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Teacher Gives New Meaning to "Five Second Rule"

by Sandy Maple, Posted Mar 24th 2009 1:00PM

If you are a parent, then you are probably familiar with the "five second rule." This rule applies to edible items dropped on the floor: If the food has been on the ground for less than five seconds, the rule says it may be picked up and eaten as if ...
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Oscar the Grouch says reduce waste

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Oct 19th 2008 12:00PM

Oscar the Grouch may love trash but that doesn't mean he wants people to generate more of it. In fact, it's quite the opposite. Oscar is the spokesgrouch this year for Waste Reduction Week, taking place this week in Canada. The annual campaign is ...
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Newsflash: Diaper Genie not so magical

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jul 9th 2008 10:00AM

As anyone with children knows, dirty diapers smell worse than anything in the entire world. No kidding, once my dog ate cat poo and then threw it up, and even that did not compare to what it smelled like when my son starting consuming solids on a ...
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A garbage truck for Christmas

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Dec 23rd 2007 12:29PM

When Jared was younger, one of the things Old McDonald had on his farm was a fall-down-garbage-truck, complete with raised arm and the sound of the hydraulic lifters, followed by the whole thing tumbling down. Today, still, if he's up early on the ...
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Bedset, the imaginary friend

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jun 6th 2007 11:32AM

Last night, Jared and I were taking the garbage out when he started freaking out and pawing through the recycling bin. He kept saying his imaginary friend was in there. I told him he wasn't, but he said he saw me put him in there. I said I'd only put ...
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That wonderful age

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Apr 27th 2007 8:01AM

Jared is at an amazing, delightful stage in his life. It's these times that I cherish now and will most certainly miss later on. Later, when he is a teenager and, if I'm lucky, will acknowledge me just enough to tell me to go to hell, I'll look back ...
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Stuck deer is freed from plastic Halloween pumpkin

by Heather Craven, Posted Nov 16th 2006 12:30PM

A couple of days ago I was listening to the radio when I heard the story of the deer whose head was caught in a plastic Halloween pumpkin. The deer frequented a gated community where it likely got stuck in what appeared to be a feed bag, but was ...
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