Great Way for Kids to Get the News

Have you heard about CNN Student News? _____________________________________________ Updated with coverage of the oil spill! Check it out: http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=education/2010/05/27/sn.0528.cnn The site is “a ten minute, commercial-free daily news program” geared to middle and high-school students. If you’ve been looking for ways to get your teens interested in the news, I recommend bookmarking the CNN Student [...]

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Super Mario Galaxy 2 Release Date: May 23

You know how much my family and I loved Super Mario Galaxy on Wii? We put it on our list of favorite video games of 2007 and even referred to it as the best game of all time. So you can imagine how excited we are about the coming release of the sequel, Super Mario [...]

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Concept Cars Are Always Cool

I am passionate about automobiles. That’s no secret. And I marvel at concept cars. Have you ever seen one? Would you like to? Check this out: They seem to be going in an interesting direction… Not bad, for a start. What do you think?

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A Good Way to Deal With Unwanted Teen Behavior

When I heard Dave Barry’s story about embarrassing his teenage son by picking him up from school in a Wienermobile (true story!), I thought I’d try his advice. He suggested that one of the easiest ways to get attention from teens was to sing. I’d add to that a bit by saying that song choice [...]

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Hi-Tech, Action and an Audi R8

What’s not to like? This is my kind of super hero flick: Can’t wait to see it. ————————– No, I did not (sadly) get an Audi R8 or even a model replica of an Audi A8 for posting this message. I just liked it and wanted to share it.

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Read a Book, Give a Book

Regular readers of this blog know how much I love books. I’ve co-chaired the Book Fair at our kids’ school for several years, taught Junior Great Books (another program I strongly support) and, for a brief time, considered starting another blog devoted to books. I love books. I encourage my kids (and others’) to read. [...]

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This Champion is a Nice Guy

Recently, my family and I had the pleasure of enjoying some of the best tennis the world offers at the Sony-Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida. We saw Rafa Nadal defeat David Forrer then witnessed Andy Roddick take down Benjamin Becker. After those matches, Roddick upset Nadal in this match: Shortly afterward, we actually met [...]

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On Behalf of His Mother

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/all/modules/swftools/shared/flash_media_player/player.swf It’s refreshing to know that there are still people in the world who choose a course of action because it’s the right thing to do. Congratulations, Mr. President, on this major legislative victory. ______________________________________________________________ Note: Move to 8:00 to skip the vice president’s introduction and go right to the remarks by POTUS.

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A Life-Sized Mouse Trap (sort of)

If you or your kids are fans of this game or this, then you just have to watch this: __________________________________________________________

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Some Kids Want You to See The Lightning Thief

At their urging, the following is a guest post written by my children: You may have heard of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, the movie that came out Friday, February 12, 2010. Many people have been calling it a Harry Potter knock off. To begin with, the book series is not another [...]

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