John Williams piece. But what you heard w...
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Ontology for Kids

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Maybe there's an elephant in the room, I used to tell them, one that you can't see or touch or smell that no one can know about  in ...
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Inauguration Records

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Reagan reportedly beats Obama for inauguration viewership: Nearly 38 million Americans watched inauguration coverage of President Barack Oba...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

May Cause Drowsiness

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In a flipped clip , a Roman poet puts part of his audience to sleep. Ann Althouse says she turned off mentally when yesterday's inaugura...

Numbers Don't Lie, But They May Mislead

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After he took his slightly rearranged oath, our new President declared: Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. Strangely...
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