Staff report (from www.militarycity.com) A North Carolina-based Marine injured in Afghanistan in August died Tuesday, according to the Defense Department. Cpl. Xhacob Latorre, 21, of Waterbury, Conn., died of wounds he suffered Aug. 10 during combat operations in Helmand province. He lost both legs when he was struck by an improvised explosive device, according to [...]

“Yep, he sure enough broke it!” That was the War Department about ten minutes ago, updating me on our second son’s condition after she took him to the local ER. The four year old tornado was playing in the “bounce house” we keep in the back yard. His big trick is to stand at the [...]

Okay, we’ve given it the old college try. So can we leave the UN now? The following indicates it’s WAY past time; NEW YORK, August 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A UN agency has issued a report calling for all children in all countries to be taught about sex, “reproductive” and “gender” issues. United Nations Economic, [...]

For some reason a news reporter finds out it’s different than watching tooth extractions; http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2009/08/newsweek_report.html So if it’s only “a lump of tissue” or “a clump of cells”, why would she have the gut reaction? I’m sure someone could spin that into being the “fault” of the prolife movement.

Watching a DVD of vintage Looney Tunes cartoons with my crew. It doesn’t get any better.

The head of the Korean affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation recently pleaded with his countrymen and women to have more children. Choi Seon-jeong, president of the Planned Population Federation of Korea, warned in the JoongAng Daily that his government must combat a “national crisis of super-low fertility”, or Korea will disappear. MercatorNet asked [...]

My two sons are autistic, on Tuesday and Thursday mornings they go to a therapist’s office for treatment. There are actually several therapists there so the waiting room always has a few parents killing time while their kids are in back having fun. Everyone gets to know a bit about each other. If you want [...]

Last night at the Easter Vigil Mass the better half (aka The War Department) was accepted into the Catholic Church.

Anybody here have any knowledge/experience in homeschooling autistic children? My oldest son (5 yrs.) is evidently not able to adapt to the private school we’ve had him in. He’s already repeating preschool (!) and yesterday we met with a school administrator who told us moving to a larger class for preK next year would be [...]

And I wonder why my kidneys have been aching lately.