Category: newsworthy
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Photo credit: USA Swimming The past week has been an exciting one on NBC! I hope you've been able to catch some of the "heat" and fun of the USA Swimming trials. The final events of the trial will be tomorrow, July 2, 2012. It has been unreal watching and cheering on Michael Phelps &…
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New York city mayor Bloomberg is a super-sized jackass & should be banned. I'm just sayin'. I have been so insanely looking forward to posting about this ever since I heard about it last week. I'm just about fuming. As you may well know, New York Mayor Bloomberg has recently proposed to ban the sale…
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Pin It Last week Paula Deen {probably my most favorite TV foodie} revealed during a Today Show interview that she was diagnosed a few years ago with type 2 diabetes. And, boy did that open the floodgates for the dog pound to pounce all over her! Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news…
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This afternoon while doing my usual browsing of news feeds from the various blogger resources I am a part of, I came across this whole J. Crew ad controversy story. My first though was "oh, wow, another mom painting her son's toenails?" I say this only because it's totally not my thing. I mean, I…
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Yet another recall was issued, I discovered today. I've totally gotten used to the fact that while strolling the aisles of my CVS store, that the Tylenol shelves are empty. Ok, I get that. What I don't get is how there can possibly be a recall now on Hyland's Teething Tablets. Seriously? The homeopathic tabs…
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By now I am sure many of you have run to your medicine cabinets and pulled out all the Tylenol, Benadryl, Motrin, and Zyrtec in sight to see if it is indeed part of the recent massive recall issued by McNeil Consumer Healthcare. Imagine my disgust when I discovered that we had bottles from nearly every single category they…
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Recently I read about parents holding Swine Flu parties in order to get their kids exposed to the virus while the strain is still weak. I was stunned. If you ask me, that's a pretty weak thing to do to your kids. Not only is it ridiculous to assume that getting them sick on the…
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By now – no doubt – we've all heard about the passing and sudden death of arguably the most iconic artist in the entertainment & pop music world. THE Michael Jackson's contribution and talent have been witnessed by many of us. For me, the saddest part of his tragic death is the fact that my…
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Fortunately both N & W were able to watch the President's inauguration today at home just before lunchtime. N knew who Obama was the minute his face was shown on the TV screen. N referred to him (before I corrected him) as "Rock Obama" and remembers using the touchscreen voting machine to cast my ballot…
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Tonight's history making election has totally moved me. My kids who are a beautiful blend of cultures, have now had the doors of great possiblities opened for them. We bought this t-shirt pictured below at the LBJ museum in Austin a few years ago and although I'VE always known my kids could be anything and do…