Mr. F and I are not night people–when left to our own devices, we are definitely asleep by 11pm, no later. But we made an exception for the midnight showing last night of the latest Harry Potter film, and it was definitely worth this morning’s sleepiness (and caffeine fixes all Read more…
I hope you are all enjoying a nice birthday party for the good ole USA. In case you need a refresher about the original point of all this, you can read the text of the Declaration of Independence here, and learn about the 56 signers, who quite possibly are some Read more…
I am always up for suggestions on how to improve brain function, whether this means Sudoku, videogames, exercise, diet, and so on. So I read with interest that a group of UCLA researchers are reporting correlations between gray matter volume and the practice of meditation [1]. I have never tried Read more…
Daughter Karla wanted to share her drawing of a Cinco de Mayo fox (her favorite animal) with my readers. If you like Karla’s art, you can see more on her website. You gotta love the animation of an exploding Peep. I guess we have a thing about peeps at our Read more…
As Easter approaches, I am always amazed to find that Peeps are still on the shelves of my local market. Does anybody actually eat these? Daughter Karen had an unopened package of them for years before we made her throw them out. So in what is quickly becoming an annual Read more…