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Is Your Child Ready for Theatre School?

Performance comes naturally to children. Think: tantrum at the grocery store. Think: pantomime of disgust when supper fails to please. Think: playing dress-up and pretend. And while not every child is interested in taking his flair for the dramatic ...

Stargazing

Labor day weekend, along with the usual suspects (a bunch of families from my son's preschool, plus a few additions from kindergarten and first grade), I took my older two kids camping at Mount Hamilton, the tallest mountain in the greater San ...

Sharing the eclipse

When we got up yesterday morning, we didn't think we would be able to see the lunar eclipse because the sky was overcast and it was snowing. In fact, we were worried about my in-laws getting home because of the weather and the chain requirements. So ...

Total eclipse of the moon

One of the really nice benefits of coming up here to the mountains is that there is a lot less light pollution at night than there is in The City. That means that many more stars are visible than back home. I'm certainly no celestial expert, but I ...

Getting to know the stars

Growing up in San Francisco, with parents who thought "roughing it" meant going to Opera in the Park, I never really had a chance to see the billions of stars that inhabit the night sky in areas with less light pollution, let alone learn the ...

Harry Potter casts his spell in Tokyo

Dare I blaspheme? Do I tempt public ridicule and derision? Of course! And so, I will say that the fervor over Harry Potter reminds me of the frenzy that American teenagers exhibited when the Beatles came to town. Not that I'm saying that the Harry ...

Good Celebrity Role Models for Girls

The tabloids, paired with the 50% possibility that I may give birth to a daughter, have me thinking about female role models. Is there anyone out there that young girls can look up to? I'm not picky at this point -- just show me someone who is famous ...

Christina Aguilera "definitely" pregnant

Just in case you're in the mood for a bump watch, Christina Aguilera may very well have a baby on the way. According a source for New York Post's Paige Six column, the rumors that the singer is pregnant are "definitely true." No news from camp ...

Wikisky: your guide to the heavens

Wikisky: It's like Google Earth, only for everywhere else. Wikisky is a free, online skymap to guide you through the heavens. You can search for specific objects or click-and-drag your way around the universe. It also shows the constellations, so you ...

Happy Astronomy Day!

In 1973, a young astronomer got the idea to set up telescopes on city sidewalks to give passers-by a chance to view the heavens up close and personal. Since then, it has turned into an annual event celebrated around the world. Astronomy.com lists 28 ...

Super secret manipulative plan A: Third Grade

I posted earlier today about my phone call from my youngest son's teacher yesterday. As with lab results, phone calls are just bad news. Good news can wait for the U.S. mail system. After talking to my son's teacher on the phone for an hour, and ...

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