Dry Cleaners beat law suit

The 65 million dollar law suit that was filed by Roy L. Pearson (a judge) against a small dry cleaners, later changed to 54 million dollars was won by the dry cleaners. Not only did they win but the residing Superior Court judge Judith Bartnoff made the plaintiff pay for all the court costs.
I'm glad that the outcome was in favor of the dry cleaners, had he won, the outcome could have proved disastrous for all small businesses.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19414287

Is TSA going a bit too far?

The Transportation Security Administration held a women and her toddler for 45 minutes over a sippy cup of water. I understand the need for security but come on. Enough is enough. The woman spilled the water and was made to clean it up and missed her flight. If it had been me, I would of thrown the cup at the TSA agent. I hope the women sues. Any body who has ever traveled with a toddler has enough stress when flying. TSA is pushing their authority around.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19266957/

Justice Served

Here's a new twist on justice. A Canadian judge sentenced a man to three years of no girlfriends. First I've ever heard of but it fit the crime. I think more judges should pass out a sentence like this. The guy had been diagnosed with a dependent personality disorder. Sounds a lot more fairer then putting him in jail.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070614/ap_on_re_ca/no_girlfriend

Mom groups

Being a mom, means having very little time for yourself, especially when you are a stay-at- home-mom. It can be extremely frustrating when your family demands more of your time then hours in the day. So where do you go for socializing when you aren't able to just get up and go, or for advice when there is no one to turn to?

I've found a few on-line groups that fill that void for those times when no one is available and you need advice, a friend or to just vent those frustrations. One of those groups is Cafe Mom, http://www.cafemom.com/ this group is open to all women with children any age and moms- to- be, sorry no men. You create your profile and add as much or as little info as you want to about yourself and your kids. There are hundreds of groups to join what interests you or just add journal entries to the main section.

Another group I enjoy very much is Maya's Mom, http://www.mayasmom.com/ same concept as Cafe mom but allows both mothers and fathers. So if you need a place to go to help keep your sanity, because with kids we all have those moments we need someone to communicate with that might be able to at least let us know that there are others out there going through the same things.

New Indian Jones Movie Coming

I just love romantic adventure movies. There's a new movie in the works, Indian Jones 4. They haven't got a name for it yet. Set to come out May 22, 2008. About the only thing they've really said about the movie is Harrison Ford is in it, but Sean Connery who played his dad in the second movie won't be.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070607/ap_en_mo/people_sean_connery

Is Home Food Safety Slacking?

Food is important. We all need it. We can't live without it. So why are we not safer about how we prepare it? I read an article by Steven A. Shaw called "Take a Rat to Dinner"

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CEED71E31F935A25750C0A9619C8B63&sec=health&spon=&pagewanted=1

It was interesting that he pointed out how people freak out about the safety of food preparation in restaurants, but will fail worse in our own homes when it comes to food safety. Some of the things he mentions I never even thought about. Something to ponder...

Second Vermont Republic?

In March of 2008 group of Vermont citizens hopes to put the question before it's citizens on whether or not to persuade state lawmakers to declare independence from the US and return Vermont to status it held from 1777 to 1791.

I doubt the US government would let that happen but there is nothing in the US constitution that explicitly forbids secession.

If nothing else it will send a clear message to the US government that people aren't happy with the way things are going.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/WireStory?id=3242717&page=1

Diplomas Denied

This time every year marks the end for many of one phase of their life and the beginning of a new phase......... For those who have strived to make the most of their education and to receive their diploma for accomplishing the criteria of their schools. Graduation... a sense of accomplishment well earned. But what happens when over zealous family and friends cause you not to get your diploma. That's what happen to five students recently when cheers from their family and friends caused them not to receive their diploma. Was this fair to the students? I don't think so. I believe asking the disruptors to leave would of been more appropriate. Having the students do community service to get the diploma is not fair. Maybe they should just skip ceremonies and mail the diplomas and just keep graduation to boring speeches.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/ap_on_re_us/graduation_decorum