Archive for October, 2009

Blair and the Balloon Boy

Posted: October 22, 2009 in Children, Colorado, Crime, Law and Order, Media, News, News and Views, Parenting, Random Thoughts, Technology, Television, Weather, Women
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My 11 year old son, Blair, wanted to go to Cirque du Soleil this year, but because our schedules were so busy, we missed it.  Instead he went to the Balloon Boy media circus.  Because my husband was traveling and I was a single mom over the weekend I didn’t want to leave him at [...]

Youth Sports: Enough Already

Posted: October 19, 2009 in Children, Colorado, Education, Media, News, News and Views, Parenting, Random Thoughts, Sports
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This very well written article is by a senior named Scott Martin at Cherry Creek High School in Englewood, Colorado.   In his guest commentary for the Denver Post he sums up the intense competition and pressures of youth sports and all the things adults do to take the fun out of it.  As the mother [...]

Barack Obama’s Nobel Prize

Posted: October 9, 2009 in Africa, Barack Obama, Colorado, Human Rights, Inspiration, Media, Middle East, News, News and Views, Politics, Random Thoughts, Television, Terrorism, United States of America
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My reaction to the announcement this morning about President Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize was pleasant surprise.  Before I could even process the magnitude of the announcement KHOW’s conservative talk show host Peter Boyles began blabbering about how he was nominated on February 1 and it was just days after his inauguration and he hasn’t [...]

Juliette’s Acid Attack

Posted: October 4, 2009 in Acid Attacks, Africa, Children, Crime, Global Poverty, Health Care, Human Rights, Inspiration, Law and Order, Media, Music, News, News and Views, Poverty, Random Thoughts, Television, Terrorism, Travel, Violence, Women
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Acid attacks are a brutal form of domestic violence in the developing world. Juliette tells the story of her attack in Kampala, Uganda and how the man who maimed her walked away. Despite devastating injuries she inspires with courage and optimism. HDNet World Report: Acid Attacks/Juliette’s Story from Vicky Collins on Vimeo. For more information [...]