On A Limb with Claudia

After all the hype,and worry, it is actually pretty good. We laughed out loud a number of times at Johnny Depp’s performance. He is really funny in this. If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth going to see the squirrels. Trained from birth, these are not CGI!
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Have you heard about this controversy? Economists Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner ran the numbers. It turns out that children do not receive greater protection from car seats then from the adult seat belt. In many states it is a crime to not have your child in a car seat.
Recently on their [...]

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July 22 was the three-year anniversary of my father’s death. My father, in life, was a typical native Californian. He exercised every day. He ate tofu and, outside of M&Ms, he shunned manufactured products. He kept his weight down and, even at 75 years old, was remarkably handsome. Like many [...]

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There is a conversation in the world that people, especially children, are spending too much free time in front of their computers. According to PCTurnOff.org, excessive computer time can lead to:
* Lower grades in school
* Weight problems
* Social isolation
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Have you heard this? A new Shel Silverstein, author of the A light in the Attic & The Giving Tree, book has just been released. Completed before his death in 1999, this book is called, Runny Babbit. They say it took the wild mind of Shel Silverstein 20 years to complete this book! [...]

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If you have read the Harry Potter series, you have to check out this site. Harry Potter Encyclopedia Everything you have thought about or imagined is right here in this site. Check out “dirty blood” or the “Black family” heritage. It’s amazing. Of course, if you haven’t read the new [...]

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I have never put much stock into the whole “Mercury in retrograde” conversation until this March when it seemed like every conversation when haywire. Mercury went retrograde in Aries (meaning that there was a lot of fire, anger, and disruption in all things that are ruled by Aries).
(Ok, it really sounds like [...]

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We have decided to change the topic of the newsletter as we realized that the following newsletter (due in September) will focus on a very similar topic. Instead, this newsletter discusses “Getting over it”. The newsletter will help you to identify the places in which you are stuck and assist you in overcoming [...]

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Did you read it too? I spent the weekend reading Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I received it on Saturday, finished it Saturday night and then started it again on Sunday. I re-read it to see if it made more sense the second time. (Now you are thinking that [...]

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Do you remember Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? It’s a pretty creepy movie. The last time I saw it was at the in-laws house next to their outrageously stoned grandson and hysterically high granddaughter. While I was being creeped out by Willie, they were laughing hysterically and seemed to greatly enjoy themselves. [...]

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