Saying nuts to Nutricate? The apparent success and consumer popularity of municipal laws in New York City, Seattle, Philadelphia and elsewhere that require chain restaurants to post nutritional information on their menus means that (1) more American cities’ elected officials will propose simil...

Coming-of-age Filter: My world is coming crashing down. Is this a sign? Should I just soldier on? How? Trying to be a rock-em sock-em robot and get back on the horse. Details inside. So, last week was up there among the worst weeks of my life. After having some seriously frustrating days at school (...

In What He Must Be …If He Wants to Marry My Daughter Voddie Baucham Jr. does Christian dads a favor.  He challenges them with a biblical vision of Christian courtship; and he cushions his challenge with a clear cut, easy to read, guide for how to think and plan about their daughter’s fu...

Okay, this made me laugh today, and for that I’ll plug the book and pick up a copy. Haven’t been smiling a lot lately, aside from the three hours I sat with a grin on my face while preparing for and then taping The Oprah Winfrey Show from a makeshift studio in my daughter’s room. O...

You would not believe the shenanigans going on in my daughter’s room. (Btw, that sounds SO WRONG.) The Oprah Winfrey Show sent me a studio-in-a-suitcase for me to set up and use on my appearance tomorrow. The show is filmed in sweet home Chicago, so subtract two hours for the time difference, ...

The Stefani-Rossdale clan headed to La Quinta to support Daddy Gavin Rossdale as he played tennis at the K-Swiss Desert Smash. The event, benefiting The Children's Charity and the Bryan Brothers Foundation and Variety of the Desert.While Gavin hit some balls on the court, Gwen Stefani hung out with....

Most circles of thought look at certain habits as being minimal.  Especially the practitioners feel most adamant about habitual usage being "harmless", can never hurt you, or have any negative side effects.  Something that comes from the ground has none of the addictive qualities of pharma...

Man, this daylight savings thing is really kicking our butts. We have trouble getting to bed, we have trouble getting up, we have trouble not being cranky. This morning i woke up to silence at 8am. Nobody was awake yet. Being the slacker mom i am i immediately thought, meh - let's be late. I fell ba...

Filed under: Industry, Video, Animation, Reality-Free The Parents Television Council has added FOX's Family Guy to the list of shows it's going after. They are filing another complaint with the FCC, this time over last Sunday's episode of the cartoon that featured (from the PTC complaint) "bestialit...

A little catching up... Last week was our anniversary.  In two years, I will have been married to Terry as long as I wasn't with him.  I love our marriage.  I really love our relationship at this point.  It was a long trip, and has taken a lot of work.  As we watch ...