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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Nature Deficit Disorder, a term coined by Richard Louv in his 2005 book Last Child in the Woods, refers to the alleged trend that children are spending less time outdoors, resulting in a wide range of behavioral problems. Louv claims that causes for the phenomenon include parental fears, restricted access to natural areas, and the lure of the screen. Recent research has drawn a further contrast between the declining number of National Park visits in... Read Full Story

I am reading an excellent book by Captain D. Michael Abrashoff of the US Navy. The book is called It’s Your Ship. It is about a variety of management techniques that he used as commander of the USS Benfold. The Benfold was not the best ship in the Navy and its crew had low expectations for themselves and for their ship. They came from low socio-economic backgrounds and were not considered the best quality. They were not the top of their navy classes and most had no intentions of being... Read Full Story

I'm addicted! Get me into a 12 step program because I am definitely addicted. Let me paint a picture. It is 10:30 on a Thursday. My wife is out and my kids are in bed. I could be doing ANYTHING! What am I doing? I am sitting in the dark on my laptop commenting and posting on blogs. I am in the dark, because when I started blogging it was still daylight and I didn't need any lights. I haven't gone to the bathroom, or turned on the TV. I haven't even gotten my evening snack, even though... Read Full Story

In McMinnville, Oregon, two little boys are off the hook. Thanks to a judge, who threw the case out. And since that is a state of hippies, I think we can count on them to throw the judge out at the next election. These two twelve year olds slapped a couple of girls on the butt. The girls most likely thought the pasty little boys pathetic and laughed. But the principal was not amused. The police were called in. And they were going to prosecute these kids as adults. Registered sex... Read Full Story

Quantum Leap was a great TV series that featured the main character, named Sam, who leapt through time into the bodies of different characters. Once he figured out who he was, Sam usually had to solve a problem. He had to use clues to figure out how to solve this problem. He often changed history or saved someone life by the end of the episode. Often it was one single event that changed history or someone's life. I write about this because I was watching Quantum Leap and it seemed to... Read Full Story

This is the second weekly installment of the Social Survey that I’m conducting on Social Networking and Bookmarking sites on the internet.  This week I’ve researched MySpace.  Here are the findings.    Without a doubt MySpace is the largest social networking site in the world.  Most recent numbers I could find lists MySpace as having over 300 million accounts.  According to Alexa, Myspace has the sixth most trafficon the internet  It also attracts 76% of all social networking site traffic... Read Full Story

I got a delightful e-mail from a lovely Brit with an entertaining blog featuring kids' notes. It's like a junior version of Found magazine without the cussing (I think; I haven't explored all of her entries yet...). She's going to include this site's namesake drawing by my angry child. You should go there and relive the joy & angst of childhood. _______________ At our school last week, we had a competition between our homeroom classes to build a town-related structure entirely of edible... Read Full Story