BOSTON --
A new mandate in Massachusetts will require day care providers to help children brush their teeth after a meal.
January 30, 2010
January 24, 2010
Growing UP!
Ever since Garrett was a little boy, Bob has periodically measured him next to the inside of the garage door. The latest reading, way up there, dated 1/2/10, was taken during Garrett's last visit. Six feet tall! And, according to what I have read, he may have a couple more years of growing to do.
January 23, 2010
Broken promise
Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of President Obama's Executive Order to close Guantanamo within one year -- an anniversary the administration decided to celebrate not by fulfilling its terms, but instead by announcing that the central feature of Guanatanamo -- indefinite detention with no charges -- will continue indefinitely.
January 15, 2010
Who was the lone Congressman who voted "Nay"?
"Supporting the initiatives of Chicago Wilderness and the Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights"
That is ONE of the bills that was passed by Congress this week. There were 370 members of Congress voting. The count was 369 to 1.
Who had the conviction to go against everyone else in Congress? Ron Paul, of course. Gotta love him.
January 10, 2010
January 5, 2010
Do you think you are drinking fresh orange juice?
"Not from Concentrate" sounds like fresh-squeezed orange juice. But, that is not always the case. Pasteurized orange juice is kept in giant tanks to ensure year-round supply. So that the juice will keep, they strip it of oxygen. That makes it lose its taste. The juice companies then hire fragrance companies (the same ones that make cologne) to make flavor packs to put the fragrance and flavor back in the orange juice. Juice products with 45 or more days of shelf life are heavily processed. Most of the orange juice we drink isn't from Florida, but from Brazil. Best time to buy fresh orange juice is from March until the end of June, when it is Valencia season in Florida.
