Tuesday, February 22, 2005

The Good Enough Mother

Anna Quindlen writes "If your mother has been micromanaging your homework since you were 6, it's hard to feel any pride of ownership when you do well. You can't learn from mistakes and disappointments if your childhood is engineered so there aren't any." (Newsweek, 2005 Feb 21; 145(8):50-1)

Wednesday, February 02, 2005

Rapid City Journal: Escaped buffalo sees mirror image

"The buffalo spent about two hours in the dressing room, where he apparently became fascinated with the image he saw in a big mirror — perhaps indicating tendencies toward a career in professional sports." :o)