Be clear and direct.Be as clear as you can about what you think,feel,and want.Speaking about what you think,feel and want can help your parents understand your situation.They can listen better or be more helpful if they understand what you mean and what's really going on. Be honest.If...
And so I had songs of war on my mind for most of the day. This is just how my mind works most of the time. I can distract myself so easily with this stuff and I just love it when I do. But in truth I don’t have many records that could be considered songs of war, in fac...
Half the thirst for alcohol that exists in the world exists simply because alcohol acts as a temporary anæsthetic and effacer to all these morbid feelings that never ought to be in a human being at all. In the healthy-minded, on the contrary, there are no fears or shames to discover...
The NGA has brought back a welcome tradition of their own, that of matching the menus in their cafes to the current exhibit. As displayed in the press opening event, one can now order interpretations of French classic dishes in the Garden Café and Cascades Café. We enjoyed samples of Rust...
String whirligigs have ancient origins. The bamboo-copter or bamboo butterfly was invented in China in 400 BC. While the initial invention did not use string
Three-year-old Teddy Lasry was sleeping in his cowboy outfit (套装) yesterday at his family’s Fifth Ave.apartment when he shot up in bed screaming.A 3-foot-long black-and-white snake twisted around his left arm and had just bitten his little finger. “The babysitter (a person taking ...
Ten-year-olds could make things go boom, build their own batteries and engines, or bend glass with alcohol lamps. Having parents who would teach them lab safety was supposed to be an important part of the learning process. However, in the ’60s, parents began to express thei...
In the Spring we "spring ahead" by moving our clocks ahead one hour. We lose sleep, are tired for a week, and it's always an adjustment to get used to the new time. Plus, we're running around our house changing clocks, alarms, microwave, stove, cars and watches. What a pain....
while others forgotten throughout the years may be wholly new to some. When used correctly, a single word can slice through emotionally fraught situations. Or, when used incorrectly or at the wrong moment, that same word can supercharge an interaction, turning a mundane conversation into a con...
The ability to land on the Moon will not only stand as an episode of epoch making achievement, the Moon may yet figure in human adventure to come, if the remaining passenger seat on a waiting Russian Lunar tourist voyage can be sold. Such a trip around the Moon may serve to break a ...