I read an interesting article yesterday about immigrants’ birthdays in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Seems there are several people who immigrate to the US each year that have no record or knowledge of their birthdays. They come from cultures or areas where this piece of information is not used or recorded. Or their calendar systems and ways of tracking dates is different than ours.

So, if an immigrant doesn’t know his/her birthday, the government assigns them... more

Yesterday’s cover story in the Atlanta Journal Constitution was an investigative report of Georgia’s state mental hospitals and that neglect seems to be leading to several suspicious deaths. The first installment of a series is about a 14-year-old girl named Sara Crider.

I couldn’t help but notice the similarities, the possibilities that this could be my child. The report starts by explaining that Sarah had been diagnosed as autistic when younger and been placed in... more

Looking for a movie that everyone can see? We took the crew to see Night at the Museum with Ben Stiller on Monday. This movie can only be described as fun. It is rated PG and can be a bit scary for those who would be afraid of Tyrannosaurus Rex bones running around, or offensive for those bothered by a bit of monkey tee-tee. That under 5 or 6 crowd…well, it’s your call.

But the rest of us were entertained. It was fast-moving, funny, adventurous and even got in a couple of history lessons.... more