Have you ever thought about the statement – don’t eat anything you can’t pronounce? I guess high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) doesn’t apply. All words are easily pronounced. My recent thoughts are don’t eat anything that takes multiple syllables to state what one or two will cover. HFCS is basically a sugar and is not healthy.… Continue reading High Fructose Corn Syrup
Back in July, I was reading the blog of one of the local newspaper’s education reporters, George Basler. This particular blog post was regarding the effect high diesel fuel costs was having on school budgets and, subsequently, the education of our children. About 12 days later, I was reading a Reuters article on Yahoo! that schools were… Continue reading Fuel Costs and Education
While I am not heading out on Saturday morning, my 14 year old son will take off with his father and his father’s girlfriend (not sure what the proper/PC word is) for Bike Tioga. Bicycling and Boy Scouts are my son’s things. Having grown up in Tioga County, I love the rolling hills and scenic… Continue reading Bike Tioga
Believe it or not – and the local weather guy thinks we will have weather to believe it in the upcoming days, summer has only six weeks left. That means many different things to many different people – back to school, cooler weather, my birthday (just had to slip that one in), the Perseid meteor… Continue reading Summer Waning
See Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad Okay, so now I have not only heard but watched this spoof. I realize that Paris’s mom was annoyed that McCain blasted her “pretty in pink” baby in one of his ads since the Hiltons have given his campaign $4600. But could someone have stopped this from coming… Continue reading Paris Hilton Responds
We all spend a lot of time – because it is in the news a lot or because we care about our quality of life – worrying about exercising our bodies, making our bodies more fit and ready for aging (okay, so the teenager that exercises regularly probably doesn’t think of that). The question today… Continue reading How do you exercise your brain?
So why is it news when Ozzie Guillen lets out that managers do tell pitchers to hit batters? In my mind, and there are sports purists out there who will think this is blasphemy, this was a given. I have watched it from Little League to high school through college and pros. I have seen… Continue reading HBP – Hit by Pitch
I started reading Three Cups of Tea as I took my 17 year old son for what we both hoped was his last orthopedist’s appointment due to a broken ankle. I had picked it up in my summer reading pile. I have read many books about life in the Middle East but most of my… Continue reading Book Review – Three Cups of Tea
Nicki's Nook 