Mar 14 2010
The latest musing: : A Blog Featuring Us! http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2010/03/07/a-blog-featuring-us/ #
I'm going to have a debut video to show at my TrustBirth Conference talk that's gonna rock the house! Be there! http://bit.ly/cyeeE5 #
RT @Preparing4Birth: It is starting.. Follow her for great NIH VBAC conference tweets! #
GO DESIREE! #NIHVBAC #
Thank goodness for the tweets, cause the vidcast [...]
Mar 08 2010
This in, from Ric O’Barry and our friends at OPS:
Dear Friends,
If you watched the Oscars, you saw me and Director Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens accept the Best Documentary awarded by the Academy. Wow, what an incredible moment!
Without your support, this would never have happened. So, even though I wasn’t able to thank you all [...]
Mar 07 2010
RT @ldraxx: Republicans, Democrats, doctors and the AMA, everyone's pissed off at Jim Bunning. What a tool. http://j.mp/d7vZeE #
RT @ldraxx: Would someone please vote this idiot out of office…now please? … http://tinyurl.com/yz64woo #
RT @MissAdventuring: My self-publishing column on PBS MediaShift http://to.pbs.org/9p4wVz #publishing #
RT @SeaShepherd: Japanese Whalers Are Clear Cutting the “Forests” of the Southern [...]
Feb 28 2010
The latest musing: : Becoming Italian — Paperwork http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2010/02/21/becoming-italian-paperwor/ #
There is something so gorgeous about sunshine when you know it's transitory and you're gonna get deluged the rest of the week. #
RT @Unnecesarean The fact is that the CS rate for 1st time mothers for docs fresh out of residency is often > 75%. [...]
Feb 28 2010
We here at the Excellent Adventure are huge fans of ActiveCaptain. Jeffrey and his team have done amazing things, and we really feel that this kind of guide is the way of the future. So it’s with no small amount of congrats that we forward along his recent announcement:
ActiveCaptain “X” is now live…
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One year in [...]
Feb 26 2010
Some of you out there in the world might not have heard this. I thought it was pretty valuable.
Feb 25 2010
Tilikum is the name of the bull orca that just killed its trainer in San Diego.
As a commenter on the Stoke Report said, “I guess I’d be a little more shocked if that had happened with, say, a “snuggler whale”.
I’m going to quote a lot of other documents, below. The emphasis is mine in all [...]
Feb 22 2010
I found this this morning. Talk about gorgeous! And I love the little sailboat at the top.
Be sure to read the whole article, it’s really nicely done. And um… I guess it’s time to put Venice on the top of our “to visit before it’s submerged” list.
Feb 21 2010
RT @SeaShepherd: Three Cheers for Captain Peter Bethune – http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/editorial-100215-1.html #
Watch Louie Psihoyos' interview on The Tavis Smiley Show: http://is.gd/8ry4C Even Spielberg can be wrong about some films. #
Oh, make up your minds already! It's a problem, it's not, it is, it's not… http://bit.ly/cR8mdg #
Yesterday, massive declutter and organization of the salon. Today, the [...]
Feb 20 2010
I wish I’d been able to use this strategy in high school math classes
How High Will Seas Rise? Get Ready for Seven Feet
The reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are balanced and comprehensive documents summarizing the impact of global warming on the planet. But they are not without imperfections, and [...]
Feb 20 2010
My friend and parenting mentor, Valarie, sent me this:
Today I mailed your package. While the postal lady was weighing it, I pointed to your address and said, “This woman lives on a sailboat in the San Francisco Bay. Can you imagine? They sold their stuff and bought a boat.” Rose is her name. She’s worked [...]
Feb 20 2010
From the lovely gCaptain:
A federal judge has ordered a Hong Kong-based company to pay a $10 million fine after the cargo ship it operated caused a massive oil spill in San Francisco Bay.
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston also ordered Fleet Management Inc. to better train its officers in navigation and safety Friday.
The fine was [...]
Feb 17 2010
This just in:
New Sentencing Expected In Cosco Busan Oil Spill
Fleet Management Ltd. of Hong Kong was the operator of the Cosco Busan, responsible for hiring and training the crew, at the time the container ship struck a fender of a Bay Bridge support pier in heavy fog on Nov. 7, 2007.
More than 53,000 gallons of [...]
Feb 14 2010
Brilliant! 69 Signs You Live On a Boat http://bit.ly/7hRQlz @sailtotrail #
RT @SeaShepherd: Watson to whalers: We will never surrender | The Japan Times Online: http://bit.ly/cqmYyt #seashepherd #
SFO air traffic routed over Bay due to easterly winds, which made it like paddling on the runway instead of water, and super-bumpy. #kayak #
Explain to me why [...]
Feb 07 2010
There’s an email list for parents of children who are considering cruising. We’re a funny and eclectic bunch. You get questions about Personal Flotation Devices (and why the heck can the UK create a fabulous kid’s PFD with integral harness and the USA just will not?), questions about homeschooling, questions about all the crazy details [...]
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