April 20th, 1999 was a day that most people remember. That was the day 2 young men walked into Columbine High School in Littleton Colorado and shot 13 people before committing suicide. A day that went down in American history. That was until yesterday. Almost 8 years to the day.
Yesterday a 23 year old [...]

With next Sunday being Earth Day (post to come for that), I got to thinking about how much about this great chunk of rock we call Earth that no one knows about. To help everyone with learning more about Earth, I am going to be posting a question each Tueday asking something about the Earth. [...]

Sports broadcasts are the original reality TV. Long before Mark Burnett and the others came up with the ideas for reality TV shows, the networks were showing live football, basketball, baseball and hockey games. Real Life; Real Drama; Real TV.

“Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.” – George Frederick Will(1941–present), Pulitzer Prize-winning, conservative [...]

I came across this in an e-mail the other day and thought it was pretty funny.
This is a comparison of Jock vs a Computer Geek when it come to seeing who is richer.
Michael Jordan is one of the best know and richest athletes in the world.

Having “retired,” with $40 million in endorsements, he makes $178,100 [...]

Tomorrow is Friday, April 13, 2007. It is the first of 2 Friday the 13ths in 2007.
Many people are deathly afraid of Friday the 13th. This fear is known as paraskavedekatriaphobia (try saying that all in one breath). It can be so bad for some people that they will hide for the entire day.
There [...]

The word for April 11th is “Lollygag”.
Pronounciation: (law-Lee-gahg).
Meaning: To waste time by puttering aimlessly; dawdle. To be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
I knew I hated this time of the year. The dogs go out and they get all muddy and make footprints in the house…WHEN they come in. At least Bijou. She [...]

There is a difference between the first day of spring and the first spring day.

“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. .” – Anne Dudley Bradstreet(1612–1672), the very first American female writer as well as the [...]

Is a picture actually worth a thousand words? People can look at the same picture and have 2 totally different opinions of what they see.
Most of today’s communication is done with words, either spoken or written. Yet to most of us, visual communication is something we take for granted. I stumbled across this site [...]

Spring has sprung, the grass has ris’,I wonder where the birdie is?
There he is up in the sky,He dropped some whitewash in my eye!
I‘m alright, I won’t cry,I’m just glad that cows can’t fly!

Well the grass is still aways off from starting to grow with a couple of feet of snow still on the [...]

 
The Eclecticblogs “Blog of the Week” is Notes From the Cookie Jar. Scattered Mom is a west coast mom and wife who posts on happenings in her life. Her profile states: “ A thirty something, slightly scatterbrained, Canadian Mom of one. Loves to write and is known to bake the best cookies in the neighborhood. Can often be found with a [...]