From Left to right: My daughter Karen, friend Monica and daughter Kristin riding in the hills of North Carolina!
Here is what I am reading today:
“The faster a baby boy gains weight in the first 6 months of life, the more sex he’ll probably have as a young adult. That’s one of the startling new findings of a long-term study of more than 700 men from birth to early adulthood in the Philippines. The fastest-growing baby boys reached puberty earlier than babies who gained weight more slowly. By their early 20s, they were stronger, taller, and had more testosterone (and sex partners).”
(this is for my daughter Karla the big ‘gamer in the family!)
“Super Mario Bros. was released in Japan 25 years ago today on the Famicom, the Japanese version of what Americans call the Nintendo Entertainment System. Since then, Mario has become one of the most iconic characters and entertainment brands in the world.”
“A new government study adds to the evidence that thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative until recently found in many vaccines, does not increase children’s risk of autism. It shows kids who had been exposed as babies to high levels of the preservative — through vaccines they received or their mothers received while pregnant — were no more likely to develop autism, including two distinct subtypes of the condition.”
“Checks in four big cities last month found 85 percent of public restroom users washing their hands, up from 77 percent in 2007. It’s the best rate since these periodic surveys began in 1996.”
1 Comment
V i x · September 14, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Thank you for letting me know. I have seen the article on Super Mario Bros.’ 25th anniversary some time ago, myself.
I know that my family likes the Mario series and enjoy playing competitive rounds of Mario Kart with me, and I understand. But the reason why I am protecting my family from any video game-related thing they see is that I don’t want them getting any exposure to fandom or joining any communities. The problem is that people on sites like Deviantart.com, Fanfiction.net and such give video games very bad reputation because of their personal opinions and all that crud they make. What I am trying to do is to keep my family members away from that junk as much as possible (I know that my family likes to learn more on social media, but I don’t want them being on those sites I mentioned. I also don’t want them being fans of Kingdom Hearts, which is a video game series that I horribly dislike with a passion, so much that I always avoid it). I also dislike it when people criticize or write negative reviews on certain games, because it is unpleasant and there is nothing wrong with those games. It has been difficult to find good video game websites these days because of this, and the best thing is to ignore what I dislike and just focus on what I like.
The rest of my family don’t even play video games that much anymore due to being busy with many different things (like iPads), but they still do enjoy Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Halo and computer games. Other then that, they let me be the boss and in charge of all things video game-related, making the entire hobby my decision to decide from now on (For example: They cannot play anything else without serious counseling from me). No offense to anyone, but what we all need to understand is that my family are my only friends, and it is important that they agree with me or at least respect my opinions. I’m a good girl, and I am always willing to help my family anytime.
On the other hand, it’s good to see that my sisters enjoyed their time in North Carolina. I have enjoyed reading your “current story” blogs so far, and it is nice to see what you think once in a while.
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