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Kindness Boomerang By Life Vest Inside

Posted on September 29, 2014 by admin

Couldn’t get video or song out of my head (but couldn’t fit it in the last weekender either).. Feel-good vid by nonprofit Life Vest Inside of NYC filmed in Red Bank New Jersey… A-and has the added bonus of the significance … Continue reading →

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Young People Who Inspire Or Make You Smile, This Weekend

Posted on September 27, 2014 by admin

1) 19 Exceptional Harvard Students. Because apparently going to Harvard (which last I heard had an acceptance rate of 5.9%) isn’t exceptional enough. It’s not what you think; nowhere is there a mention of actual grades. These kids overcome homelessness, poverty, cancer … Continue reading →

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Rockstar Did The Yamaha Junior Music Course at Tom Lee Music

Posted on September 25, 2014 by admin

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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Rockstarism #337 – of “Raising Emotionally Healthy Children”

Posted on September 23, 2014 by admin

#337 Rockstar’s school recently hosted a talk by child psychologist Dr Louise Porter who has a wealth of 30 years experience, and coming home from the packed auditorium, I’m greeted with: Rockstar: How was it, how was it? I show … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Scoot-ees

Posted on September 21, 2014 by admin

Which is how the elder one ends up exhausted. But he’ll pull through. Because for all her nuttiness and fierce independence the younger one insisted on waiting til the the elder one was done with schoolwork before she would go … Continue reading →

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The Rather Preachy Heavy Friday (sorry)

Posted on September 19, 2014 by admin

1) Just when you thought the dogs-diving-for-stuff photo trend was milked to death, they just had to do it with puppies. – – 2) Google Hires 12 year old As Programmer. How awesome must this kid be, remember Google’s crazy banned interview questions … Continue reading →

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Rockstarism #336/ Miss-Speak #24 – Self-Imposed Timeout And RIP Fingers

Posted on September 17, 2014 by admin

#336 Trouble in paradise……. Rockstar: That’s it. I am putting myself on a timeout. Me: ?? Timeouts are a punishment (which btw we’ve never used). What did you do? Rockstar: Nothing. I just don’t want to have to talk to her anymore.  Miss: <contemplatively> … Continue reading →

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Be Yourself Into The Week! Yes I Shall Type That Exclamation Mark!

Posted on September 14, 2014 by admin

1) Showing rockstars a rockstar… Shaheen Jafargholi on 2009’s Britain’s Got Talent gets unceremoniously cut off by the famous Simon Cowell after just 15 seconds. The feared judge says, “You’ve got this really wrong” (what else ya got?) Shaheen’s second attempt makes … Continue reading →

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Rockstarism #335/ Miss-Speak #23 – “20 Questions”

Posted on September 12, 2014 by admin

#335 Me: How was your day, darling? Rockstar: We answered lots of questions in ICT! (Computer lab time) Me: Oh yeah, like what? Rockstar: <frowns> Pretty sure I got 19 x 19 wrong. Me: (?? He’s had harder on ixl..) Why? … Continue reading →

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Rockstarism #334/ Miss-Speak #22 – More Random Things The Rockstars Say

Posted on September 10, 2014 by admin

#334/ #22 Rockstars or philosophers? Rockstar (reciting some ditty): Look-at-the-sky, It’s-a-beautiful – Miss (at the top of her voice, pumping her arms akimbo up and down): KINGKONGKINGKONGKINGKONGKINGKONG ————————————————————————— Miss: (pointing at picture in book) Mummy! What that? Me: It’s an … Continue reading →

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