MLK Weekend

Let's start with personality analysis, out of curiosity.  I have always known I'm a little Type A, but hoped to be well balanced-- however, I'm a dead match for 13 of the 16 signs, here.  Aaron matches 3 of them.  You guys?

In our first ever readers submission, Marni has highlighted this article for a little background and discussion of the Common Core.  While I hadn't really thought of it as a "Republican agenda,"  I must admit I enjoy the suburban white moms comment.  (The other side of that argument, to remain balanced).  For the record- I come somewhere in the middle ground of this debate.

Can you be addicted to making money?  Fascinating read.

Obama's pot talking points.

Just an FYI for you, Christina.  The super bowl is in 2 weeks.  It will be Denver against either San Francisco or Seattle.  I'm watching the game right now so I can't tell you who won.  Check the comments later. 

Also an FYI- no need to read the link unless you don't know who Avonte is, but it looks like, sadly, his remains were found the other day.  So heartbreaking. 

Interesting opinion from a scientist on global warning (although I know, I know, the extreme cold this winter disproved this altogether, right?  This quote really gets to me:  The urgency for action was underscored this past week by a draft United Nations report warning that another 15 years of failure to cut heat-trapping emissions would make the problem virtually impossible to solve with known technologies and thus impose enormous costs on future generations.

Speaking of the weather, I was going to tell you that Polar Vortex's little brother is coming this week- but apparently I'm not supposed to call it that.  By the way, if there was one picture that would make me not want to move to Chicago, it is this one:










Still deciding if Zoe is the right age for any of this-- Happy Birthday, Dr. Martin Luther King.