I'll just apologize right now for getting the theme to "The Bionic Man" stuck in your head, but it was for a good reason. A recent article in the New York Times by Tara Parker-Pope tells us about one man's quest to render himself 100% organic: For the last three years, Dr. Greene has eaten nothing but organic foods, whether he’s cooking at home, dining out or snacking on the road.

When the topic of homeschooling, unschooling and other unconventional methods of learning came up in my local mom's group a while ago, I began to think more about what would be best for our family. Previously, I'd never considered any options: my 'plan' was to enroll them in kindergarten as they came of age, but as I listened to discussion on the topic I found myself seeing the perspectives of those that weren't going to school their children traditionally more clearly, and agreeing with some of their ideology.

The family received a challenge this year from my stepmother, 'Squirrelly Shirley': Spend just $10 per Christmas gift and donate the rest. "I believe our money could help others and that is the real spirit of Christmas," she wrote in her email. She had other ideas, such as sending gifts to soldiers abroad, but her simple plea was this: "Let’s get creative with Christmas this year and give our hearts." And so, Shirley and a few lucky others will be getting baby chicks and bees for Xmas.

Yesterday I went the mailbox and took a peek at the letter on top and it had the dreaded jury duty return address on it. Yikes! I screamed. Then I breathed a big sigh of relief when I realized it was my partner who was on the hook, not me. That got me to wondering about the state of jury duty and if it is more of a hardship to businesses and individuals alike with the state of the economy and business climate right now.

Mother, entrepreneur and blogger Caroline Lubbers from the food blog Whipped thought she'd never be one of 'those' moms to make homemade baby food. But after a conversation with her baby's physician, she's obsessed and Mini Whipped (the baby!) loves it. For details and tips and inspiration, just click this post's title.

Papaya helps promote digestive health with natural enzymes. And a body with strong digestion has a stronger immunity because of its ability to remove built up waste from the body. Did you know that strong digestion increases your metabolism? It's true...And an increased metabolism can help promote weight loss. Papaya is also great for the immune system. The vitamin C and A in papaya are both needed for proper function of a healthy immune system, making it helpful in the prevention of colds and flu.

This could have been a post about terror, or hatred. It could have been a post about international politics and religion. But for the sake of my own spirit's health, it is a post about two women facing the news of a tragedy across an ocean and across thousands of miles.

As the dust settles on cabinet appointments and the administration rounds itself out, all eyes are starting to focus on the first 100 days of the Obama presidency. While the pundits predict, one issue will certainly take precedent in the first 100 days: the economy. Even Karl Rove agrees. So if the economy is #1 on the list...what falls to #2 or even #3...or is there even room for anything else?

Hazing is nothing new.  Mean girls are nothing new.  Movies about hazing can become cult classics. (Dazed and Confused, anyone?)  Movies about popular girls acting in horrific ways to other girls can make for box office blockbusters.

When former Pres. Dwight Eisenhower left office in 1960, he warned against the growing influence of an emerging "military-industrial complex:" In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

After all, super heroes seem to have a lot to say but a word balloon just doesn't tell you everything you need to know. So I'm thinking. Could I match up a super hero with a real world blogger? Yes, and maybe. First I had to do a bit of screening. I wanted the super hero to be female. So that chucked out 75% of the known comic/graphic novel universe. Next, the hero could not a derivative of a male hero, hence no Bat Woman, Spider Woman, She-Hulk or Lightning Lass. I was looking for dames that had their own powers and identities.

A badge on its website describes Twittermoms as "the online version of the three martini playdate," and I think that may be true in that you have to be there to catch the madness. This new group, and I do mean new, boasts more than 4900 members, and was started only a few months ago in September by young mom and Twitter fan Megan Calhoun.