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So I guess we'll all have these mini PCs, to use with thin folding keyboards and the TV sets in cool hotel rooms. Our current laptops will seem look as big and ancient as the old mainframe computers (although there still are many mainframe computers in use). Welcome to Wizzley! I look forward to reading more articles from you.

Hi Ragtimelil,

As you can probably see from my avatar I have a cross border collie and she needs plenty of exercise. I take her for a really long walk in the mornings but on the way home she still isn't that tired. She loves jumping for things, so now on the way home I hold a ball in the air, way above my head as i'm walking, She jumps up all the way home to trying to grab it. As we get near our house I let her have the ball. She's exhausted by the time we get in the house.:

Thank you, nightowl! I thought about plating an avocado tree too :-) Did you grow it from a seed or did you buy a grafted seedling?

Hi Sheri,
I love cooking with my tagine, too. Just the fact that you can add all the ingredients place the lid on top and then leave it leave it until ready makes life so much easier!

Haha! I love this wizzle! Alas, I can't wear heels at all. Never have been able to. But they sure look pretty and would make great Christmas tree decorations. I love that your husband gives you shoes for your tree.

Good discussion. I agree with those who say that T.V. makes a lousy babysitter. I think it goes beyond T.V., though. Kids are being deprived simple play times.

Your welcome! I'm contemplating a documentary on the subject but I need to better my skills first in videoography :)

I planted an Avocado tree last year. It's still tiny, but when I finally harvest my own Avocados I'll be sure to look up this super Guacamole recipe again. Thanks!

True story.

Win! Thank you very much. I hope I'll do it justice.

Then again your two main characters do belong to an oppressed minority group...

Nope, all yours! Go for it :)

I wonder who's more to blame - evil broadcasters or parents who stick kids in front of the glass screen and have the afternoon off?
I admit I speak from a detached position because I don't have kids - but I don't have a TV set either, nor I am ever likely to get one. Problem solved.
I'm not sure if eroticism and violence are THE problem when it comes to what is broadcasted. I would place my bets on commercialism and, how should I put it... a lot to be desired when it comes to intellectual stimulation.
A thought-provoking wizz, Sheri, good job.

Lol, no, I would have done at home or in an average community hall or similar. Fancy restaurants and kids don't go together well - in my experience ;-) I prepared everything, the dough, the cut up ingredients etc the kids only had to form their own pizza, put their favorite filling on it and wait until it came out of the oven - the later being the hardest part for them ;-)

Make your own pizza sounds great - this sushi party was at a fancy Japanese restaurant.

Oh, now I understand! I did a 'make your own pizza' event once with a group of kids age 6-??? and it was great fun. I guess it always depends how you set it up! But I totally agree on your remarks about the spa party for kids!

Yes, in principle, sushi making is okay - but you should have seen it. After a few minutes the kids were so frustrated by the sticky rice and thin seaweed that the parents ended up doing it all. And seeing those little girls with their feet in water and faces with cream smeared on them - one of the kids interviewed said that birthday parties are cake and singing and balloons, and sushi is totally irrelevant. Out of the mouths of babes. I'm wondering if this treating little kids almost as if they are just short adults is related to the lack of restraint on the media - as if society doesn't think kids need protecting.