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Project Gutenberg

If you would like to be up to your eyeballs in free ebooks, then you’ll want to check out Project Gutenberg. Named for the first printed book, this site has thousands of free ebooks available. While I love paper books so much that I still won’t even consider an e-reader, I have to admit that I really like taking advantage of the Project Gutenberg website. All of the books on this website are free. There is no membership fees or cost. There is quality writing here, none of the free books that are really sales pitches or thrid-rate novels. Instead, … Continue reading →

Harvard Newspaper Website Runs Ad for “Adderall Alternative”

Is your child starting college this semester? Parents of kids who have ADHD might want to take a few minutes to have a talk about why it is important not to sell their medication to other students. A recent advertisement on the website of a college newspaper makes it clear that there is “black market” for Adderall. It seems that there are many young adults who are in college right now who think that Adderall, (a commonly prescribed medication used to treat ADHD), is something that they can use to help them “cram for an exam”, or to write an … Continue reading →

Tips for Toning Your Tummy

Who can forget the amazing abs Mark “Marky Mark” Wahlberg flashed while baring almost all for those incredible Calvin Klein ads? Wahlberg’s ripped abdomen had thousands of wannabes trying to tone their tummies in an effort to look half as good as the singer turned actor. But, alas the majority of men (and women) who spent mornings completing countless sit ups and crunches, quickly found out that they could spend an entire day targeting their stomach muscles, but no one would ever see the results unless they ramped up their cardio workouts to melt away the fat covering those fab … Continue reading →

Viewing “The View” from a Different Angle

They’ve tried doing the show with a loud-mouthed dictator at the helm. And prior to that they tried to keep audiences while a self-absorbed, shoe-loving diva sat at the table. Now “The View” is trying a different tactic to score viewers–give fans V.I.P. backstage access to the show. Producers say it has never been done before (at least on their show) and so come Memorial Day the chatfest will make history by airing an unusual experiment that will give viewers a chance to see what happens behind the scenes at the daytime talk show. According to ABC bigwigs, in two … Continue reading →

Book Review: Inside Transracial Adoption

Can a mother duck raise a swan to swim like a swan? By educating herself about swans, telling her child about swans? Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall would suggest that she cannot. What she can do very well, however, is teach the young swan all the important things about how to be a bird. She can love him, and she can be his real mother. But to have him be comfortable as a swan, ultimately she will have to let him spend time with and learn from swans. Steinberg and Hall are the authors of Inside Transracial Adoption(c.2000,Perspectives Press). Steinberg … Continue reading →

An ‘I Don’t’ Story

We talked about marriage proposal I Do’s yesterday, let’s talk about the I Don’ts. There’s a reason to talk about these because I’ll let you in on a little secret, when my husband proposed – he did it the wrong way. A lot of men think that there is no wrong way to propose, but there is definitely a wrong way every woman – it’s up to the prospective groom to recognize what’s right and what’s wrong. So what did my husband do wrong? The first thing he did was spend the weeks leading up to the proposal ‘setting the … Continue reading →