Monthly Archives: October 2007

Talk to your kids about sex. It’s important; both to support their holdout against peer pressure and to keep them “on track.” This style of teacher is a dying breed- now teachers are too afraid for their jobs (and in some cases for their liberty; frank talk about sex can lead to prison). And in [...]

What is Flu

Influenza (or flu) is a highly contagious viral respiratory tract infection. An estimated 10 to 20 percent of the population in the US contract influenza each year. Influenza is characterized by the abrupt onset of fever, muscle aches, sore throat, and a nonproductive cough.
Influenza can make people of any age ill. Although most [...]

Huffing.
Huffing is inhaling inhalents because of the dizzy high you get when you breath them in. Sniffing glue? Huffing. Sniffing paint? Huffing. Liquid paper, permanent markers, nail polish removers. Huffers.
It’s seductive because it’s “not drugs,” but it’s just as dangerous. Here’s a story about one way it was dangerous for one thirteen year [...]

The Seattle library seems to think that boys fall behind girls in reading comprehension and reading for enjoyment; that boys tend to read more magazines and how-to manuals. So here’s five books that they suggest for young men.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Arnold Spirit, a goofy-looking dork with a decent jumpshot, spends [...]