Jennifer Koppelman Hutt, the “Jennifer” of Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer , a new daily hour-long show on The Hallmark Channel, is a working mom like so many of us. She’s trying to raise two good kids and make her way in the world. Her co-host on both her SIRIUS radio show and this new show…
In 1947, William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain invented a device at Bell Laboratories that truly was world-changing. It was called the transistor. The transistor made it possible for electronics, prior to this time enslaved to large, hot vacuum tubes, to be greatly miniaturized. The transistor was also much cheaper to produce. By the…
Wow. What a great decade the 80’s was. Why didn’t we recognize it at the time? VH1 has made a lot of money with their I Love the 80’s series. They certainly don’t need any help from me. However, I did want to pay homage to this wild and crazy decade, particularly its music. So,…
One way to teach children to learn is to play games with them. Learning to read, learning to add (or subtract), names of places, all of these can be turned into educational tools. These tools can teach young and old alike (after all, who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks). Today’s Family…
In the early 1950’s there was film made called “The Next Voice You Hear”. It starred James Whitmore and Nancy Davis (the former First Lady). It was the story of what happened when God spoke to the world over the radio for a week. It was an entertaining and thought provoking movie that ran rampant…
If you were asked what the most influential and important invention in the 20th Century was, what would you respond? That single question would be a great one for discussion at parties, at work, and most definitely in the classroom. There really is no right answer, but the Family First site today makes a stop…
If you were asked what the most influential and important invention in the 20th Century was, what would you respond? That single question would be a great one for discussion at parties, at work, and most definitely in the classroom. There really is no right answer, but the Family First Site today visits a site…
If you were asked what the most influential and important invention in the 20th Century was, what would you respond? That single question would be a great one for discussion at parties, at work, and most definitely in the classroom. There really is no right answer, but the FamSite today visits a site that make…
If you were asked what the most influential and important invention in the 20th Century was, what would you respond? That single question would be a great one for discussion at parties, at work, and most definitely in the classroom. There really is no right answer, but the FamSite today visits a site that make…
I was on the way home from work today, when I heard on the radio a day that coming up called Geek Day. I’m not sure if that is the official title of it, but it has to be close. Basically, it is the day that you can feel proud to wear a pocket protector,…