Lie Down Singing : How a songbook saved my nighttimes

submitted by: spareek  5 hours and 34 minutes ago

Bedtime at our house has two rituals: stories and songs. (Yes, some children take nightly baths. Ours prefer dirt.) The books come first, the lights go out, and then Simon, who is 5, asks me or my husband, Paul, to sing. Three or four or five songs later, he asks us to sing some more.

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'Smoot' reaches new heights at MIT

submitted by: tsawan  92 day ago

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The father of a measurement known as the "Smoot" returned Saturday to be honored at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the school where he and his fraternity brothers invented it 50 years ago.

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In the end, OJ Simpson comes up a loser in Vegas

submitted by: xyzws  93 day ago

LAS VEGAS - In a city where luck means everything, O.J. Simpson came out the big loser — and his unlucky number in a case full of bizarre twists was 13.

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Paul Newman in Pictures

submitted by: xyzws  94 day ago

Paul Newman, who acted in more than 65 movies over more than 50 years, died on 09/26/2008. He was 83.

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Demi Lovato's No Bully

submitted by: raviprasad  95 day ago

Even though Demi Lovato's album "Don't Forget" is currently number two on the Billboard charts, and she got to play Joe Jonas' love interest in "Camp Rock," that doesn't mean she didn't suffer through middle school like the rest of us...

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Money from grandparents not the solution

submitted by: coolgoose  95 day ago

Before the golden years arrive, people tend to plan for retirement so they can travel and spoil their grandchildren later in life. According to a recent survey, however, spoiling may now include paying for college tuition.

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We’ll Fill This Space, but First a Nap

submitted by: srinivas  96 day ago

“WASTE not life,” wrote Benjamin Franklin, patron saint of American entrepreneurs. “In the grave will be sleeping enough.”

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More Than Just a Beautiful Face

submitted by: beautyq  98 day ago

Gorgeous, sure, but it was Paul Newman's sly spark that made us love him -- and he never stopped reinventing himself.

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Gotta have it -- no matter what

submitted by: tammy  99 day ago

First there were the Armani suits, then the Versace dishware and first-class airline tickets. Eventually, Josh Estrin says, his partner's need to spend consumed their relationship.

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25 simple ways to save

submitted by: kozlovalexey  101 day ago

How to save ..........

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Making Math More Fun

submitted by: xyzws  103 day ago

As national experts continue to decry the need for more science and math education, a fun math contest Web site at Columbus State University is doing its part to keep interest alive.....

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Chinese cooking--sichuan food --Mapo Tofu

submitted by: spareek  103 day ago

Another version

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