Day: November 23, 2004

Rather to Resign ‘CBS Evening News’ Post

Dan Rather, whose nearly 24-year tenure as anchor of the “CBS Evening News” was clouded by a recent questionable report on President Bush’s National Guard service, said Tuesday he will step down in March.

It’s the new world order folks. Say anything bad about your leaders (no matter how truthful) and the thought police will screw with your life. It’ll start with the IRS or your employer and get uglier from there!

MSN has a nice article titled “20 Ways to Boost Your Baby’s Brain Power” You’ll be surprised by the power of these easy, everyday moves. By Alice Sterling Honig, Ph.D.

The list:

1. Give your baby a physically healthy start before he is born.
2. Have meaningful conversations.
3. Play games that involve the hands (patty-cake, peekaboo, this little piggy).
4. Be attentive.
5. Foster an early passion for books.
6. Use diaper time to build your baby’s emotional feelings of having a “lovable body.”
7. Choose developmentally appropriate toys that allow babies to explore and interact.
8. Respond promptly when your baby cries.
9. Build trust by being attentive and focused.
10. Use body massage to decrease your infant’s stress and enhance her feelings of well-being and emotional security.
11. Enlist help from your toddler at clean-up times — a good way to practice categorization.
12. Set up a safe environment for your crawling baby or toddler.
13. Sing songs such as “Itsy Bitsy Spider” and “Ring-Around-the-Rosy.”
14. Match your tempo to your child’s temperament.
15. Make meals and rest times positive.
16. Provide clear responses to your baby’s actions.
17. Use positive discipline.
18. Model empathic feelings for others.
19. Arrange supervised play with messy materials, such as water, sand, and even mud.
20. Express joy and interest in your baby.

For more details read Alice Sterling Honig’s full article

Perhaps the economy is improving or perhaps business is just saying “let’s get on with it” but I’m getting good phones. Yesterday I received a call for a ColdFusion contract in Florida. No details yet.

ARM & HAMMER® Super Puppy Pads I found them at Target. I can’t seem to find these online. These pads works so much better than newspaper! Let mess. Less smell. Scented to encourage the puppy. The only problem I have with them is that they are intended for “puppies” and our puppy doesn’t match that definition. The pads are 22.5″ x 22.5″ so we use two at each of Molly’s 4 favorite spots. The website mentions a “ARM & HAMMER® Home Alone Pads”. Perhaps that is what we need instead.

If you are trying to house break a puppy, I highly recommend this product!

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A New Day!

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This Morning

I laid down last night for “a couple of hours” and woke at 3:30 this morning to Amy hollering for her “lion.” I gave her a stuffed bear and took a bath. At the end of my bath I heard a little more chatter from her but then she faded back to sleep.

There is a very pleasant rain right now. It is nice to listen to while programming. Of course, the negative side to the rain is in getting to puppy to do her business outside.