Gadgets are Great
*** Updated: Very Cute Vintage Clip Art Removed Due to Copyright Concerns ***** Before Christmas, our family was invited to someone’s house for dinner. She described a special machine she used to clean...
View ArticleBlogs, Comments, and Keeping Up the Conversation
It’s Works For Me Wednesday “backwards edition,” where I get to pose a question. I have several that are blog-specific about comment protocol: After you’ve left a comment on somebody’s blog, do you...
View ArticleMaybe *this* is where the kids are?
As you know, I’d love to see kids playing outside more.But if the reason young people aren’t out building snowmen is because they’re in their garages working on these, or these, I’m okay with that.I’m...
View ArticleCan Wii Ever Go Back to Pong?
One of my daughters received an invitation to a Wii birthday party. I mentioned it in passing to The Belgian Wonder as we were leaving church.”A what party?” he asked.”A Wii party,” I said, swinging my...
View ArticleWhen We Text, Are We Really Communicating?
Oh, boy, I really want to write a follow-up to yesterday’s post and explore it a little more (in shorter, digestible, Web-sized tidbits, just like we like ‘em, right?).But I have to post this urgent...
View ArticleFWIW: TM Acronym Primer for Concerned Parents
There’s been some discussion on various blogs about the appropriate age for kids to get their own cell phones and how much freedom they should have on the Internet, whether its e-mailing, IM-ing,...
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