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Read­ing:

About Chris Brown tak­ing on Oprah in the lat­est issue of Peo­ple. Brown is obvi­ously NOT ready to take respon­si­bil­ity for his actions. Get­ting upset because Oprah stated he needed coun­sel­ing for being abu­sive? Claim­ing that she should have given him some spe­cial treat­ment in this par­tic­u­lar sit­u­a­tion because he had “helped” her out? Is he kid­ding? Domes­tic vio­lence is a seri­ous prob­lem, Chris Brown grew up in a home where vio­lence occurred on a reg­u­lar basis. It’s not uncom­mon that kids who grew up in homes like this end up in sim­i­lar sit­u­a­tions as adults. Coun­sel­ing that addresses abuse specif­i­cally can help to break the cycle. No spe­cial passes on beat­ing your girl­friend up because you once sang for a char­i­ta­ble cause.

If you know of any­one who is expe­ri­enc­ing Domes­tic Vio­lence, check out the National Domes­tic Vio­lence Hot­line for help.

Lis­ten­ing:

Johnny Cash’s Amer­i­can IV: The Man Comes Around. I really love Johnny Cash. I have pretty much every­thing he has recorded, my Hubby never really lis­tened to him until I intro­duced him to the Man in Black, Hubby’s been a fan ever since. Johnny Cash was a com­pli­cated guy. When I think of him I think of the say­ing that sin­ners can make the best saints.

This is: God’s Gonna Cut You Down.

Watch­ing:

Watch­ing the response that I was given from @Disabilitygov to a tweet I sent about how the pro­posed health care reform addresses the needs of the dis­abled. It’s impor­tant to me to try to sort through all the infor­ma­tion out there on health care reform as I make an informed deci­sion about the process. Right now, look­ing at the finan­cial side of the plan, I just don’t see how the fed­eral gov­ern­ment can fea­si­bly wade into pro­vid­ing health care for all (even though I DO want every­one to have health care) given the long term fis­cal issues Medicare & Med­ic­aid already have and the issues that social democ­ra­cies in Europe have pro­vid­ing care (every sys­tem has issues, no sys­tem will be a fix to all prob­lems). BUT I’m still want­ing to get all the infor­ma­tion so I’m well informed about what’s going on.

Here’s the link for the video regard­ing the dis­abled per­sons within the health care reform dis­cus­sion: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Health-Insurance-Reform-and-Disability/

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3 for 3 Friday

by beth on August 28, 2009

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Read­ing:

The Vac­cine Book: Mak­ing the Right Deci­sion for Your Child (Sears Par­ent­ing Library)
by Robert Sears, M.D. F.A.A.P & What Your Doc­tor May Not Tell You About Children’s Vac­ci­na­tions
by Stephanie Cave, M.D., F.A.A.F.P. & Deb­o­rah Mitchell. Both books offer infor­ma­tion to help you make deci­sions about vac­ci­na­tions. I like that the infor­ma­tion is based on sci­ence and doesn’t dis­count the pos­si­ble value vac­cines can offer soci­ety, even if there are con­cerns about them. Good for par­ents who are won­der­ing if they want to keep the cur­rent CDC sched­ule, delay vac­cines, selec­tively vac­ci­nate, use an alter­na­tive sched­ule, or not vac­ci­nate at all. Really help­ing us in our own dis­cus­sions on vac­ci­nat­ing options for our own fam­ily. Hubby has been read­ing, high­light­ing, and taken more inter­est in learn­ing about health than I’ve ever seen before.

Lis­ten­ing:

My daugh­ter attempt­ing to sing AT THE TOP OF HER LUNGS!! TWINKLERRR TWINKLERRR LITTLER STARRRRRR!! (Not sure why she adds the “rs”, maybe artis­tic flair). But I must admit after hear­ing her shout her singing over & over & over & over again this morn­ing I am wor­ried that she will take after momma with her singing abil­ity. Really pray­ing that doesn’t hap­pen. Since I can’t carry a tune in a bucket. Also, really pray­ing I have more Tylenol (or really the generic Tar­get brand because I’m cheap like that).

Watch­ing:

The Snorks My chil­dren have dis­cov­ered the joys of Snork­dom. To be young again. I’m lov­ing that they are on Boomerang.

snorks

We need more under­wa­ter kids adven­tures that are really just The Smurfs
redux.

smurfs

But I still won­der why there was only one girl on The Smurfs & think the show jumped the shark after they added the baby Smurfs.  Kinda like what hap­pened to Happy Days.

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3 for 3 Friday

by beth on August 21, 2009

in Media

Read­ing:

Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robi­son my Hubby bought this book for our plane ride to San Fran­cisco. My Uncle came over after D-man was born with his sis­ter my Aunt (they are my father’s sib­lings) and he men­tioned that he had read it in a book club. He thought Hubby would like it. He was right because Hubby couldn’t put it down once he started read­ing it. It perked Hubby’s inter­est, given not only does Mr. J fall into this por­tion of the spec­trum but so does Mr. G. Hubby fin­ished it and passed it on to me. I highly rec­om­mend it from what I’ve read so far, it is really well writ­ten & very enter­tain­ing. I think more peo­ple should read this book because it could be a GOOD book for start­ing a con­ver­sa­tion on Asperger’s & to open up people’s minds about the wider spec­trum of autism.

Lis­ten­ing:

The Killers. This is Good­night, Travel Well .

Watch­ing:

I’m a fash­ion wanna-be, even if lately most my days are spent in spit up bedaz­zled clothes. I love fash­ion and am impressed by those who are able to cre­ate art. Fash­ion is wear­able art & by fash­ion I don’t mean run­ning to the donut shop in your Sponge Bob pj pants, house-slippers, and an old Grate­ful Dead shirt with your hair rat­ted up in a pony tail that looked like a old man’s toupee died on your head (yeah that’s right I saw you). And because of this love of fash­ion I get sucked into Project Run­way every year. This sea­son is no dif­fer­ent, even if it is in LA. LA is not NYC no mat­ter how you cut it, but meh I’m still suck­ered in. I’m look­ing for­ward to more of the fash­ion back­stab­bing, run­way sashay­ing, and all the unveil­ing of the col­lec­tions at the final fash­ion throw­down. Oh and for design­ers around the world if your piece sucks don’t throw your model under the bus like last night it’s tacky & makes you a total d-bag.

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3 for 3 Friday

by beth August 14, 2009

Read­ing: Mama, PhD: Women Write About Moth­er­hood and Aca­d­e­mic Life it was the book I got at the con­fer­ence, they also have a Mama, PhD blog. I have heard and read oth­ers talk­ing about the book & it seemed like it would be right up my alley. It’s a col­lec­tion of essay reflec­tions on academic […]

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3 for 3 Friday

by beth August 7, 2009

Read­ing: Finally fin­ish­ing my copy of At the Breast: Ide­olo­gies of Breast­feed­ing and Moth­er­hood in the Con­tem­po­rary United Statesby Linda M. Blum. It’s about how breast­feed­ing poli­cies & atti­tudes in the U.S. have also been shaped by racial-ethnic & socio-economic stand­ing related to being a woman. It’s an inter­est­ing read & shows that expe­ri­ences differ. […]

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