My kids love the Taming of the Shrew with Liz Taylor They also enjoyed the 1996 version of Twelfth Night.

Huberman Lab had a podcast on hair loss. It might be worth listening to. I also knew senior high school boys who were balding, there are things that he could do but he would have to decide if it was worth the trouble. https://hubermanlab.com/the-science-of-healthy-hair-hair-loss-and-how-to-regrow-hair/

We have unfortunately suffered through a number of LG appliances and I would never buy an LG anything. We have had nothing but problems with all of them.

Anyone have any recommendations for a molecular model kit Looking for a 9th grader for chemistry. There are so many options. Thanks!

LG is terrible. Don’t get an LG. Of any appliance! We have had lots of experiences with LG unfortunately and they are all bad.

This is a huge problem and Amazon absolutely enables it. It is impossible to prevent getting porn on a kindle and I’m talking about small children who are not even looking for it intentionally. My husband is very tech and computer savvy and has our internet very controlled and locked down for work related things and he could not prevent it. We just got rid of the kindle because of this issue.

https://tamararubin.com/2022/12/preliminary-thoughts-on-the-consumer-reports-lead-in-chocolate-article-published-today/ Here’s a link to more information on lead in chocolate. It’s pretty terrible.

Do you know if there is a preferred way to contact CNN? My kids and I are super disappointed as well. thanks!

I did the full IB diploma myself and it was worth it to me but I wouldn’t encourage anyone to do it unless they were highly driven and really wanted to do it. It’s a lot of work and the group I did it with was pretty small and intimate and a pretty good and supportive group but I have seen it become very toxic as well. I would not encourage a child who was resistance or seemed overwhelmed to continue. If there are classes that he really likes, he can continue to take those and drop the full IB class load.

My son loves Jules Verne and and has read all the Jules Verne he could get his hands on. Around the World and 20,000 Leagues are great ones to start with. Journey to the Center of the Earth was fun but maybe a little harder to get into here. Captain Nemo turns up in the Mysterious Island, so that is a good one after 20,000 Leagues.

We spray iodine up our nose. It reduces the chance of getting any virus and is super cheap and easy to do.

The plain white are fine, but just so others are aware, corelle with designs ( pre 2005) are very high lead. I’m just mentioning this because I know vintage corelle is popular because it lasts so long.

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/10/1079406041/researcher-says-rethink-prek-preschool-prekindergarten I think this is an article about the study referenced above. I don’t think more institutionalization of children is the answer but that seems to be the go to solution for many politicians. eta: here’s a link to the abstract of the study https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-18712-001

We are going to a national cemetery today. I’m hoping it’s not to busy this morning. We are out of town currently but we may go by the national cemetery where my grandparents are buried on Monday. I like to take my kids there every year if I can.

God’s Dream by Archbishop Desmond Tutu is a sweet book. It is for younger, elementary or preschool so maybe that it too young but it is a book we have enjoyed. Also, I have heard there is a stamp or sticker you can get me p put on your books that say they are little free library books so that used books stores won’t take the book from someone trying to sell used books. Sadly, in my neighborhood, I have heard of people cleaning out the entire little free library, I guess to sell the books. I just heard this again today so I thought I would bring it up. Hope it doesn’t put a damper on things but I thought it would be better to know ahead of time.