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Guiding Children’s Behavior Part II – Seminar by Dr Louise Porter at Kennedy School

More notes and thoughts on the seminar (and book) from ages ago…  What was that statistic again?  380 children on average are molested before an abuser is caught. Dr Porter mentioned a statistic with that number during her talk but … Continue reading

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Some Recent Christmassy Things (At least, I call them Christmassy)

So ’tis nearly the season, and I try to look for interesting things online and in the few stores I’m able to frequent with little kids or a dog to entertain, because we have a child whose birthday is very … Continue reading

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Bragging Rights…

Rockstar’s: There is an older model of a Star Wars Lego ship (9-14 years recommended age, if I recall correctly) that was a work-in-progress for more than a year. Rockstar spent Lego Savings money on this thing because it was … Continue reading

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We Didn’t Know What Else To Do So We Sent Food

No, I don’t mean we fed protestors or policemen or Mong Kok thugs. We just went to donate to some regular collection drive for those in need – who were in need before all this stuff happened. “Stuff” for e.g. … Continue reading

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Rockstar Did The Yamaha Junior Music Course at Tom Lee Music

A big THANK YOU for the reading recommendations both in the comments and several thought-out emails from when I mentioned in the last post we were looking for reading ideas; will take me awhile to locate some of those here … Continue reading

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Take Out The Trash Post*: 3 Short Schooling Stories, With Dirt.

**Item 2 Updated on 5 Sept 2014 Here are a few things we encountered while looking for interest classes mostly in the last couple months, which is how we spent a lot of the summer hols…. I was getting more … Continue reading

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And How Was Your Back To School Weekend?

Back to school weekend can be both very busy and…. anti-climactic. Depending. Meaning, as I have at least 2 mum friends who are currently pregnant and at least 1 who is not quite out of confinement, so I’m gonna go … Continue reading

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Hello, Kitty

Did you guys know Hello Kitty offers a smorgasbord of sports equipment? Yeah us neither, but This One Time we pass by the Miss zeroes in on…. yeah the pink what-look-like-tournament-grade soccer balls, basketballs, volleyballs, tennis balls, and – get this … Continue reading

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How Miracles Might Work And More Random Stuff

1) Being a Freakonomics And Sequels fan, I came across this bit in a more recent Levitt and Dubner installment, “Think Like A Freak”. Around the same time, I came across Jamie The Very Worst Missionary‘s blog, specifically the post this excerpt … Continue reading

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A Picture And A Thousand Words

Mostly unrelated-to-anything post. Everyone reads Dooce, right? The picture below is from this post. There are many more references in the link and ordinarily this would’ve been on weekend linky but I missed the last and couldn’t wait for the … Continue reading

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