My ordination was February 14th.Today is the first day since then that my energy has felt normal.That's quite probably the longest high I've ever been on.Somewhat to my surprise, I'm not crashing.I should probably thank the daily magical-energy practices I've been doing. As things settle out, I'm aw...

We were weighing another post about how eHow and Yahoo! Answers, among other hideous examples of free speech, are proving America is the dumbest and most unintentionally hilariously country in the United States, when this one question on our second least-favorite internet search engine became the we...

Spoilers for tonight's "How I Met Your Mother" coming up just as soon as I alert the sommelier... Wow. I've been enjoying "HIMYM" for the most part this year, but an episode like "Sorry, Bro" -- both the funniest and most uniquely "HIMYM" episode dating back to at least "The Naked Man," if not to la...

Wow, is she ever. Her voice is gone. She can manage a squeak, clear her throat and sort of squawk-rattle out something. For the most part though, nothing. We have had this illness in our house for over a month, just working its way through everyone again and again. Nasty stuff. The big problem is th...

The Cloud Umbrella is an umbrella that you blow up when it starts to rain using it's pump-handle. Then it looks like a cloud and all the passers-by get a laugh at the cleverness that is your umbrella. Just kidding. They wonder why you're carrying around bunch of white beach balls on the end of a sti...

Today is the optional memorial of St. Frances of Rome. St. Frances of Rome is one of the great mystics of the 15th century. She was born in Rome to a noble family in 1384 and died in Rome on March 9, 1440. She desired to enter the convent, but in obedience to her parents was instead married at age t...

It’s hard to believe that just one week ago it was snowing here. It soared into the mid to upper 70s this weekend – a perfect setting for the Exceptional Foundation’s annual chili cook-off. We had never been for some reason but had heard thousands of people turn out to our small Homewood Park ...

Why Mothers Kill - A Forensic Psychologist's Casebook 61% of all child abuse is committed by biological mothers.25% of all child abuse is committed by biological fathers. (Statistical Source: Current DHHS report on nationwide Child Abuse) Mother Kills Newborn by Microwaving Mother Attempts to Flush ...

Hi Barbara. I have bought several of your books and love them!! You came to mind when trying to figure out how to help empower my 4 yr old daughter. She was diagnosed with speech dispraxia at 1.5yrs old and we went through therapy until she was caught up to her age level. She is PAINFULLY shy and ha...

One of the ways of starkly illustrating an aspect of the gender divide is DeBecker’s quote: “At core, men are afraid women will laugh at them, while at core, women are afraid men will kill them.” I think there’s a class and mothering parallel here: Middle-class women are afra...