2 days ago Whenever I check my Facebook page I notice that the entries are pretty predictable. My younger "friends" post party pictures and updates on their social life. Parents with young kids post a lot of pictures of the children while my older friends post comments on the weather or their travels.A study by Stephen Wolfram found that Facebook topics do change with age. See if these age/topic correlations relate to you.
6 days ago If you're parents of college students, you may be moving them out of the dorm at the end of the spring semester in the next couple of weekends. I've done the drill many times, and there are two things that always seem to happen: 1. you can't find a parking place closer than 300 yards from the dorm and 2. the dorm elevator is out of service. Here are some helpful suggestions to share with your student before you get there.
6 days ago When I was a kid if my mom or dad heard me swear it was big trouble. No TV, no dessert, washing my mouth out with soap, you get the picture. A new survey by the Marchex Institute finds that when it comes to cussing the folks in Ohio have every right to shout "We're number one, we're number one". On the other hand people in the state of Washington are most likely to watch their language. There were some other interesting findings.
1 week ago Evangelist Pat Robertson has been known to make some pretty controversial comments and his latest probably won't endear him to a lot of women. Yesterday on his "700 Club" show a woman called complaining about her cheating husband. Robertson advised her to look beyond the infidelity because "It's what men do". He didn't stop there.
2 weeks ago 'Tis the grilling and barbecue season, and our "Greg's Grill" recipes reasearchers have found another great instructional video. Remember the old rule: Grilling (hot dogs, hamburgers, steaks, etc...) hot and fast, barbecuing (ribs, chicken, beef tenderloin roasts...etc), slow and low.
2 weeks ago The list of most popular baby names of 2012 has been released by the Social Security Administration and, most noticeably, there is virtually no difference between this list and last years list. The number one girls name is once again Sophia while the most popular for boys is--for the 14th consecutive year--Jacob. Here are the top 10 for each.
2 weeks ago After another divisive election season it's hard to imagine that we American's can agree on anything. This country has always been a rather fractious, rambunctious and divided place, the result of our enduring freedoms. There are, however a number of things that we American's DO agree on. What on earth could they be?
2 weeks ago May means weddings coming up, and June brides will be strolling down the aisle next month. Now, according to a new survey, the average cost of a wedding is: $28,427. The survey assembled a list of possible costs.
2 weeks ago If you don't know what "twerking" is, join the crowd. You could always ask your teenagers. Apparently "twerking' is a highly suggestive dance move that has swept through high school dances and parties across the country. Now a group of San Diego, California students have been suspended for producing and posting a video of themselves "twerking" with abandon. Even worse, suspension is just the first of the punishments they are receiving.
2 weeks ago Someone once said, "Everything is trust, all the rest is dust". I don't know exactly what that means but if its true there is no reason to dust in the Tom Hanks household. The actor has been found to be the most trusted person in America according to a recent Reader's Digest poll. Actress Sandra Bullock finished second. Here are the the rest of the top 10 most trusted.
2 weeks ago If you are a mom you know stress comes with the territory. A recent survey found that mom's rate their stress level at 8.5 on a scale of 1-10 and 60% say that raising girls is more stressful than raising boys. It also found that having 3 kids is more stressful than 1,2 or 4 or more. What are the major stressors in an average mother's life?
3 weeks ago Mother's Day is this Sunday and with that in mind we've come across a list of the best TV sitcom mom's of the 1980's. Heading the list is none other than Clair Huxtable (Phylicia Rashad) of "The Cosby Show". Calm and collected in the face of 5 kids and a husband who was at times kid number 6 she was an island of sanity. Who else made the list?
